WINNER: Bronze Medal for Best Performing Arts Book, Independent Publisher Book Awards (The IPPY), 2024! FINALIST: Book of the Year Awards, finalist in Music/Arts/Performing Arts from the Independent Author's Network (I.A.N.) Book Awards. Bruce Cockburn has enthralled audiences with his insightful lyrics and innovative guitar playing for over half a century. Hit songs like “Wondering Where the Lions Are,” “If I Had a Rocket Launcher,” and “Lovers in a Dangerous Time” are just part of the story. In You Get Bigger as You Go: Bruce Cockburn’s Influence and Evolution , musician and writer M.D. Dunn takes the reader on a humorous and obsessive quest to track Cockburn’s significant cultural footprint. Original and previously unpublished interviews with producers, musicians, activists, fans, as well as Bruce’s career-long manager, the legendary Bernie Finkelstein, and with the enigmatic Mr. Cockburn himself form the core of this critical assessment and appreciation. In these conversations, Cockburn and friends celebrate a life of music and social engagement. You Get Bigger as You Go: Bruce Cockburn’s Influence and Evolution is the perfect beginner’s guide to the music and the artist, and a fun addition to any fan's library. Previously unpublished photographs from archivist Daniel Keebler span decades and show Cockburn in his natural habitat, on stage and in the studio. "With encyclopedic scope and musical depth, M.D. Dunn has written an indispensable introduction to the music of Bruce Cockburn. This beautifully written book is a model of a deep listening that results in an engaged conversation between the writer and the art. Indeed, the conversational tone of this book emerges out of numerous interviews that Dunn conducted with Bruce Cockburn and many of his collaborators. Dunn's goal of writing about every album in the vast Cockburn catalogue was audacious, but he pulled it off with insightful eloquence. Whether you are a long-time Cockburn fan or brand new to this stellar artist, this book will be an indispensable guide." Brian J. Walsh, author of Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination (Brazos Press) M.D. Dunn has performed original music for over thirty years and released nine albums. His poems and articles have been widely published. You Get Bigger as You Go: Bruce Cockburn's Influence and Evolution is Dunn's first book of nonfiction. Previous poetry titles include Ghost Music (BuschekBooks, 2010), Fancy Clapping (Scrivener Press, 2012), and Even the Weapons (BuschekBooks, 2014). He lives in Northern Ontario, Canada. Find him online at www.mddunn.com.