October 31, 2025 artwork by Stephen Winchell

October 27, 2025 "...you end up settling for la-la-la lights, camera, action... -Bruce Springsteen, "Be True" To start on a truly important and positive note, which of course we should do, some people who see screenwriter-director Scott Cooper’s Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere will learn a bit more about who Bruce Springsteen is, both as an artist and as a person, as well as why Nebraska is one of his greatest albums. They also will learn a bit about how Springsteen st

photo by Mark Krajnak  for The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music  - used with permission October 27, 2025 Happy 76th Birthday, and best wishes for many more happy birthdays ahead, to the rock-steady Foundation of the E Street Nation, the E Street Band bassist who's now played more gigs backing Bruce Springsteen than any other musician, alive or dead... Mr. Garry W. Tallent. Pictured above is Garry doing his thing at his latest gig backing Bruce, just last

photo by Mark Seliger - used with permission October 24, 2025 Editor's note: As promised, here's more great stuff from Columbia Records' former Senior Vice-President of Rock Promotion Paul "Rap" Rappaport, author of the excellent new book Gliders Over Hollywood: Airships, Airplay and the Art of Rock Promotion , which includes many Springsteen-related gems in its contents, not surprisingly. With both   Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition box-set and Springste

October 24, 2025 Well, they've certainly been a long time comin', but now they're here. Today, of course, marks the official release date for both the Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere film and the Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition box-set. This Nebraska -centered weekend got a bit of a jump-start last night, as well, with many theaters offering fans a chance to catch an early screening of Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere , including IMAX screenings in selected location

October 23, 2025 Last Saturday night, after becoming the initial recipient of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' Legacy Award , presented to him by Martin Scorsese for being "an artist whose body of work has inspired generations of storytellers and deeply influenced our culture," Bruce Springsteen performed solo-acoustic versions of three of his songs: "Streets of Philadelphia," "Atlantic City," and "Land of Hope and Dreams." As of yesterday, pro-shot videos of all three

photo by John Cavanaugh  for The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music  - used w/ permission October 21, 2025 Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere ain't gonna be the only big Bruce-connected cinematic event on the big screen this fall... The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University has announced its premiere screening of the professionally filmed version of its 2025 American Music Honors event. Last April's event honore

October 20, 2025 EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION: It was fifty years ago today that a different image of Bruce Springsteen, in the midst of his breakthrough Born to Run album and tour, appeared on each of the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week. The news-magazines, issues of which consistently got dated a week ahead of the date they first hit newsstands, were each dated October 27, 1975 for their respective Springsteen-cover-story issues. In 1975, getting simultaneous

Charlie Giordano in action at Cowboy Technical Services Recording Rig, in Green Point, Brooklyn, NYC - photo courtesy of Eric “Roscoe” Ambel - used with permission October 13, 2025 Happy 71st Birthday to E Street Band keyboardist Charlie Giordano. Coincidentally, if you flip those digits in "71" around to "17," you'll also get the number of years it's been since Charlie first joined the E Street Band, in the wake of Danny Federici's illness and untimely passing. Charlie has b

October 11, 2025 Announcing Letters To You's first-ever exclusive, limited-edition, charity-fundraising t-shirt... CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER YOUR SHIRT(S) NOW! IMPORTANT NOTE: You do NOT have to use PayPal, Venmo, or GPay to pay for your order! When you get to our Checkout page, just complete and submit your Customer details and your Delivery details. You then will be given additional payment options, including credit-card and Apple Pay options. Sorry for the confusion; it's du

October 4, 2025 Yesterday, the Nugs/Live Archive "First Friday" series dropped its first release since last April. The series has...