So did Springsteen become rock and roll’s future?
It was 35 years ago tonight that music critic Jon Landau saw Bruce Springsteen open for Bonnie Raitt at the Harvard Square Theater in Cambridge, and famously wrote in the next issue of the Real Paper,...
View ArticleBruce BLING-steen: New merch coming in 2010!
What’s that I said yesterday about Springsteen news drying up? I guess it may happen eventually, but not today: Rolling Stone came out with a bombshell about Springsteen’s 2010 plans, which, according...
View ArticleSpringsteen guests on new Alejandro Escovedo album
I didn’t know a lot about Alejandro Escovedo until he surfaced in Houston on Springsteen’s Magic tour, with a glowing introduction by Springsteen and a duet on Escovedo’s “Always a Friend” that made it...
View ArticleSpringsteen Absolutely True Album Rumor Link Roundup
You’ve heard it, we’ve heard it, the American people have heard it: There’s a new Springsteen album coming out in October! Now whether this is a real-life, honest-to-goodness actual album or just...
View ArticleUPDATE: Springsteen ‘Waiting-Is-The-Hardest-Part’ Link Roundup — NEW SINGLE NEWS
UPDATE: New Springsteen single out tomorrow! Check the Amazon listing here. Apologies to Tom Petty (Bruce Springsteen’s arch-nemesis, natch) for the headline, but Springsteen Nation, at least the U.S....
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Maybe Springsteen’s European audiences ARE better
Jon Landau still knows how to stir things up in Jersey. Bruce Springsteen’s venerable manager and consigliere seems to have ruffled a few feathers back home with his paean to Scandinavian audiences,...
View ArticleBLOGNESS INTERVIEW: ‘Bruce’ author Peter Ames Carlin, Part 1
Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat: Peter Ames Carlin is no Albert Goldman. Unlike the late slash-and-burn biographer who drew brickbats for his controversial books on Elvis Presley and...
View Article20 Feet From Bruce Springsteen Link Roundup
We don’t usually get too excited about documentaries unless they feature Al Gore and PowerPoint, but this one sounds like it will definitely be worth tracking down: “20 Feet From Stardom,” opening in...
View ArticleBruce Springsteen Loose Ends Roundup: Contest winners, penguins, and Kermit...
(h/t Dani Strand) As Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band plow through their barn-busting Australian tour and American fans (in some odd cities) prepare for U.S. on-sales tomorrow and Saturday, we...
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