He brought his guitar, and we're going to hear him perform some of his own songs and some of the blues and country songs that influenced him. Dion had his first hit, "I Wonder Why," in 1958, with the ...

“Blues with Friends” sets up rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Dion with a distinguished set of guitarists, from Joe Bonamassa to Bruce Springsteen, on an album teeming with talent and great tunes. Dion has been ...

Springsteen wrote and recorded the songs on The Streets of Philadelphia Sessions during one of the happiest times of his life, thanks to his recent marriage to Patti Scialfa and the birth of their ...

"Bruce Springsteen Songs," a luxurious coffee-table book chock-full of Springsteen's recorded lyrics and portraits of the artist as a young man, is due for publication this fall by Avon Books. The ...

There are musicians, and there is Bruce Springsteen. There are songwriters, and there is Bruce Springsteen. There are singers, and yes, you get the point. But there are also box sets, and there is ...

This story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on Sept. 2, 1971. LONG BRANCH – When Bruce Springsteen does his stuff, everybody gets behind it. Springsteen is a consummate musician, a man who ...

Sonically speaking, Bruce Springsteen is a robust rock ‘n’ roller. However, when it comes to his lyrics, he is a poet, a journalist, and a candid storyteller in the most honest of ways. That being so, ...

In “Atlantic City,” Bruce Springsteen sings “Everything dies, baby that’s a fact. But maybe everything that dies someday comes back.” He never could have known that more than 40 years after releasing ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today, we conclude our archive series, R&B, Rockabilly and Early Rock 'n' Roll, with Allen Toussaint, who we'll hear from later and Dion. If you've ever dismissed ...