Bruce Cockburn, born Bruce Douglas Cockburn in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on May 27, 1945, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He began playing guitar as a teenager and made his solo debut at the Mariposa Folk Festival in 1967 before releasing his self-titled debut studio album, Bruce Cockburn, in 1970, which included the Canadian chart single “Going to the Country”. Cockburn followed with the studio albums High Winds, White Sky in 1971, Sunwheel Dance in 1972, Night Vision in 1973, Salt, Sun and Time in 1974, Joy Will Find a Way in 1975, and In the Falling Dark in 1976. He released the live album Circles in the Stream in 1977, followed by the studio albums Further Adventures Of in 1978 and Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws in 1979. The latter featured the single “Wondering Where the Lions Are”, which reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in 1980. Cockburn released the studio album Humans in 1980, followed by Inner City Front in 1981, The Trouble with Normal in 1983, and Stealing Fire in 1984. Stealing Fire featured the single “If I Had a Rocket Launcher”, which reached number 88 in the United States. He subsequently released the studio albums World of Wonders in 1986, Big Circumstance in 1988, which included the single “If a Tree Falls”, and Nothing but a Burning Light in 1991. His compilation albums include Waiting for a Miracle in 1987 and Anything Anytime Anywhere: Singles 1979–2002 in 2002. Cockburn released the studio albums Dart to the Heart in 1994, The Charity of Night in 1997, Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu in 1999, You've Never Seen Everything in 2003, Life Short Call Now in 2006, Small Source of Comfort in 2011, Bone on Bone in 2017, and O Sun O Moon in 2023. Cockburn was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 1982 and promoted to Officer in 2002. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017, and received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 1998. He has won 13 Juno Awards, including Contemporary Roots Album of the Year for Bone on Bone in 2018.
