Bruce Cockburn Supports the Ubuntu Project
28 April 2008 - On April 14th Bruce participated with a set, along with the Mighty Popo and Nicole Pageau, the Canadian co-founder of Ubuntu-Edmonton at a fund raiser in Ottawa. Ubuntu Edmonton is a "grass
roots" NGO in Kigali, Rwanda serving local widows, and orphans of Rwanda's Genocide. The evening was organized by me (Bruce's brother)
and was very low key with about 200 attending. It was held at the "Junior Ranks Mess" on Queen Elizabeth Dr. Unfortunately I was
unable to attend as I had to depart for Afghanistan on the 13th (I'm a doctor with the Canadian Forces). The evening was a big success we
raised ~ $9000.00. Bruce's set was reported as "great" by a number of reliable sources and the whole evening was very well
received. You can get more info about the Ubuntu Project if you wish by checking out their website at UbuntuEdmonton.Org.
~ All the best. John Cockburn.
Bruce Cockburn To Record His First Ever Live Solo Album
21 April 2008 -
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 in 1990 as well as one live EP - You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance in 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
~from Bernie Finkelstein, Finkelstein Management.
For more info on the above Tour Dates.
~bobbi wisby
SOLDIER AND SINGER JOIN FORCES TO END THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS
Romeo Dallaire and Bruce Cockburn headline benefit concert
17 April 2008 - Singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn and retired General Romeo Dallaire, both University of Victoria honorary degree recipients, will team up this fall at the university for Child Soldiers No More, an evening of song and spoken word in support of ending the use of child soldiers. An estimated 300,000 children in more than 30 countries serve as soldiers, human mine detectors, porters, spies, suicide messengers and sex slaves.
Proceeds from the October 4 concert will aid the Child Soldiers Initiative, developed by three UVic School of Child and Youth Care researchers. Sibylle Artz, Marie Hoskins, and Daniel Scott are working on a process to re-integrate war-affected children back into their communities. "Our research is aimed at developing effective methods of re-introducing these children to a stable life," says Artz.
Tickets for the concert are $75 each and go on sale April 26, 2008. For further information contact the University Ticket Centre at 721-8480 or visit www.auditorium.uvic.ca
Since witnessing the Rwandan genocide, which he documented in his award-winning book, Shake Hands with the Devil - The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, Dallaire has devoted his life to helping war-affected children. Cockburn has long been a spokesperson for global peace. "It is a great honour to be working with General Dallaire and raising awareness about this initiative," he says.
"The active involvement of children in violent conflict is a concern for everyone working toward stability, peace and prosperity. Removing all children from combat is an essential step to end cycles of violence," says Dallaire.
Media Contacts:
To arrange advance media interviews with Bruce Cockburn please contact:
Bernie Finkelstein (Finkelstein Management) at 416-596-8696 ext. 222 or bernie@finkelsteinmanagement.com
Dr. Sibylle Artz (Child and Youth Care) at 250-721-6472 or sartz@uvic.ca
Dr. Marie Hoskins (Child and Youth Care) at 250-721-7982 or mhoskins@uvic.ca
Christine McLaren (Human and Social Development Communications) at 250-721-6467 or mclaren@uvic.ca.
~bobbi wisby
ARTISTS FOR BOB LOVELACE BENEFIT CONCERT
16 April 2008 - A concert featuring Canada’s best musicians and writers takes place Saturday, June 14th at the Sydenham St. United Church in Kingston. Bruce Cockburn, Susan Aglukark, David Francey, Jenny Whiteley, Joey Wright, Terry Tufts, Unity, and the Algonquin Drummers will perform at what will be an incredible night of music and community spirit. The event will raise funds for Robert Lovelace, father, retired chief of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation and Queen’s University professor, who has been imprisoned for his peaceful opposition to uranium mining in North Frontenac. All proceeds from the benefit concert will go to Bob Lovelace through a trust fund established for him by OPIRG Kingston.
