Bruce Cockburn - Life Short Call Now

This has all the ingredients of another Cockburn classic: political tunes (“Slow Down Fast”) and spiritual numbers (“To Fit in My Head”) mixed with travelogue (“This is Baghdad”), love songs (“Different When it Comes to You”) and instrumentals (“Peace March”). But the addition of horns (jazz trumpeter Kevin Turcotte), a 23-piece string section and vocal assists from Ani DiFranco, Ron Sexsmith, Hawksley Workman and Damhnait Doyle give the veteran Canuck folk legend’s 29th album a refreshing new spin.

July 11