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17 May 2003

Greetings,

Rounder Records passed along this Billboard Review:

Billboard Magazine
May 24, 2003
Cockburn Makes 'Best Record' With 27th Set
BY LARRY LEBLANC
Three decades into his career as a solo singer/songwriter, Bruce
Cockburn continues to redefine himself musically on his 27th album,
You've Never Seen Everything

Scheduled for a June 10 release in North America, You've Never Seen
Everything is a prime example of the work of a fiercely independent
performer. Cockburn is recognized worldwide not only as a quality
musician but also as a provocative political activist.

The album is Cockburn's first full-length studio release in four
years, since Breakfast in New Orleans Dinner in Timbuktu, which was
issued by True North in Canada and Rykodisc worldwide.

"Who else on their 27th album is still being adventurous and arguably
making their best record?" asks Bernie Finkelstein, Cockburn's
manager since 1971 and president of True North, which has released
all of Cockburn's albums in Canada. "Bruce is not resting on his
laurels. He's still pushing the envelope."

Cockburn adds, "A surprising number of people in their 20s and 30s
tell me they grew up with my music and that they like it. That's
surprising. I couldn't have done more to get away from my parents'
music."

In 2001, True North inaugurated a U.S. distribution agreement with
Cambridge, Mass.-based Rounder Records. In 2002, True North and
Rounder kicked off an extensive relaunch of Cockburn's vast catalog
and issued a career compilation album, Anything Anytime Anywhere:
Singles 1979-2002.

"This is the first full album we've had [under the agreement], and
Bruce has really delivered," says Paul Foley, GM of the Rounder
Records Group. Lead single " 'Open' was No. 1 most-added at [U.S.]
triple-A radio," Foley says. "Bruce is a staple at a lot of triple-A
stations around the country."

Cockburn says U.S. radio response "comes and goes. Canada has no
triple-A radio, so there's no [way] for me to get out there."

To support the album, Cockburn kicks off a two-part North American
tour July 2 that runs until Aug. 11 (28 dates), followed by a second
leg Oct. 22-Nov.29 (29 dates).From Sept. 1 through Oct. 7, he will
tour Europe. His bookings in the U.S. are handled by the Agency Group
in New York, in Europe by Coda Agency in London, and in Canada by
Finkelstein.

Recorded in Toronto, Montreal, Nashville, and Los Angeles, You've
Never Seen Everything is the third album co-produced by Cockburn and
his former sideman, guitarist Colin Linden. The album features
longtime Cockburn backup players, including violinist Hugh Marsh and
drummer Gary Craig. Guests include Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne,
bassist Larry Taylor, and percussionist Stephen Hodges.

Primarily written during the past three years, the album reflects
Cockburn's deepening frustration with a world he sees as off-kilter.
Songs like "Tried and Tested," "All Our Dark Tomorrows," and "Trickle
Down" represent some of Cockburn's most potent political songs.

"I'm not interested in creating comfort zones with my music,"
Cockburn explains. "I'm interested in 'real.' There's nothing wrong
with comfort, but my personal interest is in trying to get at
whatever I perceive to be truth and sharing that with people."

"Trickle Down" came about after Concord Record's avant-garde pianist
Andy Milne introduced himself to Cockburn 18 months ago at one of his
New York shows. Milne, a Canadian living in the U.S., suggested the
two collaborate.Cockburn readily agreed, and the pair soon co-
wrote "Everywhere Dance" from scratch, then completed "Trickle Down,"
which Cockburn already had lyrics for.

Following lengthy touring behind Breakfast in New Orleans Dinner in
Timbuktu,Cockburn took a year-long break. As he began pondering his
next step,he seemed to hit a creative dry spell.

"Working with Andy was the perfect catalyst out of that creative
swamp,"Cockburn says.

Cockburn is more influenced by jazz than most performers of his
ilk. "I got exposed to jazz when I began taking guitar lessons in
high school. My guitar teacher, Hank Sims, was interested in Les
Paul; it wasn't a very big step from him to such jazz guitarists as
Wes Montgomery, Howard Roberts, Grant Green, and Gabor Szabo. When I
was 17, I saw [late Canadian jazz guitarist] Lenny Breau play at
[Ottawa club] L'Hibou, and my jaw just about fell off my face. It was
the most amazing thing I had ever seen."

The album was released in Canada by Toronto-based True North Records
and will be released in the U.S. by Rounder Records. It will be
released June 2
in the U.K. and Europe by Cooking Vinyl. Forthcoming releases are due
in Japan by
Nippon Columbia and in China by Shanghai Record Co.

In other news....

CBC reports: They will have a short clip of bruce playing Lovers, on
CBC news Sunday this week at about 11 50 am at the end of CBC news
Sunday (May 18), however being a news magazine it is always possible
it won't run. But they feel at this moment it will, and a slightly
longer interview will be featured next week.

I'm already getting reports of people getting tickets for shows in
the UK (and Ireland) and there's a real sense of excitement as new
new leg of this tour is announced. As we get information we'll pass
it along.

Peace,
Suzanne Myers
editor@...