A memorial mural of musician Leonard Cohen in downtown Montreal. AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

An animated Leonard Cohen floats above a city, free as a bird, in a scene from a new video for his song "Leaving The Table." YouTube screen shot hide caption

Stephen Stills and Judy Collins' Everybody Knows comes out Sept. 22. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Flowers are laid beneath a mural of David Bowie in London in January. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption

Tanya Tagaq's Retribution was one of Talia Schlanger's favorite albums of the year. Katrin Braga/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Car Seat Headrest's Teens Of Denial is Bob Boilen's album of the year. Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

Top row, left to right: Solange, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen; Middle row, left to right: Mitski, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean; Bottom row, left to right: Anohni, Car Seat Headrest, Beyoncé. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Leonard Cohen performs on stage at the Musikhalle in 1970 in Hamburg, Germany. K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: Lizzo, Leonard Cohen, Sinkane, Rubblebucket, Ty Segall Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Leonard Cohen performs in 1988, five years before David Dye spoke to him backstage at a show in the Philly suburbs. Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Leonard Cohen, who died November 7 at the age of 82, compelled us to dwell on the relationship between the profane and the profound. ullstein bild via Getty Images hide caption

Simone Dinnerstein plays The Cohen Variations, by Daniel Felsenfeld in the NPR studios Doriane Raiman/NPR hide caption

Leonard Cohen. Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Portrait of singer Leonard Cohen, early 1970s. Jack Robinson/Getty Images hide caption

Aurora Aksanes is a 20 year old singer from Norway who is small but with a big heart. Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

Leonard Cohen (left) and Adam Cohen speak at an event for the release of You Want It Darker. Frank Micelotta/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Leonard Cohen's new album, You Want It Darker, comes out Oct. 21. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors, The Gift, Leonard Cohen, Johnnyswim, Julia Jacklin Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Leonard Cohen's 14th studio album, You Want It Darker, will be out Oct. 21. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Leonard Cohen's new album, Popular Problems, comes out Sept. 23. Courtesy of the artist hide caption