Bruce Cockburn
Sign in to saveCanadian guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1945)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 27 May 1945
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Humans
- Stealing fire
- Rumours of Glory
- Bruce Cockburn
- Anything, Anytime, Anywhere
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1945-05-27
canadianfolkjazzrocksinger/songwriter
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 223,236
- Total plays
- 2,826,899
Tags
singer-songwriterCanadianfolkfolk-rockrock
Bruce Cockburn (pronounced "CO-burn") (born May 27, 1945 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) has had a long and distinguished career, with much success in his native Canada. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll. Cockburn was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2012 he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (in Canada the award was to honour "significant contributions and achievements by Canadians"). <a href="https:
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Douglas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Ottawa
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- The Royal Conservatory of Music
- Religion
- Christianity
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- brucecockburn.com
- Image
- Bruce Cockburn at Markham Jazz Festival 2014.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1945-05-27
- Commons category
- Bruce Cockburn
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- birth name
- Bruce Douglas Cockburn
- name in native language
- Bruce Cockburn
- social media followers
- 5540
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