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October 12, 2010

Bruce Cockburn Forced to Cancel Upcoming Tour Due to Pneumonia and a Partially Collapsed Lung

Sadly Bruce Cockburn has been forced to cancel his upcoming tour of The Maritimes and a date in Quebec City.

Bruce was advised to cancel all of the concerts by his physicians due to his current bout of pneumonia that has also resulted in a partially collapsed lung.

Bruce was recently diagnosed after being admitted to a hospital in eastern Ontario shortly upon his return from a personal trip to Bolivia.

He is expected to make a full recovery and is currently resting well in Ontario.

Bruce had this to say:”I’m very disappointed to have to cancel this tour and know how inconvenient it is to many but I’m just unable to perform in this condition. I hope we will be able to reschedule all of the dates in the not too distant future. I’m looking forward to getting back to each of the cities and towns on the tour as soon as possible.”

The following are the cancelled dates:

OCT 14 QUEBEC CITY QC LE PALAIS MONTCALM
OCT 15 SUMMERSIDE PE HARBOURFRONT THEATRE
OCT 16 ST. JOHN NB IMPERIAL THEATRE
OCT 17 FREDERICTON NB THE PLAYHOUSE
OCT 19 MONCTON NB CAPITOL THEATRE
OCT 20 HALIFAX NS REBECCA COHN
OCT 22 MEMBERTOU NS MEMBERTOU CENTRE
OCT 23 PORT HAWKSBURY NS STAIGHT AREA REC CENTRE
OCT 25 WINDSOR NS MERMAID THEATRE
OCT 26 ANNAPOLIS ROYAL NS KINGS THEATRE
OCT 27 LUNENBURG NS PEARL THEATRE
OCT 28 TRURO NS MARIGOLD CENTRE

Bill Cohen is probably best known for his reporting for the Ohio Statehouse News Bureau.  However, for the last 24 years, Bill Cohen has been throwing a 1960s Coffeehouse program as a fundraising event.  More information below, straight from his press release:

1960’s Coffeehouse Celebrates 25th Birthday

Civil rights sit-ins. Bell-bottoms. Anti-war marches. Student Power. Afros. Mini-skirts. Hippies. Riots. Space flights. The generation gap.

Those hallmarks of the turbulent 1960’s will be rekindled Friday November 12 at this year’s annual “Spirit of the ‘60’s Coffeehouse”:

Friday November 12, King Avenue Methodist Church, 299 W. King at Neil in Columbus.

The show begins at 7:30 p.m. in the church basement, but get there early for a good seat.

Bill Cohen will lead a candlelit, musical, year-by-year journey through the era, with live folksongs, “news reports” of sixties happenings, displays of anti-war buttons and posters, and far-out sixties fashions. Bill will also challenge the audience with sixties trivia questions.

Proceeds from the suggested $10 donations will go to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank.

Refreshments will be available at no extra charge. Free parking is also available in the lots just South and West of the church.

The program is suitable for ADULTS and MATURE TEENS.

It’s the 25th year of sixties coffeehouses for Bill. He’s performed the show more than a hundred times now at colleges, churches, synagogues, conferences, high schools, and middle schools across Ohio and beyond.

For more information, call Bill at (614) 263-3851. Or call up www.spiritofthe60s.com

If you can’t be there, you can still listen via NPR.

John McCutcheon will be in concert in Columbus on November 15 for a benefit for the Buckeye Forest Council.  The press release I received follows:

John McCutcheon – A Fund Raiser For Buckeye Forest Council – November 15, 2009
“That’s my goal. If you can recognize yourself in my songs, then I’ve done my job.” –J. McCutcheon

If you missed the opportunity to hear John McCutcheon when he traveled with Holly Near last year for the Sing Out The Vote concerts you have another chance Sunday November 15th. He will perform in a concert benefitting Buckeye Forest Council, when his musical stories of hope will fill the evening in energizing ways that must be experienced in person.

McCutcheon’s songs sing of the nation’s heritage. His words channel the conscience of our people into streams of poetry and melody. He writes about subjects small and great, from a child’s haircut to freedom and human dignity – issues equally eternal and enduring. Think of McCutcheon as an incarnation of Pete Seeger and Mr. Rogers, Will Rogers and Bruce Springsteen, and above all Everyman, righteously passionate and impishly playful, blessed with gifts as a songwriter, historian, musician and storyteller that have won him international praise.

John McCutcheon has been described by the Washington Post as “folk music’s rustic renaissance man.” An award-winning singer, songwriter, composer, teacher, archivist, activist, author and poet, perhaps among his greatest gifts is to bring listeners together, including those who might not otherwise share common generational or political ground. “This notion of telling stories of ordinary people who have done great things, and carrying those stories from one place to another, of telling people ‘this is where I’ve been, these are the stories I can bring you,’ is the heart of what I do,” McCutcheon sums up. “That’s my goal. If you can recognize yourself in my songs, then I’ve done my job.”

Hear John’s music at:   http://folkmusic.com/mp3s/

When:
Sunday November 15th
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30)
Ticket pricing: $20.00
Tax-deductible donations above this level will be gratefully accepted

Where:
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus
93 West Weisheimer
Columbus, OH 43214
Map link: http://www.firstuucolumbus.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=127

To Purchase tickets
Call David Maywhoor at 614-487-9290 (o), (614) 738-0100 (c) or e-mail:david@buckeyeforestcouncil.org

In the Athens area please call Heather Cantino at 740-594-3338

Columbus based Global Gallery a non-profit, volunteer operated, marketplace in the Short North that promotes fair-trade and cultural awareness has agreed to sell tickets for the John McCutcheon Concert through their stores. For addresses, hours and contact info see below.

http://www.globalgalleryonline.org/

682 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone/Fax: 614/621-1744
info@glblgllry.com
M-Th 11-6
Fri-Sat 11-8
Sun 1-5

148 Easton Town Center,
Columbus, Ohio
Phone: 614/478-8007
(on the first floor of Easton Station Mall)
M-Th 10-9
Fri-Sat 10-10
Sun 12-6

Clintonville
3535 N. High St.
Columbus, Ohio 43214
Phone: 614/262-5535
Sun-Sat 7am-9pm

Hear John’s music at:  http://folkmusic.com/mp3s/