photo by John Cavanaugh - used with permission April 19, 2026 ...and American Music Past, and American Music Present. And its acronym is BSCAM . What a great night! Stay tuned for my full take (accompanied by plenty more photos, too.)

April 17, 2026 The latest issue of New Jersey Monthly features extensive coverage tied to this spring's opening of The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University 's new building, including a cover-story interview with Springsteen himself . In the interview with Jennifer Finn, Bruce shares his vision of what he's hoped the Center could become: "...something that was dedicated more to the overall story of American music... someplace that was an educatio

April 14, 2026 Today The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University announced a multi-act, two-night concert event celebrating America’s 250th birthday. Called Music America: The Songs that Shaped Us, the concerts will take place on June 4 and 5 at the OceanFirst Bank Center on the Monmouth campus, just prior to the grand opening of the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music building on June 7.  This will be a major contribution to the nation

April 14, 2026 While Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour has taken off and continues rolling through fields where sunlight streams, our friend and occasional contributing photographer Gert Dewaelheyns, aka "BrucePix," has reached out to us with some additional good news. Gert is generously offering to all Letters To You readers a special free-shipping discount opportunity (by using the exclusive coupon code LETTERS2U ) on remaining cop

Minneapolis, MN, March 31, 2026 - photo by Kevin Mazur - used with permission April 13, 2026 Okay, so maybe the "incredible" (as per Bruce Springsteen on 3/31/26) singing voice of Mighty Max Weinberg - who turns 75 today - isn't as widely recognized as his percussive skills. Indeed, it is rare for Max to be given the greenlight to belt out a few choice notes at a Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band show, the most recent incident being just two weeks ago during "Hungry Hear

Chef Andre Fowles and Bruce Springsteen with copies of Fowles' recently published book My Jamaican Table: Vibrant Recipes from a Sun-Drenched Island , to which Springsteen wrote the foreword - photo via Patti Scialfa Springsteen's official Instagram page April 10, 2026 Andre Fowles' current gig as the personal chef for Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa Springsteen is just the latest in his very impressive list of culinary achievements. Fowles also is a three-time championsh

April 7, 2026 I'll admit that I was unsure about their successfully pulling off here in the U.S. a version of what they did last year in Europe, but I also learned a long time ago just how much and how often Bruce Springsteen and his various collaborators can still surprise you through the years. Indeed, just two gigs in (with the third happening tonight in Inglewood, CA, as this essay is being published,) it's already very clear that Springsteen and the E Street Band have su

photo by Phil Ceccola - used with permission April 3, 2026 Musician, songwriter, poet, and author Tzruya/Zeruya “Suki” Lahav died this past Wednesday. She was 74. photo by Phil Ceccola - used with permission Among her many accomplishments, Lahav was the first woman ever to record and perform with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. Her uncredited and multitracked backing vocals can be heard on both "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" and "Incident on 57th Street" from The

photo by Shawn Poole April 1, 2026 Just in case you might not have heard already, last night The Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour launched in Minneapolis, MN's Target Center. To paraphrase Bruce Springsteen, this tour is happening NOW . No foolin', no joke. Springsteen and the E Street Band, along with their full-tour special guest Tom Morello, are as serious as a heart attack in their mission to "call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock and roll in dangerou