Vintage Bruce coming right up… and it more than aptly takes the wheel from where yesterday’s slice of American dream realism – Jackson Browne’s The Pretender – left us. If there’s one song which immediately transports back to my 15…
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The Ghost Of Tom Joad (1995) – Bruce Springsteen
The Ghost Of Tom Joad is a folk rock song by Bruce Springsteen and is the title track from his eleventh studio album released in 1995. It is the second song to feature here from the sessions after Dead Man…
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Night (1975) – Bruce Springsteen
Night might not be the most celebrated track on Born to Run, but it embodies the raw energy and unrelenting spirit that define Bruce Springsteen’s breakout album. While many of the songs on Born to Run are wrapped in sweeping,…
Downbound Train (1984) – Bruce Springsteen
I think Downbound Train is one of the most unheralded songs on Bruce’s massive – hit album Born in the USA (BITUSA), yet due to its unassuming melancholic appeal it’s one of the songs from the album I now prefer…
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (Bruce Springsteen) – Christmas Countdown No. 7
The showmanship by Bruce and the E Street Band in their version of today’s featured track – Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town is nothing short of pulsating and rousing. It’s not Christmas time until Springsteen says it is! Just…
Streets of Philadelphia (1994) – Bruce Springsteen
Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen and sister song Philadelphia by Neil Young are from the Jonathan Demme movie of the same name. Bruce Springsteen won best original song at the 1994 Academy Awards while Neil Young was nominated. Both are exemplary ‘atmospheric’…
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Glory Days (1984) – Bruce Springsteen
Glory Days is the big rock stomping, jukebox hit on Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA album. It was the fifth single released from the record. As evident in its official music video, nowhere does Bruce Springsteen showcase and embrace…
Sólo Le Pido a Dios – León Gieco (ft. Mercedes Sosa)
Haydée Mercedes “La Negra” Sosa was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of El nuevo cancionero (The new songbook). She gave voice to songs written by…
Something In The Night (1978) – Bruce Springsteen
I’ve always liked the understated album cover of Darkness on the Edge of Town. It seems like Bruce wasn’t interested in the usual pomp and spectacle—no elaborate “Bringing It All Back Home” setup here. Instead, it’s as if he just…
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A Love like Springsteen (2024) – Kasey Chambers
Recently on the 5th anniversary of my ‘Music Library Project,’ I estimated my project would take 10 years to complete, assuming no new songs were added. I planned to include only song titles to the respective menu without writing full…
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