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August 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Cowboy Junkies to Play Three NZ Shows (May, 2020)

The Cowboy Junkies will play their first New Zealand shows in 20 years next May. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. AUCKLAND    BRUCE MASON CENTRE  Friday May 1 WELLINGTON    OPERA HOUSE  Saturday May 2 CHRISTCHURCH    ISAAC THEATRE  Sunday May 3 It’s funny how things work out – right? I was just playing The Caution Horses a couple of nights ago – one of their best. […]

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July 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Cowboy Junkies: The Kennedy Suite

The Cowboy Junkies The Kennedy Suite Razor & Tie Maybe it took a bunch of soft-candle/slow-burn Canadians to create the perfect – poignant – song-cycle in honour of JFK and the 50th Anniversary of his assassination. Maybe. But you never would have guessed that ahead of time. And you never would have guessed that this […]

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February 5, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1638

Cowboy Junkies, The Caution Horses (1990) Okay, so The Trinity Session is the one – definitely. And that was my introduction to Cowboy Junkies and it was the band’s breakthrough. Everyone seemed to love that cover of Sweet Jane and, yeah, it’s pretty sweet – but I prefer the band’s cover of Neil Young’s Powderfinger. […]