The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music is pleased to announce the premiere screening of the 2025 American Music Honors event. The screening of this very special evening honoring American Music icons John Fogerty, Tom Morello, Smokey Robinson, Emmylou Harris, and Joe Ely will be held on Thursday, November 13th, at 7:30 p.m. at the intimate Pollak Theatre, […]
Forty-five years ago today, Bruce Springsteen released The River—an album that captured the ache and beauty of ordinary American life with a scope and honesty few artists have matched. On the surface, it was a sprawling double LP chronicling young love, work, loss, and longing at the dawn of the 1980s. It garnered Bruce some […]
The October 24 release of the major motion picture Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere—about the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska—has sparked a media blitz. From feature spreads in Rolling Stone and Variety to in-depth television interviews and social media campaigns, the film’s rollout has emphasized both the raw, introspective artistry that defined Nebraska […]
As Taylor Swift’s latest release, The Life of a Showgirl, marks one week since its debut, we’ve asked some of our favorite music historians and cultural critics to weigh in on the album’s impact and potential historical significance. Their responses, emailed to me, were rich and varied. Dr. Ken Womack, Professor of English and Popular […]
Featuring Alan Light discussing Don’t Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours’ – Register for the Zoom link here: https://monmouth.zoom.us/meeting/register/1lelOMyHQCCDLRoIF-mFFw
Bruce Springsteen’s Fall 2025 appearance on the cover of TIME magazine provides an opportunity to reflect on the first time he graced that illustrious publication’s cover 50 years ago, in the Fall of 1975. That cover, which featured a striking portrait of him beneath the bold headline “Rock’s New Sensation,” signaled both the culmination of […]
Following our historic slate of Born to Run 50th anniversary events this August and September, the Center team hit the road! We just wrapped trips to Boston and Canada, during both of which the “Center for American Music” portion of our work took center stage. Because remember: our mission is truly two-fold. The Bruce Springsteen Archives […]
Join the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music for a unique opportunity to attend an advance screening and listening session for Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition, featuring previously unreleased material. The session will be moderated and curated by radio personalities Tom Cunningham and Rich Russo. Joining them will be Erik Flannigan, essayist, Nebraska ’82: Expanded […]
Bruce Springsteen turns 76 today, and it’s the perfect opportunity to reflect on the historical significance of his life and work. He’s more than a musician — over the past 50 years, he has proven himself an astute chronicler of American life. Bruce’s first two albums — Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & […]
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