Cockburn Project: I wondered, with Bruce having previewed some new songs during the last year or so on tour
what songs made the final cut?
Bernie Finkelstein: Here is the final track listing. Some of the songs have been
played at shows but many of them will be new to most everyone. They
are all new songs as they have been written over the past few years.
However, Celestial Horses had it's beginnings many years ago, although
it is newly finished and was recorded for the bonus disc for AAA.
Cockburn Project: The Cockburn Project gets lots of mail begging for dates in the
southern US, Australia and the UK and Italy, so I asked Finkelstein
if he thought those places might be included in this next tour?
Bernie Finkelstein
photo courtesy: http://www.cmw.net/
Title: You've Never Seen Everything
Release Date: June 10, 2003
Title/Time
[1] Tried & Tested (5:00)
[2] Open (3:57)
[3] All Our Dark Tomorrows (6:15)
[4] Trickle Down (6:16)
[5] Everywhere Dance (4:18)
[6] Put It In Your Heart (5:23)
[7] Postcards From Cambodia (6:55)
[8] Wait No More (4:04)
[9] Celestial Horses (5:59)
[10] You've Never Seen Everything (9:13)
[11] Don't Forget About Delight (5:48)
[12] Messenger Wind (3:29)
All songs written by Bruce Cockburn.
Except: Track 4 written by Bruce Cockburn, Andy Milne, and Carl Walker, Track 5 written by Bruce
Cockburn and Andy Milne.
Cockburn Project: Having read interviews of the past year or so it appears that Bruce
has been introspective and meditative and I wondered if that feeling
had come through in this album.
Bernie Finkelstein: I really don't like to comment on the feeling one might get in
listening to the CD. It's always best for that to either come from
the listener or perhaps from Bruce. Of course the title of the
CD You've Never Seen Everything gives you some idea of where
this record is coming from.
Cockburn Project: Cover art has always been a strong point in Bruce's work, often
reflective of the theme of the album, when asked about this
Finkelstein offered:
Bernie Finkelstein: Well again it will be better for Bruce to discuss the theme if
any for the CD which I don't think he's ready to do yet. We are in
the process of doing the cover now and haven't yet decided which way
to go. I can tell you that Micheal Wrycraft will be doing the cover.
He did Breakfast and AAA. We always try to make the artwork an extension and reflection of the work on the record. Hopefully this
cover will do the same.
Cockburn Project: Knowing that some of the more recent pieces of Bruce's writing have
been poetic in nature and thinking specifically of Postcards from
Cambodia, I asked if Finkelstein felt other cuts on this album had
that same quality and if any ones in particular came to mind?
Bernie Finkelstein: Well I think all of the cuts are very poetic, each in their own
way. However in the sense that Postcards is mostly a spoken piece
then the title cut is also spoken and with a very dramatic sung
chorus that includes backup vocals from Emmylou Harris.
Cockburn Project: Looking at an early June release date I wondered would Bruce be
touring or doing appearances prior to that date? And with Bruce
having toured for landmine reform in recent months, did he have any
other groups that he's going to be lending his support to?
Bernie Finkelstein: Yes, the CD is going to come out on June 3 pretty much around the
world. There might be some appearances before the release but I don't
know for sure at this time. There is one show booked in Ottawa on May
19, 2003 for the Tulip Festival. This is a makeup date for the cancelled
show from last year.
Bruce will be doing a press conference in Ottawa on February 19 in
support of the Lubicon. He has done a television and radio spot
calling upon the Canadian government to live up to their promises
made to the Lubicon. Bruce has been supporting the Lubicon for some
time now.
[The radio ads will start running on Monday Feb 17, 2003 and the TV ad starts on March 3rd.]
There are always many things that Bruce supports some private and
some public. He has recently signed a petition which received broad
coverage in Canada asking the Canadian government to not go to war
with Iraq based on the current evidence available. As well, he signed
a petition asking the Canadian government to sign the Kyoto
Accord.
Bernie Finkelstein: We hope to start the tour sometime around July 1. With luck we
will get to all of the above places in the next 12 to 15 months. The
last tour for Breakfast in New Orleans included dates in the UK and
Italy by the way. Bruce just hasn't been on the road that much since
that release. I really hope we get to the southern US as well as
Australia on this tour. He was in the south this year on the landmine
tour.
Ben Riley
photo: Greg Lyons
Steve Lucas
photo: Greg Lyons
Hugh Marsh - photo courtesy
www.silk.net/mcdermott/gallery/marsh.htm
Cockburn Project: Last but not least I noted that on the last tour Bruce was solo, and
wondered if he will he be touring alone or with a band and would any
of the people who'd appeared on the album with him be included in the
tour?
Bernie Finkelstein: Yes this tour will be a band tour, that is, the dates that
happen after July 1. We hope to have Hugh Marsh, Ben Riley and Steve
Lucas but it's not yet confirmed.
So there you have it! Hot off the presses, at least the electronic ones!
Peace,
Suzanne Myers
16 February 2003 - Bruce will be inducted as an Officer in the Order of Canada, on 21 February 2003, in Ottawa.
16 February 2003 - Bernie Finkelstein will be inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. Mike Bullard will host the 2003 CMW Music Industry Awards to be held on Thursday, 27 February at The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel as part of Canadian Music Week. The annual gathering is where Canada's top music industry professionals honour their own. Special features include Hall of Fame inductions and an intimate performance by Bruce Cockburn.
~Bobbi Wisby