{"id":64454,"date":"2019-11-10T19:26:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T02:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-to-host-iconic-singer-songwriter-guitarist-bruce-cockburn\/"},"modified":"2019-11-11T02:26:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T02:26:23","slug":"durango-to-host-iconic-singer-songwriter-guitarist-bruce-cockburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-to-host-iconic-singer-songwriter-guitarist-bruce-cockburn\/","title":{"rendered":"Durango to host iconic singer-songwriter, guitarist Bruce Cockburn"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4af5e5ba-e27a-48f7-82d1-52a101698fb2&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1433\" alt=\"Singer-songwriter and guitarist Bruce Cockburn will perform at the Henry Strater Theatre on Nov. 16.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Singer-songwriter and guitarist Bruce Cockburn will perform at the Henry Strater Theatre on Nov. 16.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two are currently on tour in support of Bruce Cockburn\u2019s latest release \u2013 his 34th \u2013 \u201cCrowing Ignites,\u201d an instrumental album, a first for Cockburn, who since the release of his self-titled debut album in 1970, has continued to put out albums every couple of years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A_nE5en5DGQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something I haven\u2019t done before,\u201d he said. \u201cWe did an instrumental album a few years ago, but it was a compilation of previously released tracks with a few new ones added. And this one is all new, so that\u2019s the thing that\u2019s most different about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The album\u2019s title is a literal translation of the Latin motto \u201cAccendit Cantu\u201d featured on the Cockburn family crest. Although a little puzzling, Cockburn liked the feeling it conveyed: \u201cEnergetic, blunt, Scottish as can be,\u201d he said in new release. It explores an array of genres, including folk. blues and jazz \u2013 with a few surprises, including the appearance of Tibetan singing bowls.<\/p>\n<p>And while the majority of the album was written out of the studio, two pieces \u2013 \u201cBells of Gethsemane\u201d and \u201cSeven Daggers\u201d \u2013 were built in house, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went in knowing that I wanted to do that because they were layered with different sounds of instruments I can\u2019t play all at once, and singing bowls and chimes and stuff like that,\u201d Cockburn said. \u201cThat was the exception. But otherwise, everything on the album I had under my hands before I went in. Those pieces were a lot of fun to put together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So what could possibly be left to do for a musician who has won tons of awards and has released 34 albums \u2013 is there anything he still has on his list of things to do and people to work with?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L6Lpx6JIMmk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The only thing Cockburn knows for sure is that he\u2019s not slowing down anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat changes all the time. It\u2019s like, \u2018Oh yeah, that\u2019d be great to have such and such on an album or so and so doing this.\u2019 A lot of my old heroes are kind of dead, so they\u2019re not really available \u2013 people from the jazz world who were models for me when I was starting out,\u201d he said. \u201cAt this point, I would like to just keep going. I don\u2019t have a specific thing in mind. In a perfect world, I would get to do an album of covers someday, songs that mean something to me. But I\u2019d also like to keep doing my own stuff until I can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Cockburn\u2019s show in Durango will include some of the pieces from \u201cCrowing Ignites,\u201d it\u2019s not an instrumental show, he said, adding that he hopes listeners will enjoy the new album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like them to take the album away with them (laughs), that\u2019s the main thing. But failing that, it\u2019s just music; there\u2019s no message,\u201d he said. \u201cI hope people find a place for it in their lives and that it suits whatever moods they find compatible with it that they experience. That\u2019s kind of what you hope for with an instrumental thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:katie@durangoherald.com\">katie@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-scoreboard\">\n<h4 class=\"scoreboard-title\">If you go<\/h4>\n<p><strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">What:<\/strong><br>\n                Bruce Cockburn.<br>\n                <strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">When:<\/strong><br>\n                7:30 p.m. Nov. 16.<br>\n                <strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">Where:<\/strong><br>\n                Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave.<br>\n                <strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">Tickets:<\/strong><br>\n                $69 reserved\/$54 general.<br>\n                <strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">More information:<\/strong><br>\n                Visit<br>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/henrystratertheatre.com\/events\/bruce-cockburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shorturl.at\/iswOS <\/a><br>\n                or call 375-7160.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer-songwriter and guitarist Bruce Cockburn will perform at the Henry Strater Theatre on Nov. 16.Courtesy The two are currently on tour in support of Bruce Cockburn\u2019s latest release \u2013 his 34th \u2013 \u201cCrowing Ignites,\u201d an instrumental album, a first for Cockburn, who since the release of his self-titled debut album in 1970, has continued to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1167,28,559,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-64454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-exclude-homepage-video","tag-headlines","tag-music","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64454"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=64454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}