Bruce Cockburn

Kris Kristofferson Presents Bruce Cockburn with First-ever People's Voice Award

Kris Kristofferson Presents Bruce Cockburn with First-ever People's Voice Award Bruce Cockburn holds his People's Voice Award Feb 15, presented by Kris Kristofferson — photo credit: Brian HethermanBruce Cockburn will need to clear some space on the proverbial mantel. On Wednesday (Feb. 15), the legendary Canuck singer/songwriter and activist…

Bruce Cockburn Records PSA, Adds Suicide Prevention To Causes

Bruce Cockburn Records PSA, Adds Suicide Prevention To Causes (L to R) Manager Bernie Finkelstein hands Bruce Cockburn the 2014 Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award — photo credit: Grant W. Martin.Bruce Cockburn, who recently received the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award, has added another cause to his life-long interests — suicide awareness and…

Juno Awards Enlist Bruce Cockburn To Spotlight Green Initiative

Juno Awards Enlist Bruce Cockburn To Spotlight Green Initiative Bruce Cockburn, the Juno Awards 2013 Sustainability Ambassador — photo credit: Kevin Kelly.Folks can quibble until they’re blue over who wins what at the 42nd annual Juno Awards this weekend in Regina. But one area virtually impervious to criticism — yet largely invisible to the public — is…

Rock Photographer MacNaughtan's Art Book of Africa To Result In 500 Child Sponsors

Rock Photographer MacNaughtan's Art Book of Africa To Result In 500 Child Sponsors If a picture is worth a thousand words, Toronto's Andrew MacNaughtan has unleashed an important monologue on behalf of World Vision with his brand new coffee table book, Grace: Africa in Photographs. The result of a three-week sojourn to Kenya and Tanzania taken by…

Did Singer-Songwriter Bruce Cockburn Become A Radical?

Did Singer-Songwriter Bruce Cockburn Become A Radical? In elementary school, Bruce Cockburn remembers a teacher wishing upon her class that they all grow up to be “radicals,” a person intent on forcing change by uncompromising methods. The future folk-rock singer-songwriter doesn’t known how that might’ve affected his desire to make a difference in the world, but in the 1980s — after the…