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12 February 2003

Greetings,

Amidst all the world's turmoil it might be nice to get some good
news, no? Bruce's latest album, "You've Never Seen Everything" is
due out June 3, 2003 for worldwide distribution. Ever curious, The
Cockburn Project recently caught up with Bruce's manager, Bernie
Finkelstein via the electronic e-waves and he shared some insights
about Bruce's latest offering to the world. I wondered, with Bruce
having previewed some new songs during the last year or so on tour
what songs made the final cut?

BF: Here is the final track listing. Some of the songs have been
played at shows but many of them will be new to most everyone. They
are all new songs as they have been written over the past few years.
However Celestial Horses had it's beginnings many years ago although
it is newly finished and was recorded for the bonus disc for AAA.

Title: Youčve Never Seen Everything
Release Date: June 3, 2003
Title/Time
1) Tried & Tested 5:00
2) Open 3:57
3) All Our Dark Tomorrows 6:15
4) Trickle Down 6:16
5) Everywhere Dance 4:18
6) Put It In Your Heart 5:23
7) Postcards From Cambodia 6:55
8) Wait No More 4:04
9) Celestial Horses 5:59
10) Youčve Never Seen Everything 9:13
11) Dončt Forget About Delight 5:48
12) Messenger Wind 3:29

All songs written by Bruce Cockburn.
Except: Track 4 written by Bruce Cockburn, Andy Milne, and Carl
Walker, Track 5 written by Bruce
Cockburn and Andy Milne.

Having read interviews of the past year or so it appears that Bruce
has been introspective and meditative and I wondered if that feeling
had come through in this album.

BF: I really don't like to comment on the feeling one might get in
listening to the CD. It's always best for that to either come from
the listener or perhaps from Bruce. Of course the title of the
CD  "You've Never Seen Everything" gives you some idea of where
this record is coming from.   

Cover art has always been a strong point in Bruce's work, often
reflective of the theme of the album, when asked about this
Finkelstein offered:

BF: Well again it will be better for Bruce to discuss the theme if
any for the CD which I don't think he's ready to do yet. We are in
the process of doing the cover now and haven't yet decided which way
to go. I can tell you that Micheal Wrycraft will be doing the cover.
He did Breakfast and AAA. We always try to make the artwork an
extension and reflection of the work on the record. Hopefully this
cover will do the same.

Knowing that some of the more recent pieces of Bruce's writing have
been poetic in nature and thinking specifically of Postcards from
Cambodia, I asked if Finkelstein felt other cuts on this album had
that same quality and if any ones in particular came to mind?

BF: Well I think all of the cuts are very poetic, each in their own
way. However in the sense that Postcards is mostly a spoken piece
then the title cut is also spoken and with a very dramatic sung
chorus that includes backup vocals from Emmylou Harris.

Looking at an early June release date I wondered would Bruce be
touring or doing appearances prior to that date?  And with Bruce
having toured for landmine reform in recent months, did he have any
other groups that he's going to be lending his support to?

BF: Yes, the CD is going to come out on June 3 pretty much around the
world. There might be some appearances before the release but I don't
know for sure at this time. There is one show booked in Ottawa on May
19 for the Tulip Festival. This is a makeup date for the cancelled
show from last year.

Bruce will be doing a press conference in Ottawa on February 19 in
support of the Lubicon. He has done a television and radio spot
calling upon the Canadian government to live up to their promises
made to the Lubicon. Bruce has been supporting the Lubicon for some
time now.

There are always many things that Bruce supports some private and
some public. He has recently signed a petition which received broad
coverage in Canada asking the Canadian government to not go to war
with Iraq based on the current evidence available. As well, he signed
a petition asking the Canadian government to sign the Kyoto
Accord.     

The Cockburn Project gets lots of mail begging for dates in the
southern US, Australia and the UK and Italy, so I asked Finkelstein
if he thought those places might be included in this next tour?  

BF: We hope to start the tour sometime around July 1. With luck we
will get to all of the above places in the next 12 to 15 months. The
last tour for Breakfast in New Orleans included dates in the UK and
Italy by the way. Bruce just hasn't been on the road that much since
that release. I really hope we get to the southern US as well as
Australia on this tour. He was in the south this year on the landmine
tour.

Last but not least I noted that on the last tour Bruce was solo, and
wondered if he will he be touring alone or with a band and would any
of the people who'd appeared on the album with him be included in the
tour?

BF: Yes this tour will be a band tour, that is, the dates that
happen after July 1. We hope to have Hugh Marsh, Ben Riley and Steve
Lucas but it's not yet confirmed.

So there you have it! Hot off the presses, at least the electronic
ones!

Peace,
Suzanne Myers
editor@...