Here is an interview with Bruce Cockburn published in early 2020 by an excellent Canadian poetry journal Contemporary Verse 2. The topics vary widely, but stay fairly close to poetry and writing. We spoke in August, 2019, before the pandemic and the lockdown and just a month after Maria and I saw Bruce with his band in the lovely Capitol Centre in North Bay, Ontario. That concert was intensely emotional for me as my father had passed away after a long illness just days before. The account of that concert and the healing properties of music are part of a lengthy project I am working on. Maybe one day it will be published, who knows? For now, this interview is quite impressive. Mr. Cockburn is funny and insightful as always. It is a companion interview to the article I wrote for Penguin Eggs Magazine about Bruce's latest album, Crowing Ignites.
I hope you enjoy. Thank you, Mr. Cockburn, for your generosity and compassion. The photo of Mr. Cockburn is by Daniel Keebler. http://www.mddunn.com/uploads/8/5/4/4/85440138/cv2-42-3-lyric-b.cockburn.dunn.pdf
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Friday, August 28, 2015
Live at Maja's Garden, August 26, 2015
A great night at Maja's Garden on Manitoulin Island. It's a special place...nice people too.
An Excerpt from "Some Savage Beauty" (not-so-good sound):
"i thank you, god, for most this amazing" (ee cummings), Maja's Garden, Manitoulin Island:
Sound check:
Thursday, March 26, 2015
New Song: "When Pete Seeger Built the World"
In my increasing frustration over recorded music and the commercial release of music -- CDs and all that -- I am continuing to offer rough demos of new songs. This is a song in which Galileo, Hypatia, and Pete Seeger appear in cameo. Hope you like it. Let me know what you think: "When Pete Seeger Built the World" by M.D. Dunn.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Saturday, July 30, 2011
The Auld Kirk, Thessalon, Ontario, & a parade
An afternoon in Thessalon, Ontario, birthplace of both my father and grandfather. Played in a great-sounding room in The Auld Kirk, a cafe, concert hall, gallery, and cultural space run by Mr Tom Carnahan. It was the first time that a parade ran through one of my sets. Today was Thessalon's community celebration. So, after a couple of tunes, we all took a break to watch the parade. It was a blast. I'll be back on October 1 and again later that the month, or in mid-September. A nice sounding room.
Here's a snippet from the set. A tune called "Every Time We Begin," bootlegged by the ever-lovely mapi.
Here's a snippet from the set. A tune called "Every Time We Begin," bootlegged by the ever-lovely mapi.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Poetry Month Reading
Way back in April, 2011, the League of Canadian Poets sponsored a reading at the Sault Public Library. I was honoured to share the event with poet Jena Schmitt whose Catchment Area (Signature Editions) is just marvelous. I've worked some of Jena's poems in the poetry class and found that students loved them. Jena also graciously agreed to visit the class last fall.
The April event was much fun, although short. Only an hour was allotted for the evening. Yet, it was fun and we got to hear Jena Schmitt read -- what more can you ask?
The pictures here were provided by the founder of the Sault Library writers series, poet Mark Peltonen.
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