Bruce Springsteen

Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 40: January 2023

January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Frankie Teardrop”, “Just a Girl", Alan Vega, Bruce Springsteen, Cyril Jordan, Famous Quotes, Flamin' Groovies, Gwen Stefani, Janis Ian, Jim Sullivan, No Doubt, Suicide, The Cars

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Bruce Rock 

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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Rock 

Little Victories: Bob Seger’s The Distance Turns 40

December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Alto Reed, Bill Payne, Bob Seger, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Bobby Hall, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Campbell, Craig Frost, Danny Kortchmar, Davey Johnstone, David Hood, Don Felder, Elton John Band, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Little Feat, Pete Carr, Randy McCormick, Roger Hawkins, Roy Bittan, Russ Kunkel, The Eagles, Waddy Wachtel

The Detroit rock great released this Silver Bullet Band classic in the last week of 1982

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Holiday Pop 

Special Indeed: A Very Special Christmas at 35

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, A Very Christmas, A&M Records, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Christmas, John Mellencamp, Madonna, Patti Smith, Run DMC, Stevie Nicks, Sting, The Eurythmics, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, Whitney Houston

The greatest modern-era Christmas compilation was released in 1987; here’s why it’s so memorable

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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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Rock 

Rumbleseat: Revisiting John Mellencamp’s Scarecrow

December 5, 2022December 8, 2022 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 2022, Bruce Springsteen, Deluxe Edition, John Cougar Mellencamp, John Mellencamp, Mercury Records, R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A., Rain On The Scarecrow, Rumbleseat, Scarecrow, Small Town

With a new expanded edition in stores, the former Cougar’s classic 1985 LP remains as real as it gets

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Experimental Progressive Rock Psychedelics Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Nik Turner By Celebrating Hawkwind

November 17, 2022 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 2022, Bruce Springsteen, CHEAP TRICK, Cherry Red Records, Dave Brock, Elvis Costello, Hawkwind, Lemmy, Nik Turner, Paul McCartney, Remembrance, Stereolab, Steve Miller, Voivod, We Are Looking In On You

As we mourn the loss of an archival Hawk, we revel in the brilliance of their new album

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Country and/or Western Funk Heavy Metal Hip Hop New Wave Rap Rock Soul 

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2022: Artist by Artist

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 Stephanie Hernandez 1 Comment Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, Dolly Parton, Dr. Dre, Duran Duran, Elizabeth Cotten, Eminem, Eurythmics, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Mellencamp, Judas Priest, Olivia Rodrigo, Sara Bareillis, The Edge

Judas Priest, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Carly Simon and others received this year’s honors

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Bruce Soul 

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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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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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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