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Revisiting My Words on Springsteen

February 9, 2026February 9, 2026 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Kingdom of Outsiders, Our War, Tim Sommer

Our identities are Our War, too; and our identities are shaped by music

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Wings for Wheels: Born to Run at 50

August 27, 2025August 28, 2025 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1975, 50th anniversary, Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Clarence Clemons, David Sancious, Jungleland, Max Weinberg, Roy Bittan, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

Looking back on an album that still defines the essence of Bruce Springsteen 

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No Surrender: Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. Turns 40

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Clarence Clemons, Columbia Records, Dancing in the Dark, Glory Days, I'm On Fire, Little Steven, My Hometown, No Surrender, Steven Van Zandt

Looking back on The Boss’s most successful album

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Take ‘Em As They Come: Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks at 25

November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Tracks

Reflecting on the Boss’s career-spanning box set

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Circus Story: Bruce Springsteen’s The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle at 50

September 11, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Kitty's Back, New York City Serenade, The Wild the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

Sparks fly on the Boss’s second album of 1973

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Warren Zanes Talks Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska

June 15, 2023June 23, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments “Frankie Teardrop”, 1982, Alan Vega, Books, Bruce Springsteen, Deliver Me From Nowhere, Martin Rev, Nebraska, Penguin Books, Suicide, Warren Zanes

Inside the author’s new book Deliver Me From Nowhere

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Greetings Again From Asbury Park, N.J.

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., New Jersey, The New Dylan

Bruce Springsteen’s debut LP, 50 years later

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Bruce Springsteen: The Last Civil War Widow and the Happy Death of Minstrelsy

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Bo Diddley, Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, Chuck Berry, Columbia Records, Fleetwood Mac, Kraftwerk, Little Richard, Neurosis, Only The Strong Survive, Sleep, The Alarm, The Beatles, The Clash, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones

Is the latest Boss album the final straw for a certain kind of cultural appropriation in rock?

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ALBUMS: Bruce Springsteen Lets His Soul Shine

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 Craig Peters 1 Comment 2022, Ben E. King, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Columbia Records, Howard Stern, Jackie Wilson, Only The Strong Survive

The Boss showcases his R&B influences on impressive new album

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Tougher Than The Rest: Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love at 35

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Against Me!, Bon Iver, Brilliant Disguise, Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, Low Cut Connie, Phosphorescent, Prince, Sharon Van Etten, Ted Leo, the Front Bottoms, the Gaslight Anthem, The Hold Steady, Titus Andronicus, Tougher Than The Rest, Tunnel Of Love

Celebrating the ’80s Boss album that sounds most like 2022

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Reason to Believe: Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska at 40

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Atlantic City, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Highway Patrolman, Johnny 99, Mansion on the Hill, My Father's House, Nebraska, Open All Night, Reason to Believe, Used Cars

Looking back on an album of “absurd intimacy”

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A Dream Of Life: Bruce Springsteen’s The Rising at 20

August 2, 2022 David Seville 4 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, 9/11, Amadou Diallo, America, American Skin (41 Shots), Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, E Street Band, New Jersey, Patriotism, The Boss, The Rising

Looking back on the album that helped heal a nation after 9/11

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Having A Springsteen Crisis of Faith? We Have the Cure!

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 Craig Peters 1 Comment Bill Pascrell Jr., Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici, Joe Grushecky, Ticketmaster

7 great shows from the Bruce live archives to check out

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Bruce Springsteen Announces 2023 Tour Dates

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Ron Hart 1 Comment 2023, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Copenhagen, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Ferrara, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Jake Clemons, Landgraaf, Little Steven, Max Weinberg, Monza, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Patti Scialfa, Rome, touring, Vienna, Zurich

The Boss and his E Street Band plan an overseas trip before returning stateside

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Down The Road Apiece: American Babylon at 25

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments American Babylon, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Grushecky, Nick’s Fat City, Pittsburgh, The Houserockers, The Iron City Houserockers

Joe Grushecky’s Springsteen-assisted live masterpiece finds new life as an expanded anniversary edition 

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