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Steven Van Zandt Q&A: Reuniting the Rascals, Mourning the Big Man & Praising Springsteen's Balls

Thu, April 25 2013 6:04pm - Source: Spinner

As rock 'n' roll's preeminent purist, it makes perfect sense that Stevie Van Zandt would be the one to reunite the Rascals.

Ugly Dwarf: The Story of No Trend

Thu, April 25 2013 3:54pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Back in 1987 the band No Trend proudly handed over its new album More to its record company, Touch and Go. The execs at Touch and Go gave it one listen, returned it to the band holding it gingerly by the edges with their fingertips as if it were something unspeakable like a radioactive monkey head, and in effect told the band, "Won't touch. Please go."

Bruce Springsteen @ Allphones Arena

Tue, March 19 2013 3:18am - Source: Oceans Never Listen

He connects and enthralls like few others.

Best of the Best: The Official™ Something Else! Top 10 for 2012

Wed, December 26 2012 1:22pm - Source: Something Else!

We've each already had our say, individually.

The Popdose 50: Our Favorite Holiday Songs

Mon, December 17 2012 10:49am - Source: Pop Dose

Any other collective of jaded music geeks might have stampeded toward a recent-vintage slab of Xmas irony as our all-time fave holiday hit – "Fairytale of New York," say, or "Christmas Wrapping."

Nick DeRiso’s Top Albums for 2012: Rock and Pop Music

Sun, December 16 2012 12:32pm - Source: Something Else!

The Dinosaurs of Rock roamed the Earth again in 2012, racing up the charts past bands half their age and chewing through expectations.

Holly Cara Price: Steven Van Zandt: The Hardest Working Man in Show Business

Fri, December 14 2012 1:10am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

2012 has been a busy year for many entertainers.

‘I’m bigger than that’: King Crimson/ELP co-founder Greg Lake tries to shake off prog-rock label

Sun, December 02 2012 10:42pm - Source: Something Else!

After associations both with King Crimson and Emerson Lake and Palmer, it's unlikely that Greg Lake will ever be identified as anything other than a prog-rock icon.

Book Notes - Caryn Rose "Raise Your Hand: Adventures of an American Springsteen Fan in Europe"

Thu, October 25 2012 2:13pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Michael Giltz: Music: Springsteen Rocks On

Sat, October 20 2012 9:28am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

In a few hours time, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will take to the stage, this time in Ottowa, Ontario on their Wrecking Ball tour.

Bruce Springsteen Surprises Steve Van Zandt at Little Kids Rock Concert

Wed, October 17 2012 3:55pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Before he heads to Ohio to stump for President Obama , Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom last night to pay tribute to his E Street bandmate and friend of 47 years, guitarist Steven Van Zandt.

Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp Founder Shares Hilarious Practical Joke Video (EXCLUSIVE)

Thu, September 06 2012 6:05pm - Source: Noisecreep

During his 25-year career in the music biz, he has rubbed elbows with some of the most influential and famous rock stars of all time, including Roger Daltry, Gene Simmons , Slash and Steven Tyler But David Fishof 's most important legacy will be the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp. Founded in 1997, the camp has given thousands of civilians the chance to learn and then jam with rock royalty.

Encores with 'Dirty Water' in tribute

Wed, August 15 2012 4:26pm - Source: Rolling Stone

The singer looked momentarily lost in thought, sitting shoulder to shoulder with his saxophone player at the lip of the stage.

Nick DeRiso’s Half-Year List of Top Albums for 2012, Rock and Pop Edition

Thu, June 21 2012 12:06pm - Source: Something Else!

Taking stock last night, as the sun dove below the trees on the year's longest day, it occurred to me that 2012 has already provided a harvest of good-rocking blessings.

Why does Bruce Springsteen make middle-aged men behave like teenagers at their first pop show?

Thu, June 21 2012 10:06am - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

In 2000 I interviewed Badly Drawn Boy for Select magazine and asked him about his obsession with Bruce Springsteen.

Bob Lefsetz Thinks Bruce Springsteen Is Trapped – Ooh Yeah!

Tue, May 29 2012 1:13pm - Source: Pop Dose

Bruce Springsteen's two-night stand at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena – and Bob's rambling, inconsistent thoughts on it – coincided with a busy point in my life.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Olympic Stadium, Seville, review

Mon, May 14 2012 6:27am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

On two occasions, he pulled youngsters up on stage.

Bruce Springsteen Brings 'Wrecking Ball' Tour to San Jose

Wed, April 25 2012 4:21pm - Source: Rolling Stone

One of the biggest rock stars in the world took the stage on Tuesday night by talking about himself.

Miles Mogulescu: Levon Helm and Clarence Clemons Enter Rock 'N Roll Heaven

Mon, April 23 2012 6:23pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

You know you may not be a kid anymore when rock 'n roll heroes from your youth start to die -- not in their '20s from too much, sex, drugs and rock 'n roll -- but in their '60s or even '70s from diseases of aging like stroke and cancer.

