Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort
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Artist: Bruce CockburnEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2011-03-08
Music Label: TRUE NORTH
Soundtracks:
- Iris Of The World
- Call Me Rose
- Bohemian 3-Step
- Radiance
- Five Fifty-One
- Driving Away
- Lois On The Autobahn
- Boundless
- Called Me Back
- Comets Of Kandahar
- Each One Lost
- Parnassus And Fog
- Ancestors
- Gifts
Music reviews of Small Source of Comfort
Music Review: A Bit Of A Return For Bruce
Rating: 4 Stars
Bruce has been in a slump for a while, both in quality and quantity of new music. Of course we have been spoiled for a long time. The first 20 years of Bruce's career he released 15 studio albums and in my opinion every one of them was pretty great. Over the past 12 years before this new release Bruce put out just 2 new studio cd's; I thought they were the 2 worst albums of all his work (although I liked a few songs off of You've Never Seen Everything).
So I had some trepidation when I listened to Small Source Of Comfort for the first time. I was happy to hear that Bruce is back creating some of the great music that we have come to expect over the last 4 decades. Bruce opens up with the catchiest tune on the cd "Iris Of The World" - an infectious song that has some great Bruce wordplay. It is a unique Bruce travelogue, a modern day "How I Spent My Fall Vacation".
Next is "Call Me Rose", the single from SSOC. The song, if you can believe it, is written from the viewpoint of Richard Nixon who has been reincarnated in the body of a single mother living in the projects. From the description I pictured a novelty track that I would probably listen to a few times and have no desire to put on again. I find myself really liking this song. Bruce captures a feeling of resignation and perhaps even a chance at redemption (maybe Richard Nixon wishes this song was true). That's the other thing I like about this cd. Bruce seemingly has laid aside the anger that in my opinion marred some of the songs on the last 2 cd's. Not to say he doesn't address some issues here; It is not an album that ignores the state of the world. He just seems to be a little bit more at peace with himself.
I won't go into each track but the overall feel of the album is acoustic, yet often rhythmic. The songs stand up to repeated listening. Bruce's voice, one of his greatest gifts, is beautiful - deep and resonant. And the lyrics are often beautiful. The production goes well with the material unlike the overproduced Life Short Call Now.
I personally could do without 5 instrumentals. 1 or 2 would suffice for me. They are quality songs and Bruce plays them beautifully. You may disagree. But nothing is lost since there are 14 songs total.
The last song "Gifts" was written in 1968. It is a gorgeous short poem (perhaps prayer) set to music. Bruce's manager wanted him to record it for his first album. Bruce said he would rather record it for his last. At almost 66 years old we never know when the last album will be. As Bruce said once, "Everything that exists in time runs out of time one day". Whenever it ends he certainly will have left behind a vast amount of wonderful music.
Description of Small Source of Comfort
With a career that has spanned four decades producing an acclaimed bodyof work that has sold over 2 million copies worldwide, Bruce Cockburn
continues to be revered by fans and fellow musicians alike as one of the
most important songwriters of his generation.
Small Source of Comfort is Cockburn s fi rst studio album in six years - a
rhythmic and highly evocative collection of 14 new tracks inspired by
his renowned unusual and diverse muse - recent trips to Afghanistan
and ponderings on the re-incarnation of Richard Nixon, to road trips and
unreturned phone calls. The album boasts some of the best musicians
recording today, including violinist Jenny Scheinman, former Wailin Jenny
Annabelle Chvostek, and long time collaborators Gary Craig, Jon Dymond
and producer Colin Linden.
As both a songwriter and a guitarist, Bruce Cockburn is considered among
the world s best. The New York Times called him a virtuoso on guitar,
while Acoustic Guitar magazine placed him in the esteemed company of
Andrés Segovia, Bill Frisell and Django Reinhardt.
Cockburn s songs have been covered by such diverse and talented artists
as Elbow, Jimmy Buffett, Judy Collins, Anne Murray, Chet Atkins, k.d. lang,
Barenaked Ladies, and the Grateful Dead s Jerry Garcia.
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