Bruce Springsteen

HuffPost Reviews: Bon Jovi, The Killers, AC/DC, Sting, Tori Amos, and More, Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

The eternally youthful Jon Bon Jovi and his disciples have built their ministry upon the same New Jersey rock that Bruce Springsteen assembled his flock, and the band used this album as a slight genuflection to their own glory days.

Stop Making Sense With Jerry Harrison & Chris Frantz, Plus a Robert Francis Interview, John Mayer News, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.05.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

This year being the 25th anniversary of the release of the Talking Heads' concert classic Stop Making Sense, I spoke with Talking Heads Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz on the cult favorite.

Expect to Hear Much More from Allison Moorer

Michael Bialas | Posted 11.05.2009 | Home


Michael Bialas

Allison Moorer has signed a deal with Ryko Records and will be releasing Crows, her seventh studio album, on February 9, 2010, almost two years after Mockingbird, her most recent release.

Rock Hall Rocks to a $4 Million-Plus Haul

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment


Harvey Wasserman

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation's Joel Peresman has confirmed that last week's monster benefit concerts in Madison Square Garden will yield at least $4 million.

Lawmakers Go Golfing, Party With Bruce, Raise Cash

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


This upcoming weekend will see a number of lawmakers hosting multi-day Fall retreats at resorts and hotels across the nation, according to invitations...

Bruce Springsteen Cancels Show After Cousin/Roadie Lenny Sullivan's Death

AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment


KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bruce Springsteen canceled a performance in Kansas City after his cousin and road crew member died. The death of 36-year-old...

A Jersey Girl and the Poet Springsteen

Laura Baudo Sillerman | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment


Laura Baudo Sillerman

Bruce Springsteen played the last concert ever to be played in Giants Stadium on Friday, October 9. The Stadium is slated for demolition this year.

HuffPost Reviews: Twilight's New Moon, Kerouac's Big Sur, Cohen's Isle Of Wight, and more including This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Leading off with Death Cab For Cutie's infectious "Meet Me On The Equinox," New Moonmay be after your traditional teen market's pop dollars, but they're also attempting to tap into 20-something angst.

Interview: Nick Hornby gets Naked about Education

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

Compact, wearing jeans and a gray t-shirt, Nick Hornby admits he knows a thing or two about a fan's obsession with an artist's work.

Waiting on the World to Change: A Playlist for Our Nobel Peace Prize-Winning President

David Wild | Posted 10.09.2009 | Entertainment


David Wild

Congratulations, Mr. President. Seriously. Big fan. Big Prize. Here's a celebratory playlist that I really hope will inspire you to keep earning this glittering prize in the days and years to come.

Why Our Jobs Crisis From Hell Could Last Decades

Les Leopold | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business


Les Leopold

Remarkably, the America of 2010 is exporting raw materials and importing high tech renewable energy products. And this is happening less than 100 miles from Redmond, the home of Microsoft.

Rosanne Cash's The List Covers a Lot of Ground

Michael Bialas | Posted 10.09.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Bialas

In 1973, the Man in Black gave his teenage daughter a cultural legacy: his 100 essential country songs. More than 30 years later, Rosanne Cash has decided to pass this legacy along to her fans.

FCC Chairman Channels Bruce Springsteen To Explain Net Neutrality

WSJ | Posted 10.06.2009 | Technology


We're not sure just where Bruce Springsteen stands on open Internet policies, said Federal Communications Commission Julius Genachowski Monday at a mu...

Compact Reviews of This Week's Compact Discs, For Those Who Still Care #6

Sal Nunziato | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment


Sal Nunziato

Reviewed this week: Rosanne Cashe, Built to Spill, Kraftwerk, Willie Nelson and more.

HuffPost Reviews: Alice In Chains, Rosanne Cash, Kiss, and more, plus a Brandi Carlile Interview, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

With Layne Staley's death, Alice In Chains was all but done. But fourteen years later, here we are with something that sounds a lot like what the group would have had they returned to the studio a couple years later.

Chris Christie Is Big Bruce Springsteen Fan

AP | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York


MENDHAM, N.J. — New Jersey's Republican candidate for governor insists he'll spend the night before his first debate at a Bruce Springsteen conc...

Bruce Springsteen Symposium: Hundreds Of Academics Meet In New Jersey For Lectures On The Boss

AP | KILEY ARMSTRONG | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York


WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Hold still, Bruce – this won't hurt a bit! Scholars from around the world are dissecting the Springsteen legend ...

Making It Up

James Grady | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


James Grady

Political fiction works when it makes its consumers feel like they are not alone out in the dark heart of the murderous maniacal mob -- when it makes you feel like you can do something.

Happy 60th Birthday, Broooce!

Shawn Amos | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment


Shawn Amos

Happy birthday, Bruce. It seems like only yesterday that you and the Big Man were boys chasing each other on the Jersey Shore.

Shock The Monkey: A Playlist To Help Ease Kirk Cameron's Evolutionary Growing Pains

David Wild | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment


David Wild

Kirk Cameron seems like a really nice guy. Unfortunately, the Artist Formerly Known as Mike Seaver seems like a really nice guy who's evolved into a willfully ignorant idiot.

HuffPost Exclusives: R.E.M. and Cory Chisel, Plus Bruce Hornsby Interview, Big Star Box, Paolo Nutini Live, This Week's New Albums, and more...

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.15.2009 | Entertainment

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Mike Ragogna

R.E.M. will be releasing Live At The Olympia, a 39-song, two CD set containing "working rehearsals" from 2007. I was lent a track that captures the band's energy and insightful views.

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

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment


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.

Human or Dancer: Killers Waver at Jones Beach

Rob Fishman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


Rob Fishman

At Jones Beach on Tuesday, the Killers packed too much performance, and not enough humanity.

A Dream Goes On Forever: A Playlist for Senator Ted Kennedy

David Wild | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment


David Wild

Senator Ted Kennedy loved to sing. And so it seems only fitting to make a playlist in memory of this singular American icon who did so much for so long to help so many.

Dancing Fool: A Moving Playlist For Tom DeLay, Our 'Dancing' Star With Two Right Feet

David Wild | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment


David Wild

Watching Tom DeLay disgrace himself and the United States Congress over the years, I distinctly remember thinking, "Sure, he's ethically challenged, but can he dance?"