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-- BRUCE COCKBURN CMW INTERVIEW --
Published on Jun 4, 2014

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27 July 2014 - Bruce Cockburn: Canadian Music Icon, Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee, Order of Canada inductee, winner of 13 Juno Awards and most recently, Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award honouree during Canadian Music Week 2014. Canadian Music Week was honoured to have Bruce Cockburn as a Celebrity Interview on Friday May 9th 2014, at the Toronto Marriot Hotel as part of the 2014 Music Summit. The interview, conducted by respected Toronto concert promoter Elliot Lefko, displays the historical significance of Bruce's career, beginning in the coffee houses of 1960's Yorkville and the forming of Bernie Finkelstein's True North Records , blossoming into the Songwriter/Activist respected internationally today.

The convivial talk between Elliot and Bruce covers such diverse topics as childhood in Ottawa, early exposure to World Music at Mariposa, and the quintessentially Canadian touring stories.



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