American Babylon’s title track is one of the only tracks Bruce had nothing to do with on the album, but that hasn’t stopped Bruce and Joe from teaming up to play it on stage.
Month: December 2020
Nothing particularly stands out about this Bruce Springsteen Band-era road song, but sometimes that’s not that the aim.
Lorenzo Bertocchini and Elizabeth Lee transform “Be True” with their beautiful, world-weary, acoustic cover.
Bruce plays his original holiday song for ribald laughs, but beneath its risque surface it has a lot to say.
Ten years ago tonight: Guest blogger Marietta Phillips takes us inside one of Bruce’s most intimate concerts ever.
Decades before Bruce Springsteen and Alejandro Escovedo first met, Bruce covered one of Alejandro’s earliest studio tracks at a 1988 soundcheck.
This early draft of “Factory” has a surprising and somber depth all its own.
In 2016, Northcote tucked an acoustic but rocking cover of “Radio Nowhere” on a B-side and unlocked the loneliness and isolation at the core of the song.
Bruce first covered The Crystals’ 1963 hit around the same time he recorded “Born to Run.” That’s almost certainly not a coincidence.
Sister song to “Mary Lou” and cousin to “Two Hearts.” this under-the-radar River-era outtake endures as a fan favorite.