Bruce Cockburn, an officer of the Order of Canada, has earned 20 gold and platinum records in Canada, 11 Juno Awards and is inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Inuit singer-songwriter, Susan Aglukark is also a member of the Order of Canada and a multiple Juno Award winner. Multiple Juno winners David Francey and Jenny Whiteley will also perform along with two of Canada’s best guitarists, Joey Wright and Terry Tufts. The Algonquin Drummers will open the show with a ceremonial Algonquin drum and Unity, an aboriginal women’s singing group will sing both traditional and original music.
Also breaking news regarding the show is that award winning author Michael Ondaatje (English Patient) will also be participating in the show.
For More Information Contact::
ARTISTS FOR BOB LOVELACE CONCERT: Paul Gervan gervan@sympatico.ca 613-387-3579
BRUCE COCKBURN: Bernie Finkelstein bernie@finkelsteinmanagement.com
SUSAN AGLUKARK: info@susanaglukark.com
ARDOCH ALGONQUIN FIRST NATION: Candy Bilow cmcglynnbilow@gmail.com
~bobbi wisby
Songwriting legend, educator and philanthropist, Bruce Cockburn
performing concert series across New England with special guest Catherine MacLellan
11 April 2008 -
Bruce Cockburn is the legendary songwriter whose work has influenced a whole
new generation of songwriters. Songs like Call it Democracy, If I had a
Rocket Launcher inspired by his research trips to third world, war torn
countries foretold the social and political landscape we witness today, a
dozen years after they were released. Looking back on a career that includes
26 albums, numerous international awards, including the Canadian Music Hall
of Fame and the Tenco Award for Lifetime Achievement in Italy, 20 gold and
platinum records in Canada, and his tireless philanthropic work, Bruce
Cockburn has made a profound positive impact on our society through his
music.
May 14-15 - The Iron House - Northhampton, MA
May 16 - Somerville Theatre - Boston, MA
May 17 - Kulp Auditorium - Ithica, NY
May 19 - German House Theatre - Rochester, NY
May 20 - Sellersville -Sellerville, PA
May 21 - Tupela Music Hall - Londonderry, NH
May 23 - Tumbledown Farn Barn - Brookfield, NH
(check Tour Dates for more information)
Bruce will be performing solo- acoustic, and all the shows will be recorded for release later this year of a solo-live album.
Catherine MacLellan is the critically acclaimed, young singer-songwriter from Prince Edward Island, whose craft has drawn comparisons to Gordon
Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell. Her new album CHURCH BELL BLUES, voted "Critics
Favorite New Discoveries" in folk scribe Penguin Eggs, will be released in
the US on May 13th to coincide with the tour with Bruce Cockburn. ~ from True North Records Newsletter
Related Links:
True North Records
Catherine MacLellan
~ bobbi wisby
Canadian icon Cockburn to perform at benefit concert for jailed Algonquin activist Bob Lovelace
6 April 2008 -
Canadian folk-rock icon Bruce Cockburn will perform at a June benefit
concert for jailed Algonquin activist Bob Lovelace.
Cockburn, who has a home in the area, will be the headline act at the
Artists for Bob concert June 14 at Sydenham Street United Church.
Co-organizer Ellen Hamilton, who runs Kingston's Leopard Frog music-
recording studio, said she and a handful of others in the local music
industry asked Cockburn to perform because they thought it was a cause he
might support.
"He has consistently spoken up for what's right and just and he seems quite
interested in social justice," she said. "We also know he lives in the
area."
Tickets, which will cost $30, will begin selling Monday through the Grand
Theatre, Brian's Record Option, Novel Idea and other retailers.
Also playing Artists for Bob will be three-time Juno Award-winning
Aboriginal recording artist Susan Aglukark, legendary Sharbot Lake-area
guitarist Joey Wright, and Unity and the Algonquin Drummers.
"We're also close to getting two other famous artists in Canada, but can't
release [names] yet because we're still negotiating with them," Hamilton
said.
The organizers came together after Lovelace was imprisoned Feb. 15 for six
months for refusing to obey a judge's order to stop blocking uranium
exploration north of Sharbot Lake.
Lovelace, a father of two adopted young children and a Queen's University
lecturer, was also fined $25,000.
Like many others, Hamilton said she was watching the story about the uranium
protest from the sidelines until Lovelace was jailed for protesting
peacefully.
