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"Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu" is the twentieth full-length studio album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1999 by True North Records. A milestone 25th album in total.
Breakfast in New Orleans is a bit more upbeat and sometimes has a somewhat looser sound most of the tracks were first or second takes. But there is an interesting World Music influence. Cockburn was taken by the sound of the kora, the harp-guitar of Central and Western Africa; thus part of the inspiration for this album's title's reference to Timbuktu, which is in Mali, home of the kora. Stylistically, this CD ranges from in-your-face rockers to very attractive mostly acoustic pieces.
The colourful cover design of Breakfast in New Orleans Dinner in Timbuktu formed part of the 50th Anniversary display of the Helvetica typeface at New York City’s MOMA. It was chosen as a shining example of the use of the Helvetica typeface.
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