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Article: Bruce Cockburn You've Never Seen Everything.(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
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- September 22, 2003
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You've Never Seen Everything brings together many of the musical styles--folk, rock, jazz, world--and concerns that have run through Bruce Cockburn's music over the past three decades. Some songs are among the most powerful political statements of his career, others reflect his deep commitment to spirituality.
Power versus powerlessness and the greed of the powerful are themes that are repeated in several of the political songs including "Tried and Tested," "Trickle Down" and "All Our Dark Tomorrows," a not-so-veiled indictment of the Bush Administration. "Postcards from Cambodia," like Cockburn's earlier "Mines of Mozambique," paints a ...