“Time takes its toll,” sings the 77-year-old Bruce Cockburn on the opening song, On A Roll, his 38th album, O Sun O Moon, out on May 12 via True North Records. “But in my soul / I’m on a roll.”
Cockburn — who just announced a 44-date North American and U.K. tour in support of the album — has enjoyed an illustrious career shaped by politics, spirituality, and musical diversity. His remarkable journey has seen him embrace folk, jazz, rock, and worldbeat styles while earning high praise as a prolific, inspired songwriter and accomplished guitarist. He remains deeply respected for his activism and humanist song lyrics that thread throughout his career. On all his albums Cockburn has deftly captured the joy, pain, fear, and faith of human experience in song.
Cockburn has won 13 Juno Awards, an induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, and has been made an Officer of the Order of Canada, among many other accolades. He has 22 gold and platinum records including a six-times platinum record for his Christmas album. Cockburn continues to tour internationally.
He’s on a roll. See for yourself by taking in one of his tour dates below:
Bruce Cockburn 2023 North American & U.K. Tour
JUN 1 PLYMOUTH NH FLYING MONKEY CENTER
JUN 2 BEVERLY MA THE CABOT
JUN 3 HARTFORD CT INFINITY HALL
JUN 4 NEW YORK NY CITY WINERY
JUN 7 BETHLEHEM PA MUSIKFEST CAFÉ
JUN 8 PHOENIXVILLE PA COLONIAL THEATRE
JUN 9 WASHINGTON DC WARNER THEATRE
JUN 10 GREENSBURG PA PALACE THEATRE
JUN 12 BUFFALO NY ASBURY HALL BABEVILLE
JUN 13 KENT OH KENT STAGE
JUN 14 ROYAL OAK MI ROYAL OAK THEATRE
JUN 16 CINCINNATI OH LUDLOW GARAGE
JUN 17 NASHVILLE TN CMA THEATRE
JUN 18 ATLANTA GA VARIETY PLAYHOUSE
JUN 24 KENSINGTON CA COVENTRY GROVE
AUG 10 WHISTLER BC OLYMPIC PLAZA
AUG 24 OXFORD UK ACADEMY 2
AUG 25 LONDON UK SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
AUG 26 KETTERING UK GREENBELT FESTIVAL
AUG 30 BOULDER CO ETOWN HALL RADIO TAPING
SEP 1 PEGOSA SPRINGS CO 4 CORNERS FOLK FESTIVAL
OCT 11 HAMILTON ON FIRST ONTARIO HALL
OCT 12 MONTREAL QB GESU-ELISE
OCT 14 QUEBEC CITY QB IMPERIAL BELL
OCT 16 FREDERICTON NB THE PLAYHOUSE
OCT 17 CHARLOTTETOWN NB CONFEDERATION CENTRE
OCT 19 MONCTON NB CAPITOL THEATRE
OCT 20 NEW GLASGOW NS WELLNESS CENTRE
OCT 21 HALIFAX NS REBECCA COHN
OCT 23 PORTLAND ME STATE THEATRE
OCT 24 OLD SAYBROOK CT KATHARINE HEPBURN ARTS
OCT 25 NORTHAMPTON MA ACADEMY OF MUSIC
OCT 27 RUTLAND VT PARAMOUNT THEATRE
OCT 28 NY HANGAR THEATRE
OCT 30 NELSONVILLE OH STUART’S OPERA HOUSE
NOV 1 CARMEL IN TARKINGTON CENTRE
NOV 2 MILWAUKEE WI SOUTH MILWAUKEE PAC
NOV 3 CHICAGO IL OLD TOWN SCHOOL
NOV 4 CHICAGO IL OLD TOWN SCHOOL
NOV 17 SANTA MONICA CA McCABES
NOV 18 SANTA BARBARA CA LOBERO THEATRE
NOV 30 SACRAMENTO CA CREST THEATRE
DEC 1 BERKELEY CA FREIGHT & SALVAGE
DEC 2 BERKELEY CA FREIGHT & SALVAGE
