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Springsteen

British  
/ ˈsprɪŋˌstiːn /

noun

  1. Bruce. born 1949, US rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His albums include Born to Run (1975), Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978), Born in the USA (1984), The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995), The Rising (2002), Magic (2007), and Wrecking Ball (2012)

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In a 2024 interview with Bruce Springsteen—yes, he’s been interviewed by his hero, and the New Jersey rocker was featured on a track from the young singer’s LP from that year, “The Great American Bar Scene”—he asked to be considered a songwriter rather than a performer in a specific genre.

From The Wall Street Journal

They took an omnivorous approach to recording, performing spoken-word jams and a radio play and covering Bruce Springsteen and Christmas standards.

From Los Angeles Times

In New Jersey, where one Democratic member, Rep. Bonnie Watson, is retiring, and another, former Rep. Mikie Sherill, just got elected governor, two blue seats will be determined by what are shaping up to be primaries as crowded as a Springsteen show at The Stone Pony.

From Salon

Through Doyle’s maneuvering, the painting was ultimately sold to none other than rock ’n’ roll legend Jon Landau, the longtime producer and manager for Bruce Springsteen who also ranks as one of the country’s top art collectors with a trove including pieces by Donatello, Titian and Tintoretto.

From The Wall Street Journal

Landau, who began visiting European museums and collecting art while on Springsteen’s epic tours in the 1980s and 1990s, never teamed up with a “Chris.”

From The Wall Street Journal