Profiles
Letter to You (2020)
Nick Dent-Robinson assesses Bruce Springsteen's extraordinary latest album, 'Letter to You'.
Springsteen: Saint in the City 1949 -1974 (2013)
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
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)
Authentic collection of 60’s and 70’s soul covers from Bruce Springstee
The Promise (2010)
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
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, 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
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
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
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
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