To coincide with these dates, a download only track, “Different When It Comes To You”, taken from Cockburn’s recently released album Life Short Call Now, will be released on Monday 29th January. Cockburn plays Dublin and Belfast as part of what is a 7 date tour in all, timed to coincide with the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow.
The full list of dates as follows: Friday, 19 Jan - GLASGOW, ABC Theatre, as part of the Celtic Connections Festival; Sunday, 21 Jan - BELFAST, The Empire; Monday 22 Jan - DUBLIN, Whelans; Wednesday 24 Jan - MILTON KEYNES, The Stables; Thursday 25 Jan - LONDON, The Borderline; Sunday 28 Jan - SHEFFIELD, Memorial Hall; Monday 29 Jan - MANCHESTER, The Academy.
Life Short Call Now is Cockburn’s 29th studio recording, and the follow up to 2005’s Speechless – his first-ever instrumental record. Recorded at Puck’s Farm outside of Toronto, the album includes 12 Cockburn originals and features guest appearances from Ani Difranco, Ron Sexsmith, Hawksley Workman and Damhnait Doyle. It was produced by Johnathan Goldsmith who also produced Cockburn’s Stealing Fire in 1984, and several of the songs were written during and after Cockburn’s 2004 fact-finding mission to Baghdad. A number of tracks also feature Cockburn with a twenty-three piece orchestra which is a first for him.
Cockburn’s songs have been covered by such diverse artists as the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia, Barenaked Ladies, Jimmy Buffet, Maria Muldaur, k.d. Lang, Third World, Judy Collins and others.