ASBURY PARK, NJ − One of Bruce Springsteen’s most iconic songs almost sounded extremely different. In 1981, writer and director Paul Schrader approached the Boss about writing the title track for his ...
A new 37-track boxed set released alongside a biopic tracking the making of his 1982 album underscores how sometimes a musician’s first recording is the right one. By Jon Pareles Demo-itis. That’s the ...
In “Atlantic City,” Bruce Springsteen sings “Everything dies, baby that’s a fact. But maybe everything that dies someday comes back.” He never could have known that more than 40 years after releasing ...
Boxed sets celebrating classic rock albums offer the joy of discovery, in all those abandoned alternate versions being brought into the light as bonus tracks, but usually also some simultaneous ...
Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska was always an album that people loved to argue about. So it makes sense that we’re arguing about it now. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere underwhelmed at the box ...