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Bruce Cockburn – Small Source of Comfort AT A GLANCE

- Born May 27, 1945 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Has won 11 JUNO Awards and been nominated for 31.
- Is an Officer of the Order of Canada
- Has released 31 albums across the past four decades

LIST OF AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
Going Down The Road (Soundtrack)  ·  B.M.I. Award  ·  1971
Canadian Folksinger Of The Year  ·  JUNO Award  ·  1971
Canadian Folksinger Of The Year  ·  JUNO Award  ·  1972
Canadian Folksinger Of The Year  ·  JUNO Award  ·  1973
Best Album Graphics (Night Vision)  ·  JUNO Award  ·  1975
Best Album Graphics (Joy Will Find A Way)  ·  JUNO Award  ·  1976

Top Single Recording Of The Year  ·  RPM Award  ·  1979
Folk Artist Of The Year  ·  JUNO Award  ·  1980
Best Male Vocalist  ·  CFNY U-Know Award  ·  1980
Male Vocalist Of The Year  ·  JUNO Award  ·  1981
Folk Artist Of The Year  ·  JUNO Award  ·  1981
Wondering Where The Lions Are  ·  P.R.O. Award  ·  1981
Wondering Where The Lions Are  ·  B.M.I. Award  ·  1981
Best Album Of The Year (Inner City Front)  ·  CFNY U-Know Award  ·  1981
The Coldest Night Of The Year  ·  P.R.O. Award  ·  1982
Rumours Of Glory  ·  P.R.O. Award  ·  1982
Inner City Front  ·  Edison Award (Dutch)  ·  1982
Best Male Vocalist  ·  JUNO Award  ·  1982
Best Folk Artist  ·  JUNO Award  ·  1982
Top Male Vocalist  ·  CASBY Award  ·  1985
“Lovers In A Dangerous Time”  ·  P.R.O. Award  ·  1985
“Making Contact”  ·  P.R.O. Award  ·  1985
Top Male Vocalist  ·  CASBY Award  ·  1986
“Call It Democracy” Video Of The Year  ·  CASBY Award  ·  1986
The William Moon Award  ·  P.R.O. Award  ·  1986
Cdn. Organization of Campus Activities C.O.C.A.  ·  Hall Of Fame Award  ·  1988
Berklee School of Music  ·  Songwriter’s Award  ·  1988
“Wondering Where The Lions Are”  ·  P.R.O. Crystal Award  ·  1988
Q-107 Toronto Music Awards  ·  Two Awards  ·  1988
Waiting For A Miracle  ·  P.R.O. Award  ·  1988
Q-107 Toronto Music Award  ·  Folk Award  ·  1989
“If A Tree Falls”  ·  SOCAN Award  ·  1990
Nothing But A Burning Light  ·  Album Of The Year  ·  1991
Toronto Arts Awards  ·  Musician’s Award  ·  1992
“Lovers In A Dangerous Time”  ·  SOCAN Award  ·  1993
“Great Big Love”  ·  SOCAN Award  ·  1993
Distinguished Alumni Award Berklee College of Music Boston  ·  1994
Dart To The Heart  ·  Press & Critics Award (Germany)  ·  1994
Global Visions Festival  ·  Artist Award  ·  1995
“Wondering Where The Lions Are”  ·  SOCAN Classics Award  ·  1995
“Lovers In A Dangerous Times”  ·  SOCAN Classics Award  ·  1995
Helen Verger Award  ·  Ottawa Folk Festival  ·  1997
Governor General’s Performing Arts Award  ·  1998
 ·  1999
TENCO Award (Italy)  ·  Lifetime Achievement  ·  1999
Best Roots & Traditional Album-Solo (Breakfast)  ·  JUNO Award  ·  1999
Native Heart Native American Music Awards  ·  2000
“The Coldest Night of the Year”  ·  SOCAN Classics  ·  2000
Billboard International Achievement Award  ·  2000
Canadian Music Hall Of Fame Award  ·  2001
Inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame  ·  JUNO Award  ·  2002
Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Winnipeg Folk Festival  ·  2005
Receives the first Humanitarian JUNO in Halifax  ·  JUNO Award  ·  2006
Canadian Folk Award for Best Instrumentalist  ·  2006
SOCAN Award for Franklin The Turtle Theme  ·  Int’lTelevision Series Award  ·  2006

