Rock & Roll Books

Gift Guide

"...in, races through Hammond's "discovering" Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, and finally bookend device Stevie Ray..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon

Yes, jeans are iconically American, but however many ways this is restated, it does nothing to quell the question of ... so what?

"...revolutionaries in denim, punks in denim, disco in denim, Bruce Springsteen's denim-assed album cover. Are you tired yet?..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Books Review by John Dicker

Johnny Cash

Record review

"...train song, "Like the 309," and tempered covers of Bruce Springsteen's "Further on up the Road" and Ian Tyson's..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

TCB

TCB enters the political arena with Neil Young's new album, Trail of Dead behind the Iron Curtain, and a hipster pop quiz

May 5, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...was considered a street-smart contemporary of Lou Reed and Bruce Springsteen with radio hits like "Wild in the Streets"..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...MF Doom's stature is the equivalent of a three-hour Bruce Springsteen performance. The worst you could say about Doom's..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Column

Less Than Stupefied at Doom

Dec. 14, 2005 Postmarks

The Beatles: The Biography / With the Beatles / The Beatles: 365 Days

Gift guide

"...precision. Given his past experience representing Elton John and Bruce Springsteen, Spitz dissects the Beatles as a business entity;..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Wednesday Sleepers

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...this Seattle-area singer-songwriter has already earned a lifetime of Bruce Springsteen comparisons for both her colorful storytelling and penchant..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

TCB

Bracing for SXSW, hailing the Dicks, avoiding the cow pies

"...agrees Grulke. "A couple of years ago, we heard Bruce Springsteen, and we were fully prepared to believe he..."

March 11, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Saving Face

Ian McLagan pulled up a few pints of 'black madness' and out popped 'Five Guys Walk Into a Bar' …

"...making records with the Stones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon, Thin Lizzy, Paul Weller, the Stray..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Jon Dee Graham

Texas platters

"...with smoke. I loved it. My dad would spin Bruce Springsteen on the ancient turntable, crackling the speakers and..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Manifesto Destiny

Literate pop, the Elephant 6 in your Parish

"...The Meadowlands (Absolutely Kosher), a perfect, educated antidote to Bruce Springsteen's blue-collar Jersey jingoism...."

July 23, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Sheet Music

"...Behind-the-scenes stories of Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, and ... uh, Meat Loaf?..."

May 28, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

What Are Your Favorite Local Covers?

"...This Microwave World: The Innocent, "I'm on Fire" by Bruce Springsteen..."

May 14, 2004 Music Feature

Working-Class Hero

Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?

"...days when Morrison or the Byrds, the Beatles or Bruce Springsteen, could shape-shift from project to project have waned...."

April 23, 2004 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

SXSW Interview: Walter Yetnikoff

Ballroom Dancing: Music Panels

"...an amazingly lucrative talent roster led by Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Joel. He also did lots of..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

Hardcore Troubadour: The Life & Near Death of Steve Earle

Sheet Music

"...to write songs that made Townes Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen envious. Lauren St. John, who writes for the..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

After a Fashion

"...conversation, telling him that she had grown up with Bruce Springsteen's music, how much she loved his work, and..."

April 4, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Spotlight: Kathleen Edwards

Kathleen Edwards says f**k the buzz.

"...is 'cause you'd been expecting me to be fuckin' Bruce Springsteen or something.'"..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

TCB

Are you ready for the fallout?

March 7, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Daniel Lanois confirms as SXSW keynote, Springsteen cancels, and another club -- the Six of Clubs -- closes. Biz as usual, in other words.

"...more than 50 people... Finally, you probably know that Bruce Springsteen canceled his Erwin Center show of Nov. 6,..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Omaggio a Tropicalista

Putting Brazil's musical poet laureate in his place.

"...Bob Dylan of Brazil, or the John Lennon, the Bruce Springsteen, the Mick Jagger -- hell, throw Madonna into..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Mike Quinn

TV Eye

Live From New York … the sometimes sordid history of Saturday Night Live.

"...Saturday Night Live's 28th season premiere, with musical guest Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, on Oct. 5,..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked City

Houstonian Billie Carr, a longtime Democratic Party activist and dedicated organizer for the liberal wing of the party, dies from a stroke.

"...Called "the Boss" by state party faithful long before Bruce Springsteen picked up the nickname, Carr fought for civil..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Patty Griffin Reviewed

"...compact might seem a bit extravagant, breathtaking versions of Bruce Springsteen's "Stolen Car" and Lonnie Johnson's 1948 R&B hit..."

May 17, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Elevation

Taking stock of music DVDs

"...leather skeleton suit) and CD formats, but note that Bruce Springsteen's Live in New York City 2-CD set from..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

All-American

Jimmie Vaughan at 50

"...bar, where it's not hard to picture an up-and-coming Bruce Springsteen or a hungry Jon Bon Jovi anxiously waiting..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Stevie Ray Vaughan

"...Hammond (who had "discovered" Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen) had raved about him -- there were a..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Hall

Dancing About Architecture

Antone's Anniversary off to a bumpy start, and the same goes for local CD outlets.

"...includes covers of songs by Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and John Mellencamp alongside her own material, and..."

July 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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