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Bruce Cockburn

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Songlights: Bruce Cockburn; My Morning Jacket; Tamino and Mitski; Halsey; Goat; Elbow; and more.

Songlights: Bruce Cockburn; My Morning Jacket; Tamino and Mitski; Halsey; Goat; Elbow; and more.

Songs that lit my week: Sunday, March 23–29, 2025.

On Songs & Albums

Overstreet Radio: Wilco, Lucy Dacus, Innocence Mission, R.E.M., Bruce Cockburn, and more

Here's a long list of new songs that are heating up my cold autumn days. Enjoy!

New Bruce Cockburn, Lizz Wright, Lone Bellow

On Songs & Albums

New Bruce Cockburn, Lizz Wright, Lone Bellow

If you act quickly, you can listen to three important new end-of-summer releases for free!

On Songs & Albums

Bruce Cockburn: Psalms in Seattle

Legendary guitarist and songwriter Bruce Cockburn spoke about the Psalms as he moved from song to song during his short, seven-song set on Thursday in Seattle.

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Bruce Cockburn to Receive the 2015 Denise Levertov Award

Wow. The Denise Levertov Award is the prestigious honor given by the good people of Image "to an artist or creative writer whose work exemplifies a serious and sustained engagement with the Judeo-Christian tradition." Past recipients of the award include poets Scott Cairns, Luci Shaw, Madeline DeFrees, and

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Joe Henry's Christmas Playlist

Our first Christmas Playlist Party host? Please welcome Grammy award-winning producer, poet, and musician Joe Henry, whose new album "Invisible Hour" is, at this writing, my favorite record of 2014 and the one I have played most often.

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Songwriter in a Dangerous Time

Bruce Cockburn, one of my favorite songwriters and guitarists, is writing his memoir! HarperCollins executive editor Jim Gifford bought the book from Cockburn’s long-time manager, Bernie Finkelstein, on the premise that “his work is as relevant today as it was when he first started performing.”

Browser: Zbignew Priesner. Jeff Buckley. Bruce Cockburn's "Slice O Life." Bob Dylan. U2. Tauntaun. Tom Hanks.

1. Start your day with a quick dose of Zbignew Priesner, my favorite film music composer. Here's a track from A Short Film About Killing, from Kieslowski's Decalogue. 2. Another random musical surprise: M. Ward links to a recorded telephone conversation with Jeff Buckley, who sings

Friday specials: Frederick Buechner, Bruce Cockburn, Paul Simon, Johnny Cash, "The Prestige"

My friend Julie Mullins has written a substantial article about Frederick Buechner's lastest collection, Secrets in the Dark, in the new issue of Image. I highly recommend you pick up a copy of both the book and the journal. Secrets begins with a meditation on the story of

Bruce Cockburn live in Seattle

I promised a report on the live Bruce Cockburn show in Seattle on Wednesday, so here it is at last. Bruce played an intimate set in the beautiful Nordstrom Recital Hall, a smaller venue adjoining Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle. He was meditative, less talkative than usual (probably because this

On Movies & Media

Thursday: The Squid and Bruce Cockburn

Last night I saw one of the year's best films--The Squid and the Whale--which is a deeply saddening film about the consequences of divorce and joint custody on children. Noah Baumbach first got my attention in 1995 with a delightfully rowdy comedy about college and dating called Kicking

On Songs & Albums

Happy Birthday, Bruce Cockburn!

Here's a recommendation for your home stereo, your iPod, or your car stereo today: Bruce Cockburn. Looking Closer salutes one of the most prolific, influential songwriters alive today... on this, today, his 60th birthday . Extraordinary guitar playing, soulful vocals, poetic lyrics, eyes wide open, conscience wide awake, confrontational