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Drawing the line, with lives on it... Paulina Vanderbilt on The LOHAD Tour's opening night
photo by René van Diemen  - used with permission May 17, 2025 I made a sign for Wednesday night’s show in Manchester and asked my child...
Rise up... The "Land of Hope and Dreams" Tour has begun.
photo by René van Diemen - used with permission May 15, 2025 "Our band was built well, over many years, for difficult times. When people...
Our next taste of TRACKS II: "Repo Man" from the "lost album" SOMEWHERE NORTH OF NASHVILLE
May 14, 2025 Dropping today as Tracks II: The Lost Albums ' fourth preview track: "Repo Man," from the "lost album" Somewhere North of...
"Don't mess with my mom, Dave; she knows this stuff..." - Greg Drew shares memories for Mother's Day
May 11, 2025 Regular readers of Letters To You know that I've been fortunate enough to enjoy a long personal and professional...
Stewart Francke, 1958-2025 - singer/songwriter, journalist, author, longtime "protagonist for life"
May 10, 2025 I was very saddened to learn of yesterday's passing of Stewart Francke, who was a fierce friend and inspiration to so many...
This month's Nugs archival-series release: a show from the FIRST "Land of Hope and Dreams" tour
May 9, 2025 As Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band prepare for next week's launch of their 2025 European tour - dubbed just this week...
At long last, the outdoor piano in Belmar, NJ's Pyanoe Plaza is now officially Sancious-ized!
photo by Lisa Iannucci - used w/ permission May 7, 2025 Witnessed by a crowd that nearly filled Pyanoe Plaza, the Borough of Belmar...
Happy Birthday, Sister Soozie Tyrell! May the Fiddle be with you!
official concert photo (Washington, DC - September 7, 2024) by Rob DeMartin - used with permission May 4, 2025 We have no idea whether...
Just released today: "Faithless," the third preview track from TRACKS II: THE LOST ALBUMS
May 1, 2025 Dropping today as the third Tracks II: The Lost Albums preview track: "Faithless," the title track of the "lost" soundtrack...
The Springsteen Archives' 2025 American Music Honors: These machines, songs, and voices kill fascism
photo by John Cavanaugh - used with permission April 30, 2025 For those of us who were in the audience for The Bruce Springsteen Archives...
No more Library of Congress road-trips needed! - TRACKS II's "Blind Spot" gets an advance release
April 17, 2025 I first got to hear a version of "Blind Spot," which today joins alongside "Rain In The River" as another advance single...
Where the dreams all hide: The Killers' complete "Encore At The Garden" film (feat. Bruce & Jake)
April 16, 2025 While collectors and vinyl fetishists may continue scouring the globe for the limited number of LP versions that still...
Happy Birthday, Mighty (and always hard-working) Max Weinberg! (See his upcoming Jukebox gigs, too.)
official concert-tour photo by Rob DeMartin (Vancouver soundcheck, Nov. 22, 2024) - used w/ permission April 13, 2025 Happy birthday, and...
"...something in remembrance of Danny" - Nugs/Live Archives drops the 2nd 2008 Federici-focused show
April 11, 2025 This month's "First Friday" archival Nugs live-recording release actually has ended up being a "Second Friday" release,...
EXCLUSIVE: Message from a Miracle
photo by Wilhelm Rosenthal - used with permission April 11, 2025 Standing onstage in Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater just over thirteen...
Wow; Bruce ain't foolin' this week! TRACKS II announced, "Rain In The River" drops, & today... MORE!
April 4, 2025 Whew, what a week! And it's not quite over yet, Springsteen fans... Although the initial teaser-announcement dropped on...
A Letters To You exclusive... The Previously Untold Story of Springsteen’s Disney/Pixar "Pushiness"
April 1, 2025 These days, with principal photography now completed for the first-ever Springsteen biopic (presumably hitting theaters...
"I had a friend, was a big baseball player back in high school..." - Remembering Joe DePugh
March 31, 2025 May, 2005 photo by Don Norkus Click here to read the archived Waterbury Record article "On my way out … Joe DePugh’s...
"Thank you, darlin'..." - Springsteen appears and performs in tribute to Patti Smith
March 27, 2025 photo by Bill Hanrahan for Music Planet Radio Archive - www.musicplanetradio.com - used w/ permission Well, despite the...
This month's archival set: an odd 2012 NEBRASKA-heavy show, recorded live in "The Cornhusker State"
March 8, 2025 The recently resumed Springsteen/Nugs "First Friday" series continues with yesterday's release of Omaha, NE Nov 15, 2012 ....
Wishing Jake Clemons a "Killer" 45th birthday...
photo courtesy of BigShotte Management Group - used with permission February 27, 2025 Happy 45th Birthday, and many, many more Happy...
The James Lee Burke/Nils Lofgren Mutual Admiration Society
photo courtesy of Nils Lofgren February 14, 2025 EDITOR'S NOTE: Our friend and Letters To You contributor Joe Amodei of Virgil Films -...
The Springsteen Archives continues the conversations...
February 12, 2025 The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University (BSACAM) now has its monthly online...
Someday, girl, I don't know when, we're gonna get to that place...
February 9, 2025 No matter who wins tonight's Super Bowl, H.E.R. will be heard during the game's fourth quarter interpreting Bruce...
"Living Proof" that the Springsteen/Nugs archival-concerts series' "First Fridays" are back, baby!
February 8, 2025 Yesterday saw the first "First Friday" release from the Springsteen/Nugs archival concert series since last March's...
For Record Store Day 2025...
February 6, 2025
Caroline Madden helps to bring us the newest BOSS ish and, coming in April, a BABY IT'S YOU Blu-ray!
February 1, 2025 We're not surprised at all, though of course very pleased, to learn that our own contributing writer/film-scholar...
Where Shakin' Street and E Street Meet: Exploring the MC5's Springsteen-related connections
January 29, 2025 This month has marked the 55th anniversary of the release of Back In The USA , the second album by the MC5 , released on...
Springsteen Archives announces its 2025 American Music Honorees
January 29, 2025 The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University has announced its 2025 American Music...
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