DISCOGRAPHY/SALES HIGHLIGHTS
Bruce Cockburn  ·  Debut Album Released  ·  1970
High Winds, White Sky  ·  Released  ·  1971
Sunwheel Dance  ·  Released  ·  1972
Night Vision  ·  Released  ·  1973
Salt, Sun and Time  ·  Released  ·  1974
Joy Will Find a Way  ·  Released  ·  1975
In the Falling Dark  ·  Released  ·  1976
Circles in the Stream  ·  Released  ·  1977
Further Adventures Of Bruce Cockburn  ·  Released  ·  1978
Dancing in the Dragon’s Jaws  ·  Released  ·  1979
Night Vision  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1979
Dancing In The Dragons Jaws  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1979
Humans  ·  Released and Certified Gold  ·  1980
Inner City Front  ·  Released  ·  1981
Resume  ·  US only Release  ·  1981
Mummy Dust  ·  Canada only Release  ·  1981
Dancing In The Dragons Jaws  ·  Certified Platinum  ·  1983
The Trouble with Normal  ·  Released  ·  1983
Stealing Fire  ·  Released and Certified Gold  ·  1984
Stealing Fire enters Billboard chart for 31 consecutive weeks  ·  1984
Joy Will Find A Way  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1985
In The Falling Dark  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1985
Rumours of Glory  ·  Released in Germany only  ·  1985
Stealing Fire  ·  Certified Platinum  ·  1986
World Of Wonders  ·  Released and Certified Gold  ·  1986
High Winds White Sky  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1986
World Of Wonders enters Top 30 in Germany  ·  1986
Waiting for a Miracle: (Singles 1970-1987)  ·  Released  ·  1987
Waiting For A Miracle (Singles 1970 – 1987)  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1988
Sunwheel Dance  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1988
Big Circumstance  ·  Released and Certified Gold  ·  1989
“If A Tree Falls”  ·  Australian Top 30 Hit  ·  1989
Bruce Cockburn Live  ·  Released  ·  1990
If a Tree Falls  ·  Released in Australia only  ·  1990
Columbia releases 12 catalogue records ·  1991
Nothing but a Burning Light  ·  Released  ·  1991
Nothing But A Burning Light  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1992
Waiting For A Miracle  ·  Certified Platinum  ·  1993
Trouble With Normal  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1993
Christmas  ·  Released  ·  1993
Dart To The Heart released  ·  1994
Inner City Front  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1994
“Listen For The Laugh”  ·  NO. 1 AAA Radio U.S.A  ·  1994
Bruce Cockburn  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1995
Christmas  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1997
The Charity Of Night released  ·  1997
The Charity Of Night  ·  Certified Gold  ·  1997
You Pay Your Money & You Take Your Chance – Live  ·  released  ·  1998
Breakfast In New Orleans Dinner In Timbuktu  ·  released  ·  1999
“You’ve Never Seen Everything”  ·  released  ·  2003
Speechless: The Instrumental Bruce Cockburn  ·  released  ·  2005
“Wondering Where the Lions Are”  ·  recorded by Jimmy Buffett for the movie “Hoot” ·  2006
Life Short Call Now ·  released  ·  2006
Release of Slice O Life (Bruce’s 30th Album and first Live Solo CD) ·  released  ·  2009
Release of 31st Album Small Source of Comfort  ·  March 8 ·  2011

PERFORMANCE/TOURING HIGHLIGHTS
Performance on Saturday Night Live (May 10)  ·  1980
Tour of Central America  ·  1983
Tour of Australia and New Zealand  ·  1983
Concert performances in Santiago, Chile  ·  1983
European Tour  ·  1986
U.S. Solo Tour  ·  1988
Nothing But A Burning Light World Tour begins  ·  1991
Live performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno  ·  1994
Pete Seeger 90th Birthday Celebration Madison Square Gardens  ·  2009
Luminato Festival 40th Anniversary Tribute Concert in Toronto  ·  2010

HUMANITARIAN/ACTIVISM HIGHLIGHTS
Tour to Nepal for the U.S.C.  ·  1987
Tour of Mozambique for COCAMO  ·  1988
Second Tour of Mozambique for COCAMO  ·  1995
Cross-Canada speaking tour on Landmines  ·  1995
Fact-Finding trip/Cambodia & Vietnam  ·  1999
Fact finding trip to Baghdad  ·  2004
Performs at Live 8 in Barrie, Canada.  ·  2005
Performs “If A Tree Falls” at the UN Summit for Climate Control in Montreal  ·  2005
Fact Finding Trip to Nepal for USC  ·  2007

SPECIAL FILM TELEVISION AND RADIO CREDITS—HIGHLIGHTS
Rumours Of Glory concert film released  ·  1983
Rumours Of Glory/Bruce Cockburn Live home video released  ·  1984
First annual Christmas With Cockburn  ·  Radio Broadcast  ·  1991
Second annual Christmas With Cockburn  ·  Radio Broadcast  ·  1992
Third annual Christmas With Cockburn  ·  Radio Broadcast  ·  1993
River Of Sand Documentary (Mali West Africa)  ·  1998

Release of the film Return To Nepal  ·  2008

CIVIC AWARDS AND CULTURAL HONOURS
The Order Of Canada  ·  1983
Honourary Doctorate/York University – Doctorate Of Letters  ·  1989
Performance at Presidential Inaugural Ball  ·  1993
Honorary Doctorate of Music Berklee College of Music Boston  ·  1997
Honorary Degree (Doctor Of Letters) St. Thomas University (Nova Scotia)  ·  1999

Promotion to Officer of The Order of Canada  ·  2003
Honourary Doctorate Queen’s University Kingston Ontario  ·  2007
Honourary Doctorate Memorial University St. John’s Newfoundland  ·  2007
Honourary Doctorate University of Victoria, Victoria British Columbia  ·  2007
Honourary Doctorate McMaster University  ·  2009

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