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Thread #31525   Message #410403
Posted By: black walnut
03-Mar-01 - 04:23 PM
Thread Name: 'Why Bruce (Cockburn) Matters Now'
Subject: RE: 'Why Bruce (Cockburn) Matters Now'
Well, if we're into favourites...I have lots, but the top of the list is Salt, Sun and Time, and my favourite song is All the Diamonds. But Bruce is always changing. I love his old stuff, but I also really like his newest album, Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timuktu, as well. The solo concert he did on the Breakfast tour was so beautiful....he is so talented and without a band you catch it all. I heard him most recently live with the Concert for a Landmine Free World at Massey Hall.

Some people might think he comes off as sanctimonious, but I think he's a sincere activist who has seen more and been torn apart more by inequities and destruction because he's seen than most of us could ever imagine. I think he speaks from the heart and with passion. He's not satisfied to let things stay the way they are...his love for art and the planet are one.

~b.w.