New exhibition features iconic objects and personal mementos to tell America’s music story Exhibition dates: February 17 – August 11, 2024 (Austin, TX) – Since the nation’s inception nearly two and a half centuries ago, music has informed, interpreted, and inspired our national identity. To celebrate and explore this remarkable heritage, the LBJ Presidential Library and […]
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University will present a symposium on Saturday, February 3, 2024 that celebrates the arrival of the Beatles in America sixty years ago. Titled Get Back…To 1964, the day-long event will include panel discussions, interviews, book signings, and musical performances of early Beatles’ songs performed by regional musicians.
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University and E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt’s TeachRock education program will join forces to assist teachers in bringing American popular music into classrooms across the country. For years, TeachRock has created curricula for nearly all grade levels and has demonstrated the importance of integrating American music with […]
In 1974, Bruce Springsteen and the Band were on the verge of stardom. Four nights in March of that year summarized everything the band was about—and about to be. They occurred in Houston at a place called Liberty Hall and photographer Nicki Germaine was there, capturing not just what happened onstage, but also backstage and […]
Media Contact: Eileen Chapman tel:732-571-3512 WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (October 18, 2023) — The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University has announced a new 30,000 square foot building to house the Archives, the Center for American Music, related exhibition galleries, and a 230 seat, state-of-the-art theater. Designed by the acclaimed […]
Springsteen Archives Curates New Photo Exhibit at Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame in Boston The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music has curated a new exhibit, Bruce Springsteen: Portraits of an American Music Icon, which opened on September 13, 2023 at The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF), Boston’s living music museum inside […]
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University will present a symposium on Saturday, October 28, 2023 that celebrates the release of Springsteen’s landmark second album a half century ago. Titled The 50th Anniversary: The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, the day-long event will include panel discussions, interviews, a pop up exhibit, […]
Go Behind the Scenes at the Inaugural American Music Honors Ceremony with NJ PBS’s Soundcheck Series This Tuesday, June 27 at 9:30pm Presented by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University, ceremony earlier this spring honored Steve Earle, Darlene Love, Sam Moore, Steven Van Zandt. Watch a preview now. JUNE 24, 2023 – LONG […]
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University in collaboration with Transparent Clinch Gallery are presenting a book signing event with Warren Zanes on June 15th at the gallery. Zanes, author, musician, and professor, will be discussing his new book, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, among […]
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University will present Hip Hop in the Round at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Monmouth County on Saturday, June 17, from 2pm to 4pm, as part of the statewide North to Shore initiative. With this year being the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop, […]
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