Even though Bruce Springsteen was the king of heartland rock, he felt that some bands had a better perspective on the ...
In the 1980s, a brand of "heartland rock" by artists like Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and John Mellencamp took over American ...
For all of the decades that Bruce Springsteen has turned in as a rockstar, he did acknowledge that it hurt to lose some ...
He probably didn’t anticipate, though, that the most powerful American poetry would come from its songwriters. With the creation of jazz, blues, gospel, and country music, and the synthesis of those ...
It happens all the time — as the years roll on, the meaning of a song gets forgotten, ignored and abandoned, ultimately leading many to mistakenly confuse the song for being passionately patriotic. So ...
These "patriotic" songs are anything but, from protest songs to singalong favorites with dark messages.
Davis, who discovered many of the defining musicians of the 20th century and helmed major record labels, said he ‘never’ tired of the music business ...
Kenny Chesney told Bill Maher on his podcast why he refuses to make political endorsements, saying celebrities shouldn't tell people how to vote.
They red white and blew the competition away. Taylor Swift’s wedding wasn’t the only thing that put her in the spotlight this ...
July Fourth marks summer's midway point and, of course, America's birthday. In 2026, the U.S. will celebrate 250 years and ...
Starmaker’s stellar legacy A belated goodbye to my neighbor and longtime friend, Clive Davis. Barely days before he left, we ...
Friends and colleagues remember Clive Davis, the man behind stars like Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys. Friends and ...