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Bruce Springsteen with Amy Kalman, Freehold, New Jersey, September 27, 2016 (Courtesy Amy Kalman)
October 6, 2016, 4:30 pm
Bruce Springsteen: I really need to play in Israel
The Boss, who has never performed in the Holy Land, tells a lifelong fan who flew from Jerusalem to meet him in New Jersey that he wants to correct the omission
By David Horovitz
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform with the concert 'The River Tour' at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 14, 2016. (Manu Fernandez/AP)
September 20, 2016, 6:18 pm
The rabbi, the wedding, and Springsteen’s romantic songs on ‘The River’
As The Boss winds down his world tour celebrating the 35th anniversary of a landmark album, here’s how a rabbi’s remarks at the marriage of a friend helped prompt him to tackle the traditional love songs he’d previously avoided
By Eric Cortellessa
Mike Appel, New York, June 2016 (David Horovitz / Times of Israel)
July 19, 2016, 7:21 pm
Why Springsteen never made another album like ‘Born to Run,’ and other questions only Mike Appel can answer
The Boss largely stopped pushing music’s boundaries after his epic third album, which happened to be around the time he fell out, spectacularly, with his original manager. Coincidence?
By David Horovitz
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