Bruce Springsteen Just Showed Why We Need Protest Songs Right Now

Springsteen wrote "Streets of Minneapolis"—a stunning defense of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, immigrants, and the people of ...

Bruce Springsteen’s protest songs still hit where it hurts

Springsteen has repeatedly turned moments of violence and injustice into songs that demand moral reckoning ...

Bruce Springsteen’s Anti-Trump Anthem Becomes His Longest-Running No. 1

Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales and Rock Digital Song Sales charts, becoming his longest leader.
Opinion

Bruce Springsteen Releases New Song 'Streets of Minneapolis' in Response to 'State Terror Being Visited on the City'

The song makes references to the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, both of whom were shot by ICE agents ...

Bruce Springsteen performs new anti-ICE song in Minneapolis concert

Bruce Springsteen joined Tom Morello during his Defend Minnesota! concert on the afternoon of Friday, Jan 30 in Minneapolis ...

New Bruce Springsteen anthem 'Streets of Minneapolis' takes on Trump

Bruce Springsteen has just released an angry anthem called “Streets of Minneapolis” as a reaction to the fatal shootings of ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1995, Bruce Springsteen Released a John Steinbeck-Inspired Song Later Covered by Rage Against the Machine

Steinbeck’s novel opens with Joad getting out of prison, after which he meets with his family as they’re making the long journey to California. Unlike other characters in the novel, Joad seems to ...

‘ICE Out': Protest Songs From Bruce Springsteen, My Morning Jacket, NOFX, and Others

The deaths of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis and the violence ICE has perpetuated has revived a folk-music tradition from artists across genres ...