Bruce Springsteen

Aha Moment: Born to Run

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When Tom Long first heard “Born to Run” he realized he was just like a character in a Bruce Springsteen song living a life of quiet desperation. So he joined the army.

Veteran Stories

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They Will Rock You

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Growing Pains with Josh Ritter, Martha Plimpton, and Junot Diaz

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Choose Your American Icon

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How Well Do You Know The Boss?

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Bruce Springsteen’s album Wrecking Ball comes out March 6. A recent press announcement supplied a track list of eleven hardscrabble-titled songs. We’ve come up with our own list of te…

Review: German Rock Legend Herbert Grönemeyer Plays the Wilbur Theatre in Boston

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German rock legend Herbert Grönemeyer showcased his new English-language album “I Walk” Tuesday night in Boston. It was a solid set of translated Grönemeyer classics with Bruce Springsteen, Joe Cocker, and Randy Newman songs thrown into the mix which attracted a largely German audience.

Big shift in copyright law effective in new year changes rights for artists

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Way back in 1976, Congress changed the way copyright law works, but delayed the practical implementation until 2013. With 2013 just around the corner, artists are preparing to reclaim the rights to popular works that they created from 1978.

Looking back on Bruce Springsteen’s rise to superstardom

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Released in August 1975, “Born to Run” proved to be a career defining song and album for Bruce Springsteen. As Springsteen prepares for another international tour, it’s hard to imagine where his career started.

The Summer Music of 1993

For decades–probably as long as there’s been recorded music–people have looked back on the music of summers past and said: “That was THE best summer of music.” From 1969–when the Woodstock Festival attracted international attention with its lineup that included Janis Joplin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix and over 20 other acts– to 1984, when several […]