How Bruce Springsteen took back the American flag

Long Walk Home” was released in 2007 on the Springsteen album “Magic.” The track was prescient in its exploration of the role of community, patriotism, and the flag in the United States. The themes ...
WBUR

How heartland rock became one of America's most misunderstood genres

In the 1980s, a brand of "heartland rock" by artists like Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and John Mellencamp took over American ...

Bruce Springsteen Goes to PBS for Half-Hour Conversation With ‘NewsHour’ Co-Anchor Geoff Bennett

Bruce Springsteen once decried TV as a venue that offers “fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on.” He apparently doesn’t feel ...
Rolling Stone

Bruce Springsteen Says Clive Davis Was ‘Born to Run… Everything’ in Funeral Eulogy

Bruce Springsteen quipped that Clive Davis was “the most humble man in the music business” — before describing him as “big, and bombastic, and brave, and full of ideas” at the legendary record ...

The Record Executive Who Understood the Power of Ego

Nearing 40, she understood that the music industry had changed since her earlier blush of success. But she hungered to launch ...

The 1970s singer Don Henley wanted to be remembered: “Seminal”

While Don Henley gets a lot of credit for starting country rock, there was a long line of greats that came before him. Read more about it here.

Where to watch Bruce Springsteen at the Obama Center opening ceremony

Bruce Springsteen is on top of the bill for the star-studded grand opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center ...

The 25 Most American Songs of All Time

He probably didn’t anticipate, though, that the most powerful American poetry would come from its songwriters. With the creation of jazz, blues, gospel, and country music, and the synthesis of those ...
The New York Times

Bruce Springsteen Opens His Music Center, With Guitars

Jon Bon Jovi, Public Enemy and others joined him to ring in the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, a $50 million archive and cultural hub. By Nick Corasaniti Nick Corasaniti is the author of ...
Rolling Stone

See Bruce Springsteen Play With Jon Bon Jovi, Public Enemy at Night Two of ‘Music America’

Bruce Springsteen returned to the OceanFirst Bank Center in Monmouth, New Jersey, on Friday for the second and final night of the ‘Music America: The Songs that Shaped Us’ concert, a celebration of ...
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Springsteen Center at Monmouth University gets visit from The Boss

Bruce Springsteen visited the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University ahead of its public opening. The center features exhibits on Springsteen's career, a documentary, ...
The Boston Globe

Some fans are surprised by this version of Bruce Springsteen. I’m not.

Elizabeth Herlihy is a freelance writer and communications consultant. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. I saw my first Bruce Springsteen concert on Thanksgiving night in 1980 ...