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

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

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September 22, 2025 Anne Abel truly felt that she was at the end of her rope. She was in her sixties, and had been struggling with...

September 21, 2025 photo by Mark Krajnak  for The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music  - used with permission Here at...

photo by Mark Krajnak for The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music - used with permission September 8, 2025 Okay, as...

September 4, 2025 No matter what one's feelings may be about the upcoming Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere biopic, today's...

August 30, 2025 With Labor Day Weekend unofficially bringing a close to Summer 2025 here in the Northern Hemisphere, we've prepared...

August 29, 2025 This autumn, Bon Jovi will re-release its 2024 album Forever in a new edition entitled Forever (Legendary Edition . ) ...

August 27, 2025 Two years ago, shortly after this website had launched, we were honored to be introduced to our friend Sarah Gregory and...

August 25, 2025 “ Born to Run  was an instant classic. Anyone who loves rock and roll must respond to its catalog of styles, the rough...

August 24, 2025 "The Vault" consisting of Bruce Springsteen's unreleased recordings has taken on a mythical status, with fans long...