Canadian music icon, Bruce Cockburn, will perform at Confederation Centre of the Arts on October 17 in support of the release of his latest album, O Sun O Moon. Tickets go on sale on Friday May 12 at the Confederation Centre Box Office.
Bruce Cockburn 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.
O Sun O Moon is his first vocal album since 2017’s Bone on Bone. It’s also only the third album Cockburn has released since writing his memoirs (2013’s widely acclaimed Rumours of Glory), A lot has happened in the zeitgeist in the last six years, and the renowned singer-songwriter has plenty to talk about.
Bruce 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.
Maritime dates include:
Fredericton – The Playhouse – October 16
Charlottetown – Confederation Centre – October 17
Moncton – Capitol Theatre – October 19
New Glasgow – Wellness Centre – October 20
Halifax – Rebecca Cohn Auditorium – October 21