"This sentencing of Bob Lovelace, it was a wake-up call for some of us," she
said.
~ from The Whig, Posted By Frank Armstrong.
Related Links:
www.indiancountry.com
photos on Flickr
http://sumoud.tao.ca
~ bobbi wisby
Bruce Cockburn visits Truro for Seedy Saturday event
10 March 2008 - TRURO - Amongst the stream of people coming and going from St. Andrew's United Church this weekend in support of Seedy Saturday, one man stood out with his long black leather jacket and small round glasses.
Canadian folk/rock icon Bruce Cockburn quietly strolled around the crowded room, stopping every few minutes to checkout a particular displays or chat with a vendor about their product and how it affects the environment.
Cockburn was there to represent the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada, an organization he's been supporting since he got the first paycheck from his first album in 1970. "All of the sudden I had this big royalty check. It wasn't a large amount of money by modern standards but it was more than I had ever seen in one place. And I thought oh my God I can't just spend this, it was too much money," said Cockburn.
He's been a "mouth piece" for the organization ever since. Travelling all over the world in support of small farmers and the environment for 30 years.
~ from Truro Daily News. Photo by Colin MacLean.
Bruce Cockburn in Truro and Halifax
Cockburn here to promote food safety
6 March 2008 - Bruce Cockburn is in Truro and Halifax this weekend.(David Smith / CP)
TRURO — Canadian musician Bruce Cockburn comes to Truro on Friday to help
kick off the four-day Real Food, Farming and Flowers weekend focused on food
security and related issues, both locally and globally.
Mr. Cockburn, who recently returned from a USC Canada trip to Nepal, will
also be in Halifax on Saturday night for the Food Sovereignty and
Biodiversity event at the Garrison Brewery on Marginal Road.
"There’s a lot of talk about buying locally, growing your own food and
supporting farmers’ markets," Mark Austin, co-organizer of the Truro and
Halifax events, said by phone Wednesday from his home near Truro.
"I believe, as many do right now, we have to find a way to reconnect with
where our food comes from. Along with that, we need to produce food in a
sustainable way. In other words, I’m not a great believer in industrial
farming and processed foods."
Mr. Cockburn will discuss farming in Nepal and West Africa when he speaks on
Friday during a community gathering from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United
Church on King Street in Truro.
A farmers’ market, cafe, small film festival of food and farm-related
documentaries, and children’s entertainment will be held at the church
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will also be displays focused on local
food and healthy landscapes and a workshop on saving seeds.
"It’s kind of like a meet-a-farmer event and a chance to find out about
farm-gate opportunities in the area," Mr. Austin said.
"I want to be informed when I go to the supermarket or the farmers’ market
about what my choices are. But I’m also very aware that there are people
around the world who don’t have choices."
Mr. Cockburn, along with USC Canada executive director Susan Walsh and
others will be at the Garrison Brewery in Halifax Saturday from 8 to 10 p.m.
for discussions, food and music focused on real food and farming around the
world. USC is a non-profit international development organization. Tickets
are available from Mr. Austin at 896-0184 or at the Wooden Monkey restaurant
on Argyle Street.
Events conclude Monday with a seminar entitled Challenges of Organic
Integrity in a World of GMOs and Nanotechnology. Pat Mooney, an agricultural
biodiversity activist, is featured and the talk begins at noon in Room C24
of the Cox Institute at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
~from The Chronicle Herald, by Cathy Von Kintzel, Truro Bureau.
Possibilites for 2008
"Bruce and I met at the Winnipeg Folk Festival summer 2006, and I performed with him as a Wailin' Jenny at Edmonton Folk Fest 2 weeks
later. I've since left that band to persue my solo work. We stayed in contact and decided to collaborate on a song together, which
mostly took place here in Montreal. I think he's started trying it out in front of audiences, and our collaboration will appear on my
upcoming album tentatively titled "Resilience", due out in spring 2008. Bruce and I sing it and play it as a duet with vocals and
acoustic guitar. He does a fantastic solo. The song is called Driving Away, a bit of a meditation on the crazy world and some of
the more challenging human impulses that happen within it. It was a delightful collaboration. Quite magical, the way it flowed."
