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Bruce Cockburn, (pronounced “CO-burn”), has had a long and distinguished career with much success in his native Canada.

His first albums were fairly straight ahead folk music spotlighting his brilliant guitar playing. In fact, there were a good number of instrumental guitar numbers on those early recordings. A Christian element came into his music around the time of the album Salt, Sun And Time, and over time his writing has taken on a stronger and stronger political orientation.

Perhaps the most consistent element of Cockburn’s music has been his willingness to change and evolve over time. In this way, he is similar to fellow Canadians Joni Mitchell and Neil Young.

He has had a couple of radio hits in the United States, including (Wondering Where The Lions Are and If I Had A Rocket Launcher).

His albums in the 80s are considered some of his strongest, including Humans, Inner City Front, Stealing Fire, and Big Circumstance. After Big Circumstance he struggled with writer’s block, and his output began to slow down; but he recovered with the formidable Nothing But A Burning Light, which led the way back to a sparer, more folk-oriented form of music. His later album The Charity of Night contains one of his most thoughtful songs, Pacing The Cage.

His 2006 album Life Short Call Now was preceded by Speechless, a collection of instrumentals, many of them from earlier albums. The album highlights Cockburn’s prodigious abilities as a guitarist.
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  • GhostOfTolstoy

    @ Kelemvor The spelling is but it's not pronounced like cock-burn. It's pronounced " Co-burm". as far as I know.

    yesterday evening

  • KeIemvor

    Cockburn must be one of the most hilarious names I've ever heard.

    21 days ago

  • BelowWing

    Lovers In A Dangerous Time is the greatest song of all time. Period. Got the third verse tattooed on my arm. It's always a reminder of tough times past, and that things always work out, as long as you "kick at the darkness".

    last month

  • gracenf4u

    For all the fools out there with little to no education... The last name is no joke and pronounced Co-burn as some languages have silent vowels. Come on class, pull your heads out of the gutter. I know it can be difficult but you are not kids any more. And YES, If you are new to Bruce, I would start with Small Source of Comfort and work your way back into his works over the last 30+ yrs. He has always been one of my favorites, but I do have many...

    February 2012

  • maxson924

    I'd go with his most recent one (Small Source of Comfort). It's fantastic.

    April 2011

  • KeithJones

    Maybe try "Humans" from 1980 (or perhaps the compilation of singles entltled "Anything Anytime Anywhere" from 2002)

    March 2011

  • grahamr93

    what's a good album of his to listen to?

    March 2011

  • LQQKIE

    Vote for Bruce Cockburn in group Canada

    January 2011
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Bruce Cockburn in ARCATA, CA on 04/29/12

29 Apr 2012 | from brucecockburn.com

Artist: Bruce Cockburn Tour: Small Source of Comfort Tour Date: Sunday, April 29th 2012 Time: 8:00pm City: ARCATA, CA Venue: JOHN VAN DUZER THEATRE Country: United States Add to Google Calendar | …

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