How Underground FM Radio Saved Rock
This is what happened when college-age music enthusiasts raided empty FM radio studios and played whatever turned them on.
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How Dion DiMucci Influenced Bruce Springsteen
Fifteen years before a 20-something Bruce Springsteen sweated out his original sin in clubs along the Jersey Shore, there was the rock and roller Dion.
Bruce Springsteen’s 2023 Tour Brings It Home
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2023 tour celebrates life. At New Jersey’s Prudential Center, the crowd carried joy home with them.
Bruce Springsteen Goes Soul Searching on ‘Only the Strong Survive’
On Only the Strong Survive, Bruce Springsteen places his voice front and center, and his love for this timeless, joyous soul music is jubilant and infectious.
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tunnel of Love’ Dug Deep Into Rocky Soil
With 1987’s Tunnel of Love, Bruce Springsteen left the highway and E-Street Band to make “married music” and found himself reckoning with time and mortality.
Bruce Springsteen’s 2007 LP ‘Magic’ Has Been Overlooked for Too Long
Bruce Springsteen’s Magic is one of his best, most cohesive albums, but it tends to get overlooked when considering his career. Here’s why it shouldn’t be.
41 Essential Pop/Rock Songs with Accordion
No popular musical instrument has been more frequently maligned than the accordion. Despite gaining hipster cred in the 1990s, its role in pop remains underappreciated.
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Wrecking Ball’ Is Highly Relevant Ten Years Later
Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball has proven to be a timeless call for class solidarity with today’s anger at billionaire greed and working-class struggles.
John Mellencamp Plays His Latest Card ‘Strictly a One-Eyed Jack’
John Mellencamp’s Strictly a One-Eyed Jack is cohesively designed and features beautifully articulated performances and arrangements. His tough swagger always belied a pained vulnerability.
The Legendary Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Prove It Live at ‘No Nukes’
Bruce Springsteen is a master who takes his audiences to the heart and soul of rock and roll as a communal experience on The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts.
Ron Pope Quietly Declares “I’m on Fire” (Springsteen Cover)
It’s just Ron Pope and a piano on this cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire”, and he takes it slow and easy in the spirit of the original.
The 25 Best Americana Albums of 2020
In 2020, Americana artists empathetically dealt with the things that bind us together and keep us apart. The albums on this list encourage hope for the future based on a belief in the human spirit.