Driving Away
The dichotomy of being a sentient being
Driving away, driving away
Angel in the heart, lost out this time
driving away, driving away
The Calamity of seeing
And fleeing the sight
Driving away, blue as the night
Driving away
Blue as the night
Mustang, lizard, mud and light
Blood and diamond, fight or flight
Right?
The picture of the world
That’s coming clear
Driving away, driving away
The things you never though your ears would hear
Driving away, driving away
The ashes of a heart
Drift past the lights
Driving away, blue as the night
Driving away
Blue as the night
Mustang, lizard, mud and light
Blood and diamond, flight or flight
Right?
© Bruce Cockburn and Annabelle Chvostek, 2007.
Related Links:
Annabelle Chvostek
Bruce Cockburn - 2006 - Winnepeg Folk Festival
Wailin' Jennys - 2006- Winnipeg Folk Festival
Bruce - 2006 - Edmonton Folk Festival
Annabelle - 2006 - Edmonton Folk Festival
~bobbi wisby
USC's new Gifts that Grow Catalogue
more on Bruce Cockburn returns to Nepal after 20 years
27 November 2007 - This in from USC Canada:
Hello Friends of USC Canada and friends of Bruce Cockburn,
As you know, Bruce has returned to visit Nepal, the country he calls
"hands down the most beautiful place on earth that I've seen."
Cockburn returns twenty years after his first visit in 1987 with the
same travel companion - Susan Walsh, USC Canada's Executive Director.
Cockburn and Walsh will journey on foot, staying in the villages of
Humla district, located in the northwest corner of the country
Many of Bruce's fans have been avidly following Bruce's journey back
to Nepal, on his Path to Nepal www.kensingtontv.com/nepal/.
They have also begun contacting USC Canada to see how they can
contribute to USC projects in the communities of Humla, Nepal. If you
could please circulate this email, it will help us get the message out
on how others can support the people of Humla.
You can give through USC's new Gifts that Grow Catalogue.
The following gifts are destined for Humla*:
The Seedlings - $25
Drinking Water - $50
Vegetable Gardens -$500
*See below for more information on Humla, Nepal and the Gifts that Grow options for Humla.
Or, you can simply make a gift to USC Canada at: http://usc-canada.org/?page_id=4 and be sure to indicate in the notes section that your gift is to be directed to Humla Nepal.
If you have any other questions, or if i can help you out in any other
way, please don't hesitate to call me at 613-234-6827, or email directly at bmcfarlane@usc-canada.org.
*GIFTS THAT GROW - GIFTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF HUMLA
Seedlings $25, Humla, Nepal
We are looking to raise $625 for seedlings in Nepal, a total of 25 gifts of $25. It costs one cent for one seedling of `Atis' (Aconitum
heterophylum) - a medicinal herb that's used in both the traditional and modern medical practices in Humla. Each seedling, produced by a
group of local farmers in a nursery, will be given to a farmer, to be transplanted on farmers' local fields.
Goal = 25 batches of 2000 seedlings.
Drinking Water $50, Humla, Nepal
$50 will provide two households with potable drinking water. USC's goal is to raise $3,000, which is a total of 60 gifts to provide a
Drinking Water System that will serve 132 households or 800 people.
Vegetable Gardens $500, Humla Nepal
Our goal of receiving two gifts of $500, for a total of $1,000 will assist women in six villages to plant and maintain healthy vegetable
gardens that improve the nutrition of their families and generate income through the sale of surplus produce. The gift includes the cost
of tools and training on food processing. The cost per 3 villages is $500.
~from USC Canada.Brian McFarlane, Director, Fundraising and Financial Vibrancy.
USC Canada
56 Sparks Street, Suite 705
Ottawa ON K1P 5B1
613-234-6827 ext. 249
bmcfarlane@usc-canada.org
www.usc-canada.org
Witnessing "the Most Beautiful Place on Earth"
Bruce Cockburn returns to Nepal after 20 years
Toronto, 5 November 2007 - Twenty years after his first visit to
Nepal, Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn is going back to the
country he calls "hands down the most beautiful place on earth that
I've seen."
