The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music Announces the Second Annual Move On Up Gospel Sing Off

The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music, announced today that choir registration for the second annual Move on Up Gospel Sing-Off begins on Friday, February 7 at noon and will end Monday, March 24 at 3pm. Move on Up! will take place on Saturday, May 10th at 2pm in Pollak Theatre on the […]

Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music Announces the Third Annual American Music Honors Recipients

 Media Contact: Eileen Chapman echapman@springsteencenter.org (West Long Branch, NJ—January 27, 2025) The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music has announced the honorees of its third annual American Music Honors event, to be held Saturday, April 26 on the campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N.J. The 2025 honorees are: Smokey Robinson, […]

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A History of Hip Hop Sampling

Join music journalists John Morrison and Josh Leidy for a multimedia presentation on the history of hip-hop culture and the cultural and technological evolution of sampling, followed by performances by Blue Hawk Records Student/Artists.  Co-sponsored by the BSACAM and the Monmouth University Music and Theatre Arts Department Friday, February 7 at 7 p.m.Woods Theatre at Monmouth […]

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Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music Announces Second Annual President’s Lecture on Music History and Contemporary America

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music (BSACAM) at Monmouth University is pleased to announce the second annual President’s Lecture on Music History and Contemporary America, to be held on Thursday, Jan. 30 at 3 p.m. in Pollak Theatre on the campus of Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave., […]

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Sam Moore (1935-2025)

From Bruce Springsteen:“Over on E Street, we are heartbroken to hear of the death of Sam Moore, one of America’s greatest soul voices. There simply isn’t another sound like Sam’s soulful tenor in American music. Having had the honor to work with Sam on several occasions, he was a sweet and funny man. He was […]

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Call for Papers – Born to Run at 50

Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ, is located just a mile from the famed Jersey shore and down the road from where Bruce Springsteen lived as he wrote Born to Run.The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music (BSACAM; Springsteen’s official repository) and Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences are […]

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