Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Folk North Americana Rock 

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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Music Journalism 

Jann Wenner, Bruce Springsteen and Me (Well, Not Really Me)

September 22, 2022September 24, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 2022, 92nd St. Y, Bruce Springsteen, Hootie and the Blowfish, Jann Wenner, Jim DeRogatis, Rolling Stone, the New York Observer

Why the ex-Rolling Stone publisher’s response to HootieGate was total nonsense

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Films New Wave Punk Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Giving the Kids a Voice: Fast Times at Ridgemont High at 40 

September 1, 2022September 4, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 1 Comment 40th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, CHEAP TRICK, Elvis Costello, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicolas Cage, Phoebe Cates, Robert Romanus, Sean Penn, The Go-Gos, Van Halen

A look back at the book, the movie and the soundtrack 

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Bruce Rock 

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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Bruce Rock 

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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Beatle Pop Rock 

Let Paul Roll It

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 John Packel 0 Comments Bonzo, Bruce Springsteen, Husker Du, John Bonham, Macca, Metlife Stadium, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Beatles, The Cars, The Firm, The Who, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, U2

Macca rocks New Jersey and shows why we endure

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Rock 

Ian Hunter, 83, Penned Best Song of His Career at 76

June 18, 2022July 5, 2022 Ken Kurson 2 Comments Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Dennis DeYoung, Foreigner, Ian Hunter, John Panozzo, Jon Bon Jovi, Mick Jones, Mick Ralphs, Mott the Hoople, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Styx, The Who

Mott leader’s tribute to Bowie revealed an artist heading loudly into that good night

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Bruce Rock 

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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Music Journalism Radio 

The Best Sequences in Album Rock and Beyond

April 30, 2022May 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 7 Comments Blue Oyster Cult, Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen, Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, The Clash, The Kinks, The Wall, The Who

Honoring the art of the mix with Springsteen, the Stones, Prince and more

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North Americana Power Pop 

LISTEN: Peter Donovan Better Be Good

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows, Kelly Clarkson, Peter Donovan, Power pop, Rick Springfield, single, This Better Be Good

The former All The Real Girls frontman channels Kelly Clarkson on the lead single from his forthcoming solo debut

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Music Journalism 

Dear Bruce Springtseen and John Mellencamp: What the Actual Eff Were You Thinking?

February 2, 2022April 3, 2022 Tim Sommer 83 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Did You Say Such a Thing, John Mellencamp, Van Halen

Their collaborative single is strictly a one-eyed pinch off a popular Van Halen hit

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Pop Rock 

Ronnie Spector: The Baddest Bad Girl

January 13, 2022April 3, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Amy Winehouse, Be My Baby, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Thunders, RIP, Ronnie Spector, Say Goodbye to Hollywood, The Beatles, The Chantels, The Rolling Stones, The Shirelles

Saying goodbye to a New York Original and an American Treasure

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Bruce Pub Rock Rock 

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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Rock 

Stevie Van Zandt’s Unrequited Infatuations and the Persistence of Memory

October 4, 2021April 3, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Books, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Hachette Books, Little Steven, Little Steven’s Underground Garage, Memoir, Stevie Van Zandt, Sun City, Unrequited Infatuations

The beloved New Jersey musician and actor’s memoir is also a syllabus of rock history, a thesis on the art of collaboration, a political manifesto, a settling of grievances and a grab bag of opinions

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Folk North Americana 

ALBUMS: A Better Built Dog and Pony Show

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, Amy Speace, Brandi Carlile, Bruce Springsteen, Hayes Carll, James McMurtry, John Mellencamp, John Prine, New West Records, Pete Seeger, RB Morris, Rodney Crowell, The Horses and the Hounds, Willie Nile, Woody Guthrie

With The Horses and The Hounds, James McMurtry asserts his everyman attitude

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