(Emmlyou Harris with Daniel Lanois) Released in 1995, Wrecking Ball knocked down the pillars of Emmylou Harris’ sound — the clean production; the mix of country ballads and rootsy rave-ups; the loose connection to mainstream country music — and rebuilt her career from the ground up. Daniel Lanois, a rock & roll producer with little [...]

Mumford & Sons and Emmylou Harris have been confirmed for an episode of CMT Crossroads. The show will be taped in Nashville this week to an invitation-only audience. The concert will feature the English folk rock band and the American singer-songwriter sharing the stage together and is set to air on September 20th. This will [...]

As casually as he might add another half hour to a three hour set, Bruce Springsteen has added another slew of dates to his North American tour. Springsteen’s celebrated Wrecking Ball tour will head for several new cities this fall, it was announced today. You’ll find the new dates below. Check out our review of [...]

Bruce Springsteen is not known for his short shows or timely stage exits. But the Boss topped himself last night in Milan, Italy, performing 33 songs over the course of three hours and forty minutes, from new single “We Take Care Of Our Own” to “Twist And Shout.” According to his Facebook account, it’s “the [...]

(Photo: Christof Stache) On a night of memory and legend, of celebration and ceremony, it was only right for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band to end the show with their very own creation myth. During their first tour without the late Clarence Clemons, “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out,” the tale of Scooter and Big [...]

Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball (Columbia) Rating: The characters in the songs of Bruce Springsteen have been through a lot in their time on Earth, almost 40 years now. They spent their youth loitering on street corners and burning down highways, in search of some promise of freedom that rarely came to fruition. Coming to terms [...]

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Bruce Springsteen’s latest track from his upcoming album Wrecking Ball starts innocently enough, until it gets to the pay-off line. “You put on your coat, I’ll put on my hat, You put out the dog, I’ll put out the cat You put on your red dress for me tonight honey We’re going on the town [...]

In January, an insider “earwitness” told the Hollywood Reporter that Bruce Springsteen’s forthcoming album Wrecking Ball will represent the 62-year old’s “angriest yet.” Since history has found Springsteen at his most vitriolic when writing from headlines, it seems safe to assume that album 17 will find the Boss in topical-mode. His exact targets, however, remain [...]

Bruce Springsteen has just released a video for “We Take Care Of Our Own,” the lead single from his upcoming album Wrecking Ball. Read our review of the song here, and watch the video below. One YouTube commenter notes: “this is honestly the first time Bruce has looked ‘old,’ but it’s a badass kind of [...]

Bruce Springsteen will release his 17th studio album Wrecking Ball March 6 on Columbia Records. The new album features 11 new Springsteen recordings, including the single “We Take Care of Our Own” (listen and read our review here.) The album also features two songs familiar to those who’ve seen the E Street Band in recent [...]