Cockburn returns to Nepal with the same travel companion as on his
first trip in 1987 -- Susan Walsh, USC Canada's Executive Director.
They will journey on foot, staying in the villages of Humla district,
located in the northwest corner of the country. This remote
Himalayan region, close to the Tibet border, gained importance through
history as a passage for salt caravans between China and India.
Nepal's long and tragic civil conflict has had a serious impact on
development programs in many parts of the country – including Humla.
Cockburn, whose humanitarian work has won him much praise around the
world, hopes to witness how the people of Humla have been living
despite their many challenges -- isolation, little access to any
development resources, and the political conflict, which is finally
subsiding.
"One of the things that characterizes people living in difficult
conditions is a very well-developed sense of how dependent we humans
are on each other," says Cockburn. "There's a sense of community that
is beyond anything that one encounters in the developed world."
"This is what allows people to survive their difficult circumstances
and to support each other physically and emotionally, given the hard
work and pain that they live with," he says. "It will also be
interesting to see what the impact of the war has been on that sense
of community because that often has a part to play, and that means
things could go either way."
Susan Walsh points out that despite the many challenges, the
communities supported by USC Canada have managed to continue their
work. "The people of Humla own this work, and it's succeeding
because of their resilience and determination. They have put all
their efforts, their heart and their ingenuity into it", she says.
Village committees in Humla are actively running small-scale
irrigation, organic agriculture, community health and education
programs with minimal outside support.
Cockburn's Humla journey takes place November 11- 23, and will be
captured by film-maker Robert Lang of Kensington Communications.
Visit Bruce's Nepal blog at www.kensingtontv.com/nepal
to see journal entries, video clips and images from Humla.
For more information:
Faris Ahmed, USC Canada (613) 234-6827 ext. 223;
e-mail: fahmed@usc-canada.org
USC Canada was founded in 1945 by Lotta Hitschmanova as the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada.
USC promotes vibrant family farms, strong rural communities and
healthy ecosystems around the world. With engaged Canadians and
partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, we support programs,
training, and policies that strengthen biodiversity, food sovereignty,
and the rights of those at the heart of resilient food systems --
women, indigenous peoples, and small-scale farmers.
For more information visit www.usc-canada.org
Or contact:
Ron Cross, Communications Officer, USC Canada
Tel: (613) 234-6827 ext. 240;
e-mail: rcross@usc-canada.org
~from True North Records
Related Links:
An Interview with Robert Lang
Understanding Nothing
~bobbi wisby
Life Short Call Now Tour Reports - Part 3
Manchester, New Hampshire and Solfest
22 August 2007 - The Life Short Call Now tour started in June 2006 with a round of solo festival shows. The end of July 2006 through the end of November 2006 found Bruce touring Julie Wolf and Gary Craig. In early 2007 Bruce was solo again starting out the tour in the UK and then into Germany, Belgium, and Holland. He continues solo through the US and ends this long tour at Solfest August 19th in California. A well deserved break is ahead of him now, with comments from shows indicating that he may be heading to Buenos Aires, Argentina for a Spanish language immersion course.
2 June 2007 - The June 1st Manchester, New Hampshire tour report comes to the CockburnProject from Doug. Photos are from Sandy in New Hampshire.
Bruce's show last night was exceptional. "Exceptional" because:
1. He was very relaxed, and far more "chatty" than when playing with a band.
2. The venue was great -- old movie theatre with a balcony. The sound was ~exquisite~ -- this was as "clean" a sound as I have ever heard in this kind of venue.
3. Bruce's playing was amazing. A couple of his performances were the best that I have heard.
4. Bruce's voice -- "liquid cocoa", I think one Human has described it -- was spot on.
Set list:
Rouler Sa Bosse
Open
Lovers in a Dangerous Time
Different When it Comes to You (Bruce said that this was a more traditional love song, not as complex as his others. Then he commented that maybe his songs weren't as complex as he thought -- that perhaps he has "delusions of complexity" of making great art, when in fact he is writing basic songs.)
Going to the Country (Bruce said that he was going to play this later in the set, but changed his mind. Said it was a road song that was actually written on the way to Montreal.)
