Photos by Mark Girdauskas
With more than 40 years in the music industry, recipient of 13 Juno awards and a multitude of other accolades, Bruce Cockburn has a lot to share and did that with a varied selection of his songs, opening with Grim Travellers, ending with All the Diamonds in the World, and including some of his very familiar tunes like Lovers in a Dangerous Time, Wonderin’ Where the Lions Are and Rumours.
Though Cockburn was alone on stage, he complemented his masterful guitar playing with large foot-pedal operated chimes and backed it up with some well-executed electronic wizardry to achieve a full sound and effective back-drop for his singing.
Cockburn delivered his show without much chitchat. The crowd tried a few times to draw him into conversation – it’s hard not to do that in venue not much bigger than some people’s living rooms. Cockburn acknowledged remarks from the audience with a smile or quick, “Thank-you for coming,” and limited his dialogue to short bits of information about a song’s background, like “This song was born in Brooklyn,” for Five Fifty-One or “This song is from Nepal,” for Understanding Nothing. But that was ok with the audience – they were happy to hear what Cockburn had to say by way of his music.
After his years of travelling the world, keenly observant and willing to express his concern with the injustices he has found, Cockburn’s music is full of his thoughts, eloquently put and wrapped in an eclectic range of musical stylings. That seemed to be more than enough to satisfy those who came to hear him on a cold February evening.
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Cockburn delivered his show without much chitchat. The crowd tried a few times to draw him into conversation – it’s hard not to do that in venue not much bigger than some people’s living rooms. Cockburn acknowledged remarks from the audience with a smile or quick, “Thank-you for coming,” and limited his dialogue to short bits of information about a song’s background, like “This song was born in Brooklyn,” for Five Fifty-One or “This song is from Nepal,” for Understanding Nothing. But that was ok with the audience – they were happy to hear what Cockburn had to say by way of his music.
After his years of travelling the world, keenly observant and willing to express his concern with the injustices he has found, Cockburn’s music is full of his thoughts, eloquently put and wrapped in an eclectic range of musical stylings. That seemed to be more than enough to satisfy those who came to hear him on a cold February evening.
See more of Mark's photos from Bruce Cockburn's St. Thomas show...