“Soul music! Soul music is at the heart of what we do! Soul music is music of blood, sweat, the Earth, the heavens, regret, anger, joy, sex, love.” - Bruce Springsteen, 2012 From the moment Bruce Springsteen confirmed his and the E Street Band's 2023 International Tour, every fan began to wonder what they’ll actually … Continue reading New Album Review: Bruce Springsteen’s “Only The Strong Survive” (2022)
On December 24th, 2018, No Nukes 1979 was released as the Christmas bonus in Bruce Springsteen's Live Archive Series, and while it didn't bring about the same level of excitement that other releases in the Series have, it successfully served fans with an opportunity to experience Bruce and the E Street Band at a midpoint … Continue reading New Album Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (2021)
Bruce Springsteen's twentieth studio album, Letter To You, begins slowly, retrospectively, and though it may be disappointing to some to hear Springsteen essentially picking up where he left off after Western Stars, don't be fooled, because his first true album with The E Street Band in thirty years needs this. Not only does "One Minute … Continue reading New Album Review: Bruce Springsteen’s “Letter To You” (2020)
In the four months since its release, Western Stars has received almost nothing but universal acclaim from Springsteen fans. Despite fears that he'd "lost his songwriting touch" after five years passed with no new original music released, his nineteenth studio album is currently being ranked up there with the best for a lot of his audience. … Continue reading New Album Review: Bruce Springsteen’s “Western Stars: Songs From The Film” (2019)
It's been a long time coming for the release of Fender's debut album. With the first two singles released in early and late March and two tracks released on an EP last November, there's there's been a lot of anticipation given the quality of songs released in the build up to its September 13th release. … Continue reading Album Review: Sam Fender’s “Hypersonic Missiles” (2019)
Five years after the release of High Hopes, Bruce Springsteen returns to the studio with his nineteenth album, Western Stars, an influence of Southern Californian pop songs of the 70s and a return to the character driven tales Springsteen's solo work is rooted upon. Unfortunately, the album doesn't get off to an amazing start as … Continue reading New Album Review: Bruce Springsteen’s “Western Stars” (2019)
After too many years away, Steve Perry has returned to the studio with his new album, Traces. This is Steve's third solo album following Street Talk (1984) and For the Love of Strange Medicine (1994) and his first in twenty-fours years. In listening to this album two things are evident, his passion is still there and his vocals are still magic, … Continue reading Album Review: Steve Perry’s “Traces” (2018)
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