Bruce Springsteen carved out such a unique identity as a performer that it was often difficult to imagine anyone but him recording his songs. That hasn’t stopped artists of all stripes from trying to ...
In 1977, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band released a cover of the Bruce Springsteen song “Blinded by the Light.” The song charted higher than Springsteen’s own version. The Manfred Mann version hit No. 1, ...
It was bound to happen: Rising country singer Alana Springsteen covered a song by her surname-sake Bruce on SiriusXM’s “Fierce: Women in Music,” with a winning acoustic version of the Boss’ 1985 hit ...
While Bruce Springsteen has enjoyed decades of success, he has never had a No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. He has come close, with “Dancing in the Dark” reaching No. 2, but he has yet to reach ...
Women have long been socially separated from the blue-collar worker, drafted soldier, rough-and-tumble universe Bruce Springsteen established much of his career writing in, but we’d argue that these ...
I have my friend Brian to thank for this one. I occasionally get suggestions from assorted acquaintances about music topics, and I rarely follow up on them. That’s because I’m too stubborn. I should ...
Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...
There was no shortage of major global events for the weekly news magazines to cover in October 1975. The last smallpox patient on Earth was treated in Bangladesh; Francisco Franco’s dictatorship came ...
There’s an unexpected little holiday gift for fans of Bruce Springsteen just in time for your New Year’s Eve celebration.
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Sometimes you just need a start [Opinion]

The Rolling Stones had “Start Me Up.” Bruce Springsteen had “Cover Me.” Good starts for an album, both. But neither was written for the album on which it would appear. It’s nice to have a rough-cut ...