Born in the USA

Dylan and Springsteen: Beyond Angst

Craig Werner | Posted 05.19.2012

Craig Werner

Like Dylan, Springsteen masterfully channels negativity and despair into a grand series of musical vignettes, demonstrating his mastery of crafting desolation into an opportunity of musical and emotional enlightenment.

Bruce Springsteen: Still Rocking As Hard As Ever On New Album, Wrecking Ball

Julie Kocsis | Posted 05.06.2012

Julie Kocsis

For fans of Bruce, picking up this new album is a no-brainer. It's classic Bruce rock and roll at its finest.

Review: Wrecking Ball by Bruce Springsteen

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.05.2012

Holly Cara Price

Wrecking Ball stands as Springsteen's best album release in almost thirty years. It's both wrenching and jubilant; looking back and looking forward; steeped in sorrow as well as celebratory and undaunted.

An Evening With Jon Brion at Le Poisson Rouge

Isabelle Davis | Posted 12.07.2011

Isabelle Davis

A veritable one-man band, Brion seamlessly moves from keys to guitars to drums to the harmonica, all the while layering and looping each component, building the songs right before the audiences' eyes.

The Patriot Game -- Time to Build a U.S. National Soccer Stadium

Alan Black | Posted 09.04.2011

Alan Black

Give me liberty or give me... Megan Rapinoe singing "Born In The USA" after scoring a stunner against Colombia last weekend in the World Cup in Germany.

Eight Thoughts About Election Day and Words and Music

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Sigman

1.Tuesday's election wins by Sharron Angle in Nevada and Nikki Haley in South Carolina were helped immeasurably by those candidates' association with ...

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Finally Gets Around To Denouncing Bruce Springsteen

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

You wouldn't think this was possible, but Glenn Beck had apparently never actually sat down and listened to Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA," nev...

Mark Knopfler: 'I Have Become A Veteran At This Music Thing'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Jesse Kornbluth

The guy whose band, Dire Straits, sold 120 million records has made a CD that will be appreciated mostly by the smallest cohort of music lovers: smart, literate grownups who can read without moving their lips.