Bruce Cockburn News

Brad Wheeler Published on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 5:59PM EST W hen Bruce Cockburn and Michael Ondaatje chat onstage Thursday, they will speak on the "joys and challenges of the creative life," according to the press release from Pen Canada, the champion of free expression that the discussion is to benefit.

After 30 albums and countless hits, Canadian songwriter Bruce Cockburn is known as much for his political activism around the world as he is for his music.

Canadian folk icon Bruce Cockburn performed at the main stage of the Ottawa Folk Festival, August 22, 2009.

Canadian folk icon Bruce Cockburn performed at the main stage of the Ottawa Folk Festival, August 22, 2009.

Once the nights are long and the snow flies, Stratford Live could be a good reason to venture out of the house.

WOLFEBORO FOLK RETURNS WITH THE NOUVEAUX HONKIES Seven Year Old Series Emerges From Hiatus WOLFEBORO, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Wolfeboro Folk is returning with a scheduled concert on Saturday, August 29, 2009, with the blues, swing, and rockabilly band, The Nouveaux Honkies.

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Check back soon for this lesson's video examples. Anyone casually familiar with Bruce Cockburn's music is likely to think of him as a front man: in his best-known songs, from the lilting reggae of "Wondering Where the Lions Are" to the edgy rock of "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" to the danceable pop groove of "Lovers in a Dangerous Time," Cockburn ...