Bruce Springsteen


Profiles

Letter to You (2020)

Bruce Springsteen - Letter to You

Nick Dent-Robinson assesses Bruce Springsteen's extraordinary latest album, 'Letter to You'.


Springsteen: Saint in the City 1949 -1974 (2013)

Bruce Springsteen - Springsteen: Saint in the City 1949 -1974

Ben Howarth finds much to recommend in a new book about the early years of the young Bruce Springsteen


Live

Royal Festival Hall, 20/7/2009

Bruce Springsteen - Royal Festival Hall, 20/7/2009

Anthony Midleton watches a superb set from sixties survivor Marianne Faithfull to promote her new album of covers, 'Easy Come, Easy Go', at the Royal Festival Hall in London


Reviews


Only the Strong Will Survive (2022)
Bruce Springsteen - Only the Strong Will Survive

Authentic collection of 60’s and 70’s soul covers from Bruce Springstee


The Promise (2010)
Bruce Springsteen - The Promise

Excellent and frequently surprising collection of previously unreleased material from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, recorded in 1978 at the time of his classic 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' album


Related


Interviews

Interview Blue Highways - Interview

Callum Lury from London-based America trio The Blue Highways, which comprises of three brothers, speaks to Julie Cruickshank about their progress to date and their Bruce Springsteen-influenced second album, ‘Out on The Line’.


Nils Lofgren
Interview Nils Lofgren - Interview

Nils Lofgren, the guitarist with Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, talks to Ben Howarth about his long solo career, forthcoming tour of the UK and 'Face the Music', his new ten CD box set


Profiles

Leonard Colombati
Bruce Springsteen: Like a Killer in the Sun Miscellaneous - Bruce Springsteen: Like a Killer in the Sun

Forty-five years since the release of his debut LP, American music legend Bruce Springsteen has his lyrics collected and dissected by editor Leonardo Colombati. Stephen Simkin reviews a frequently inspiring volume.


Live

Hyde Park, London, 6/6/2023 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Hyde Park, London, 6/6/2023

American icon Bruce Springsteen shows zero signs of slowing down on a lengthy, wide-ranging set at Hyde Park for British Summer Time. Richard Lewis reviews


Albums

Re : View-Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run Miscellaneous - Born to Run

In the latest in our 'Re : view' series, in which our staff reflect on albums that they feel deserve further appraisal, Pennyblackmusic photographer Matt Williams explains why Bruce Springsteen's classic 'Born to Run' rarely leaves his turntable


Re : View-Bruce Springsteen
The Rising Miscellaneous - The Rising

In 2002 Bruce Springsteen returned to the public domain with ‘The Rising’, an album of songs about the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre. Benjamin Howarth explains, why "in a time for heroes", Sprinsteen offers fresh hope