Bruce Cockburn

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Bruce Cockburn(pronounced “Coburn”), while a cult artist in the United States with a couple of radio hits (“Wondering Where The Lions Are” and “If I Had A Rocket Launcher”), 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, their 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.

His albums in the 80’s are considered some of his strongest, including “Humans”, “Inner City Front”, “Stealing Fire”, and “Big Circumstance”. After “Big Circumstance” he struggled with writers’ 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. This last album is an important event since it highlights Cockburn’s abilities as a guitarist.
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Add this track to your playlist If I Had a Rocket Launcher full track	4:57	2,989	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Wondering Where the Lions Are full track	3:46	2,537	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Lovers in a Dangerous Time full track	4:07	2,369	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Pacing the Cage full track	4:36	1,362	Buy mp3

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