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21 April 2008

Greetings:

Spring is in the air and news is flowing from Finkelstein Management
about Bruce's upcoming work with several very worthy causes. June
14th will find him among the Canadian musicians and writers coming
together to benefit Robert Lovelace; a father and retired chief of the
Ardoch Algonquin First Nation has been imprisoned for his peaceful
opposition to uranium mining in North Frontenac. In the fall, October
4th, Bruce will team up with General Romeo for an evening of song and
spoken word to end the use of children as soldiers, human mine
detectos, porters, spies, suicide messengers and sex slaves in more
than 30 countries. You can read much more about both of these events
at: http://www.cockburnproject.net.

And this just in:

Bruce Cockburn To Record His First Ever Live Solo Album

Bruce Cockburn will be recording a live solo album on his spring tour
of the Northeast US. As well there is one date in Quebec that is
taking place during the Festivaldes Guitars Du Monde.

This will be Bruce's 30th recording in a career that stretches back to
1969 however it will be the first ever solo live recording in his
fabled catalogue. In the past he's recorded two other live
records (Circles In The Stream 1977) and Live (1990 as well as one
live EP (You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chances 1998) however
all of these recordings were done with a full band.

The CD will be produced by long time friend Colin Linden. The
recordings are expected to be released by True North in fall of 2008.

Bruce has long been regarded as one of the world's finest solo
performers. Performing alone is a format that allows his sparkling
musicianship and amazing guitar prowess to shine through, as well as
completely focusing the attention on his amazing catalogue of songs
which have now received over 250 cover versions by such great artists
as Jimmy Buffett, The Barenaked Ladies, kd Lang, Judy Collins, Jerry
Garcia and Third World to name only a few.

All of the following shows will be recorded for the live record.


MAY 14 NORTHAMPTON MA THE IRON HORSE
MAY 15 NORTHAMPTON MA THE IRON HORSE
MAY 16 BOSTON MA SOMERVILLE THEATRE
MAY 17 ITHACA NY KULP AUDITORIUM
MAY 19 ROCHESTER NY GERMAN HOUSE THEATRE
MAY 20 SELLERSVILLE PA SELLERSVILLE THEATRE
MAY 21 LONDONDERRY NH TUPELO MUSIC HALL
MAY 22 PORTLAND ME FIRST PARRISH CHURCH
MAY 23 BROOKFIELD NH TUMBLEDOWN FARM BARN
MAY 25 ROUYEN-NORANDA PQ CONGRESS CENTRE

Thanks to the contributions of our readers our tourdates section is
filling in nicely. Setlist editor David Newton has added a number of
setlists and other information in recent weeks. Bobbi Wisby,
webmaster, has been very busy weaving together a sparkling new front
page for The Cockburn Project. As always we appreciate your
contributions, please be aware that we have quite a queue for
inclusion on the Project, so if you don't see your contribution right
aware, please be assured that we are grateful and working as fast as
we can!

Happy Spring to those of us in the Northern Hemisphere!

Peace always,
Suzanne Myers
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