Life Short, Call Now ("another road song")
Beautiful Creatures (Bruce's falsetto was pristine. Quite moving.)
End of All Rivers (Wow -- this was the best that I have heard him do this song.)
Wondering Where the Lions Are (OK performance)
Intermission
Elegy (So haunting and sublime.)
Wait No More (Someone called out "Dr. Cockburn, when are you going to make your next album. Bruce responded, actually its "Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Cockburn". He then responded "Some years hence . . .", but proceeded to talk about his desire to make an album of all cover songs. Said as long as songs keep coming to him, he'll probably make his songs a priority, but would like to do a covers album someday. He then noted that tomorrow is not a given, and you can't put too much stock into such things.)
Baghdad
Tell the Universe (Dedicated to George Bush.)
Put it in Your Heart (Bruce yelled out a particularly impassioned "Come on!". Nothing perfunctory about this performance -- he was feeling it.)
If A Tree Falls
Mystery (Some very wonderful Humans -- all female Humans (we guys don't have the hubrus to do such things -- stood up and let it shine. Very sweet.)
Encore:
If I had a Rocket Launcher (I have heard this one live too many times. Still, a fine performance.)
Planet of the Clowns - (Wow!)
Child of the Wind -- (Double wow. Beautiful performance.)
This was a large and appreciative crowd. Again, the acoustics were astonishing, and I thought Bruce played one of the better solo performances that I have seen. Interestingly, he did not have a set list for this performance, but appeared to know exactly what he intended to do, and did it perfectly.
I was reminded of how unique Bruce is as a performer. Such strong spiritual/ ethical/ philosophical grounding that makes you want to hear what he has to say, and such poetic gifts to express his thoughts. His guitar playing is so lyrical and intricate that it carries the aforementioned lyrics to places that no other singer-songwriter can match. His voice has such character and expression. He is a phenomenal artist -- here's hoping that he keeps playing until 120!
-- Tour report by Doug. Photos by Sandy from New Hampshire
19 August 2007 - I have had the great fortune to attend 4 shows from this long tour, the Kate Wolf 2006 show and the SF- Great American Music Hall show, ( tour reports here ), the Mystic Theater - Petaluma show and I just got back from the August 19 show at Solfest. All these shows were incredible. What follows is a short report of the Solfest show.
Solfest is a sustainable living information networking festival in Hopland, California. The tented outdoor venue area is small, maybe 400 or 500 people. It was a warm/ humid day and Bruce's set started around 2:30 in the afternoon.
People were sitting in the grass/ dirt in the area in front of the stage when I arrived. Fortunately there were still some chairs to be had and we got seats in the first row behind these people. This venue is always fun, I re-meet Bruce fans from other shows and it really has a feeling of family.
My husband, bless his heart :), wrote the set list out for me.
Bruce started out with Last Night Of The World, he was smiling and his eyes were open, seeming to look right at you! How fun, as most know, he usually has his eyes closed while playing. Perhaps because it was a day show and therefore not having lights shining in his face was the reason.
He talked a bit about the 'offer to work for a gun runner' who shows up in this song, See You Tomorrow,
where I believe he actually growled the lines, "And all my sins and all my stalkers".
Lovers In A Dangerous Time
Stolen Land with some comments about the Haida people.
During Life Short Call Now, about the second verse or so, the sound system went out! The audience went on singing, which helped a bit, and as always Bruce recovered well.
Beautiful Creatures, hearing this song live, watching Bruce play and sing it, always makes me cry and
Wait No More always makes me melt. Such powerful emotions these 2 songs evoke.
Baghdad
Put It In Your Heart
If A Tree Falls
Wondering Where The Lions Are, I have heard this song so many times. This time I actually heard it again and it sounded fresh, with great audience sing-along.
Mystery, this is fast becoming a favorite of mine. And I did "Stand up and let it shine", and the rest of the audience followed along. Perhaps it being the last song made that happen, don't know.
Encore:
Bruce came back out and played an intoxicating End Of All Rivers to a standing room of loving fans.
~bobbi wisby
Related Links:
Solfest setlist with more photos
OnMyBeat.net - photos
more photos
more on Flickr
Photos by Jerri-Jo Idarius
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