{"id":23537,"date":"2023-01-25T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=23537"},"modified":"2023-02-02T13:56:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T21:56:52","slug":"bruce-cockburn-looks-back-moves-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2023\/01\/25\/bruce-cockburn-looks-back-moves-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Cockburn looks back, moves ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Canada\u2019s finest musicians, Bruce Cockburn is difficult to define. His unique blend of folk, rock,\u00a0 <\/span>jazz, and blues has led Cockburn on a musical journey that has spanned seven decades and produced 22 gold records, countless awards and accolades, and 9 million albums sold.<\/p>\n

A 2020 tour was booked to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his self-titled debut but was cancelled due to COVID; however, Cockburn\u2019s now returning to town. He\u2019s now unsure how to describe the tour, as he says at least one of the shows is being billed as a 50th anniversary show but he points to December\u2019s digital release Rarities <\/i>as well as his upcoming album O Sun O Moon<\/i>, coming out on May 12, as being equally important to the tour.<\/p>\n

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Bruce Cockburn is returning to Victoria in February (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cockburn says that audiences can look forward to hearing at least a couple of songs from the upcoming record, which he says sounds like a typical \u201970s Cockburn album in a lot of ways. However, he adds a disclaimer to avoid misleading fans who know those records.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think of it as being in the same world as In the Falling Dark<\/i> or Further Adventures Of<\/i> or something of that era\u2014not musically at all but not not musically either,\u201d says Cockburn. \u201cThe songs don\u2019t sound like the songs from back then exactly, but the way we approached putting the album together was more like that. That\u2019s a little obscure, but you\u2019ll understand what I mean when you hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Long recognized for his political presence, Cockburn says he has never really thought of himself as an activist but he recognizes that the world around him shapes his writing. The issues that we\u2019re surrounded by are all the same ones that have always been with us, except, Cockburn says, a lot of those issues are a little closer to the tipping point.<\/p>\n

\u201cWar isn\u2019t new in the world and the destruction of the environment isn\u2019t new in the world. Our culture has pulled it all together,\u201d he says. \u201cEverything that happens everywhere affects everybody. The same themes are showing up on the songs from the new album.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cockburn says that if you can\u2019t speak to each other coming from a place of tolerance and respect, you can\u2019t get anywhere because you just fight with people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re seeing it increasingly,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s partly the internet; It\u2019s partly Donald Trump; it\u2019s partly the pressure that everyone\u2019s feeling from the threats we\u2019re faced with. There\u2019s fear of nuclear war now after most people were able to avoid thinking about it for a long time. It\u2019s always been there but I guess what I have to say about those things is coming out in song right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

These days Cockburn is living in San Francisco as a full-time dad to an 11-year-old daughter, which shapes his days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re up at 6:15 and I get her to school and then do whatever I\u2019ve got going on that day, which at my age is usually medical,\u201d he says. \u201cNothing major but ongoing stuff that I think everybody my age deals with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cockburn says that being a father influences his feelings about the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had a life, quite a lot of it actually,\u201d says Cockburn. \u201cIt might not affect me but that horizon is obviously approaching. Any of us can look at that horizon and think, \u2018I\u2019m not gonna be around for that so I\u2019m not gonna worry about it,\u2019 but that\u2019s never been my approach. Especially now, with grandchildren and children who are going to have to deal with it. It lights a little fire under you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bruce Cockburn
\n8 pm Thursday, February 2
\n$58 and up, Royal Theatre
\nrmts.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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