Bruce Springsteen

The yuppies embodied the winning side of America’s deepening economic divide. Bruce Springsteen spoke for those left behind.

Steven Hyden's new book about Bruce Springsteen's iconic "Born in the U.S.A" album is the product of a lifelong passion for the music of "The Boss."

The musical culture of the New York metropolitan area, combined with themes of suburban life, suffuse the legends' music.

Springsteen's albums offer a tragic-romantic view of the working class in Reagan-era America.

The album was once king. Now it’s the live show.

Decades after its release, the haunted highways and haunted characters of the Boss’s largely acoustic masterpiece still haunt the American psyche.

Do pop culture interventions in presidential elections make a difference?

Did music really bring down the Wall?

New books examine the place of work in our lives—and how people throughout history have tried to change it.

Christian and Jewish themes influenced the world of art around one of jazz’s greatest singers.

So where were those angsty kids?

A 40-year saga of kickbacks, threats, political maneuvering, and the humiliation of Pearl Jam.

A breakdown of how Woody Guthrie's hit song "This Land" has evolved over time.

Was he or wasn't he a member of the Communist Party USA?

The sick history of the U.S. campaign song.

The history of evangelicalism in America is shot through with fear—but it also contains an alternative.

His groundbreaking rock-n-roll was neither 'thievery' nor 'derivative blackness.'

How Titus Andronicus drew on Civil War lore to frame contemporary social divides.

Members of the Revolution look back on Prince's massive, awe-inspiring 'Purple Rain' tour in our exclusive oral history.

And how the Rolling Stones, a band in love with black music, helped lead the way to rock’s segregated future.