Maria Rodale: Bruce Springsteen and the Church of Rock 'n' Roll

Mon, April 23 2012 12:47pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

At age 50, I was a Bruce Springsteen concert virgin.

Music Review: Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball

Sat, March 24 2012 3:17am - Source: MOG

For our international readers, answering that question may be a purely intellectual exercise, but for those of you out there who, like me, were born and raised right here in the U.S. of A., forming a response probably isn't so simple.

Wrecking Ball

Thu, March 22 2012 5:13am - Source: Under The Radar Magazine

On the heels of last fall's Occupy Wall Street protests arrives Bruce Springsteen 's Wrecking Ball , his most vibrant studio album of original material since 1984's Born in the U.S.A.

Review & Set List: Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band @ SXSW, Austin, TX

Sat, March 17 2012 9:06pm - Source: MOG

I have officially seen the greatest gig of my life.

Bruce Springsteen Brings it Home at SXSW

Fri, March 16 2012 2:06pm - Source: Rolling Stone

"Young musicians, learn to bring it live and bring it home, night after night after night. Your audience will remember you."

The Rockologist: What to expect from Bruce Springsteen and his new ‘E Street Big Band’

Thu, March 15 2012 1:42pm - Source: Something Else!

Bruce Springsteen has just notched his tenth U.S. No. 1 album — knocking off the previously unstoppable juggernaut that is Adele, no less — on the Billboard charts.

Bruce Springsteen: 'I cried when I heard Clarence Clemons on 'Wrecking Ball''

Wed, March 14 2012 2:51pm - Source: NME

Bruce Springsteen has spoken about the death of his longtime saxophone player Clarence Clemons and revealed that he cried when he first heard Clemons' saxophone parts on his new album 'Wrecking Ball'.

Springsteen Kicks Off 2012 Tour at the Apollo Theater

Sat, March 10 2012 2:43pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's concert at New York's Apollo Theater was an evening of firsts.

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball

Fri, March 09 2012 8:11am - Source: The Music Mix

Bruce Springsteen has always been at his best when donning the role of the "average man" in the face of corporate and economic tyranny.

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball

Thu, March 08 2012 1:11pm - Source: The Quietus

Here's a thought: would Bruce Springsteen have fared so well critically had he been British?

Bruce Springsteen, 'Wrecking Ball': Can The Boss' New Album Rebuild America?

Wed, March 07 2012 3:42am - Source: Spinner

There are a few words that regularly appear in Bruce Springsteen songs, but one that never loses its significance is "promise," particularly the broken ones which have sparked many of Springsteen's greatest songs.

Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball (2012)

Tue, March 06 2012 5:38pm - Source: Something Else!

I've always had a hard time with the word "spiritual."

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball

Tue, March 06 2012 9:20am - Source: Drowned In Sound

One of the upsides to the world going to shit is that it tends to bring out the best in Bruce Springsteen , an artist who – notwithstanding the magnificent The Ghost of Tom Joad - was practically mothballed in the Nineties, only returning to active service post-9/11.

Review: Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball

Tue, March 06 2012 7:08am - Source: Pretty Much Amazing

If Bob Dylan is rock's poet laureate, then like an actual poet laureate, his relevance to everyday Americans, at least since the sixties, has been limited at best.

Bruce Springsteen, Obama: The Boss Says The Prez Too 'Corporate-Friendly'

Mon, March 05 2012 10:28pm - Source: Spinner

Bruce Springsteen shared much more on President Obama and the current state of U.S. politics than reporting on last month's Paris press conference previously revealed.

Holly Cara Price: Review: Wrecking Ball by Bruce Springsteen

Mon, March 05 2012 5:56pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

From the moment Bruce Springsteen first strode onstage and exuberantly challenged the Providence Civic Center audience in August 1978, yelling "Are you alive?" before launching into Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," I was taken up and taken in, entranced and enthralled.

Bruce Springsteen's 'Wrecking Ball': Singer's Angry New Record Reviewed

Mon, March 05 2012 2:35pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Nearly three decades ago, Bruce Springsteen wrote with sadness about a man showing his young son a hometown ravaged by outside economic forces, a town the family was about to leave.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Greendale (2003)

Sat, March 03 2012 2:08pm - Source: Something Else!

A new reunion with Crazy Horse had us going to back to Neil Young's most recent collaboration with the band, an early 2000s concept album that arrived long after we thought the idea was dead.

Bruce Springsteen: 40 Years, 40 Songs

Fri, March 02 2012 9:51pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

As the opener of Born to Run , the first notes from the weeping harmonica and tiptoeing, stumbling piano of "Thunder Road" stop you cold before a beast unlike anything that had preceded it.

Why Bruce Springsteen is the Boss for life

Sat, February 25 2012 8:32am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

"Now you hung with me when all the others turned away, turned away, turned up their nose, we liked the same music, we liked the same bands, we liked the same clothes."

'This is as direct a record as I ever made,' he says

Fri, February 17 2012 10:52pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Two years ago Bruce Springsteen told Rolling Stone that he had just written his first song about a "guy that wears a tie."

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