Socially enlightened, singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn is back with a new project and supporting tour. The following audio track, "The Iris Of The World," is a HuffPost exclusive taken from his upcoming studio album.

"Among other things I do," says the British musician, "I'm the music director of an organization called TED or Technology, Education and Design. That's an annual get together of people sort of figuring out how to save the planet."

With the release of stereo and mono box sets, individual album reissues, and their own edition of Rock Band, The Beatles finally have stepped into the 21st century in a major way.

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.