Bruce Springsteen News

Am 30. Dezember 2006 ist im amerikanischen „Praeger“ Verlag ein Buch namens „The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen (Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection)“ erschienen, das sich mit der Musik und den Texten Bruce Springsteens beschäftigt.

Das Buch ist mittlerweile auch in Deutschland erhältlich. Mehr Infos findet Ihr hier.

Infos:
The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen provides a comprehensive and coherent look at the work of a thoroughly complex and persistently captivating artist. Springsteen enjoys a popularity that has transcended generations. His 1975 album Born to Run was voted the most popular album of all time in a recently published Zagat survey; his 1984 album Born in the U.S.A. spawned seven Top Ten singles while selling more than 20 million copies; and his 2002 album The Rising was regarded by many critics as the most poignant artistic reaction to 9/11. Springsteen, now in his 50s, has evolved from an over-hyped version of the „next Bob Dylan,“ to the „future of rock and roll“ in the mid-1970s, to a pop culture icon in Reagan America, to a 21st-century populist voice. His career has been covered many times over, yet many of the complexities and apparent contradictions of his music remain unresolved. These include his hard-rock influenced musical background; his movement from themes of rebellion and isolation in his early work to those of a more populist complexion later on; and his contribution in the 1980s to a conservative patriotism–despite his albums‘ close association with the music and ideas of Woody Guthrie.

After a brief biographical treatment, Kirkpatrick considers all of Springsteen’s significant albums in chronological order. In addition to this probing musical analysis, he offers a guide to Springsteen’s lyrical themes and motifs, allowing readers a coherent insight into the complicated nature of the artist’s underlying concerns, influences, and ideas. Rounding out the volume is a consideration of „The Boss’s“ legacy as a songwriter and musician, as well as appendices including a bibliography and a complete discography. In sum, The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen provides a comprehensive and coherent look, previously unavailable in a single volume, at the work of a thoroughly complex and persistently captivating artist.

ROB KIRKPATRICK
is the author of Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators: The War-Torn Career of an All-Star Shortstop (2005). He provided an essay on the Pacific coast rock music scene for The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures (2004), contributed to Approaches to Teaching Hamlet (MLA 2001) and has appeared in The Hemingway Review.

Gebundene Ausgabe: 224 Seiten
Verlag: Praeger Publishers Inc.
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0275989380
ISBN-13: 978-0275989385

Joe Grusecky hat im August 2006 ein neues Album namens „A Good Life“ veröffentlicht. Vor kurzem ist endlich das erste Musikvideo erschienen. Bruce Springsteen spielt übrigens Gitarre.

Das Video und weitere Informationen findet ihr auf der offiziellen Joe Grusecky Homepage: http://www.grushecky.com

Laut der schwedischen Zeitung „Aftonbladet“ wird Bruce Springsteen zusammen mit der E-Street Band in Juni 2007 im Ullevi Stadium, Göteborg auftreten. Leider wurde diese Meldung kurze Zeit später vom Stadionmanager, Även Anders Albertsson, dementiert:

Ryktet om Springsteen till Ullevi falskt
Bruce Springsteen kommer inte till Göteborg i sommar. Det säger Thomas Johansson, vd för Ema Telstar, och Anders Albertsson, chef för Ullevi. Quelle

E-Street Band Gitarrist Little Steven van Zandt spricht in einem Interview über ein mögliches Bruce Springsteen Album in diesem Jahr:

January 8, 2007 By Zach Brokenrope
Springsteen could tour this summer
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band could have a new album out and a concert tour beginning as soon as this summer, according to Little Steven Van Zandt, a longtime member of the group. Quelle

Bruce Springsteens aktuelles Album „We Shall Overcome – The Seeger Sessions“ (Columbia Records) wurde von den achtundvierzig Musikredakteuren des „Billboard Magazins“ zum zweitbesten Album des Jahres 2006 gewählt.

Closely following Dylan was fellow rock-pop legend Bruce Springsteen, whose latest album ‚We Shall Overcome – The Seeger Sessions‘ made #2 with a total of 58 points.
Check out the full list of Top 10 albums below and click through to www.billboard.comto see the picks of the Billboard team, plus Carrie Underwood and Eddie Montgomery’s favourite albums of 2006.Billboard Critics Choice Poll 2006:

1. Bob Dylan, „Modern Times“ (Columbia) – 65 points
2. Bruce Springsteen, „We Shall Overcome – The Seeger Sessions“ (Columbia) – 58 points
3. Gnarls Barkley, „St. Elsewhere“ (Downtown/Atlantic) – 53 points
4. Arctic Monkeys, „Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not“ (Domino) – 50 points
5. TV On The Radio, „Return to Cookie Mountain“ (Interscope) – 47 points
6. Tom Waits, „Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards“ (Anti-) – 39 points
7. The Hold Steady, „Boys and Girls in America“ (Vagrant) – 38 points
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers, „Stadium Arcadium“ (Warner Bros.) and Dixie Chicks, „Taking the Long Way“ (Open Wide/Columbia) – 33 points
9. Tool, „10,000 Days“ (Tool Dissectional/Volcano) and The Beatles, „Love“ (Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol) – 27 points
10. Corinne Bailey Rae, „Corinne Bailey Rae“ (Capitol) – 23 points Quelle