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15 February 2004

Greetings:

It's the Ides of February and a frequent contributor wrote in to The
Cockburn Project to let us know that Bruce is once again nominated
for a Juno Music Award, this time for Album of the Year in the Roots
and Traditional Music catagory. You can read about these Canadian
music awards at: http://www.juno-awards.ca. Bruce is a member of
the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and has received 20 Juno Awards
prior to this year.

Another reader sent in this review from The Buffalo News:

From The Buffalo News
POP MUSIC
Music does talking for CockburnBy Jeff Miers
News Pop Music Critic
2/7/2004

A sold-out Tralf welcomed a brother from the north Friday evening, as
folk/jazz/world-music songwriter Bruce Cockburn warmed the hearts and
fired up the imaginations of a devout crowd.

Cockburn, who has been releasing albums of thoughtful, provocative
and deeply musical folk-based songs for about 30 years, held the
Tralf crowd in the palm of his hand as he featured songs from his
exquisite new album, "You've Never Seen Everything," and a host of
old favorites.

Joined only by Ani DiFranco alumnus Julie Wolff on keys and harmony
vocals, Cockburn - who, surprisingly, never let the audience in on
the discoveries resulting from his recent trip to Iraq - proved his
mettle as one of the finest finger-pickers on the planet over the
course of a two-hour show.

Cockburn said next to nothing. His songs, however, said plenty.

Early in the set, Cockburn dug deeply into "Lovers in a Dangerous
Time," a song written in the thick of the Reagan era, but, judging by
the reaction of the crowd, of equal impact and import today. That
song, from Cockburn's 1984 album "Stealing Fire," laid the basis for
the rest of the night's show. Though his tunes draw deeply from the
poisoned well of interpersonal relationships, Cockburn's greatest
pieces employ the particular as a means of unearthing the universal.

So a healthy portion of the new album was in order, and Cockburn
didn't disappoint. "Tried and Tested," a mantralike, folk-based tune,
came early and let fans know that Cockburn wasn't here to offer a set
of oldies, thereby allowing the crowd to bask in nostalgia.

"Open," "All Our Dark Tomorrows," "Postcards From Cambodia," "Wait No
More" - these songs revealed Cockburn to be an artist concerned with
the machinations of the world.

One earlier tune, "Pacing the Cage," from the 1996 release "The
Charity of Night," found Cockburn baring it all in a fashion Janet
Jackson will never comprehend.

"I've proven who I am so many times/the magnetic strip's wearing
thin," he sings in the tune's second verse, only to dig deeper in the
following verse: "I never knew what you all wanted/So I gave you
everything."

Yeah. That about sums it up.

Bobbi Wisby and David Newton have been busy updating links and
getting new setlists in place as they come in from this current
tour. Please be aware that we are an 'all volunteer' organization
and the real Canadian beavers can only do so much. When you send in
information it goes into what we affectionately call 'the queue' and
we do handle each submission in the order it was received. Just keep
checking back to see if yours has been uploaded yet. We are very
grateful to our contributors and want to make sure that each person's
submission is given the attention it deserves.

That's it for this issue of The Cockburn News. For those readers in
Australia, does anyone have information about the gig on March 13 at
the Moss Vale Festival? Anything you could share would be
appreciated!

Peace,
Suzanne Myers
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