By Tara Machen Say what you will, Twitter-critics, about certain songs in the Bruce Springsteen cannon being “old warhorses” — but don’t you dare call …
A new crop of students delivers lessons from the Boss By Lynne Margolis (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) When Bruce Springsteen released Born …
VARIOUS ARTISTS Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne Music Road Records Tribute albums can be such tricky affairs. When honoring a departed titan …
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN High Hopes Columbia In the liner notes to High Hopes, Bruce Springsteen says he wanted to give these stray songs their proper due. …
By Holly Gleason (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) It’s a late afternoon in the Big Apple, the tail end of a particularly …
By Slaid Cleaves (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) I was 9 years old the day I first sat down next to Rod Picott …
By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) Don’t call Steve Earle’s 1995 album Train a Comin’ a “comeback.” Oh, it certainly met …
RICH O’TOOLE Brightwork: A Manifesto by Rich O’Toole PTO Rich O’Toole likes girls. Summertime girls, Texas girls, California girls, Chicago girls, and especially unforgettable drunk …
By Eric Hisaw (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) Johnny Cash came roaring out of an Arkansas cotton patch, a Jesus-conflicted, lanky black-haired rebel, …
STEVE FORBERT Over With You Blue Corn Music There’s a bit of irony that the new Bob Dylan album (Tempest) and this new Steve Forbert …
