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Bruce Cockburn

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Looking Elsewhere

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

Looking Elsewhere

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

On Songs & Albums

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