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 'Streets of Minneapolis' anti-ICE protest song hits No. 1 on iTunes

Bruce Springsteen's protest song "Streets of Minneapolis," a response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ...

‘Streets of Minneapolis’: Bruce Springsteen’s Anti-Ice Song Debuts at No. 1 Despite Limited Release

Bruce Springsteen has always been known as much for his voice as his convictions. In a move that has reverberated far beyond ...

White House blasts Bruce Springsteen's anti-ICE song calling it 'irrelevant opinions'

White House officials slam Bruce Springsteen's new anti-ICE song "Streets of Minneapolis" as "random" and "irrelevant" in ...
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 ...
American Songwriter

The Bruce Springsteen Lyric That Insists That Happiness Only Comes via Hard Work

Bruce Springsteen offers a path to happiness on "Prove It All Night". But he doesn't pretend that it's going to be easy.

Bruce Springsteen’s Song About Minneapolis Follows a Long Tradition of Protest Songs—Here Are the 10 Most Powerful

Protest songs transform emotion into action, and Bruce Springsteen's anthem to Minneapolis is one in a long line of powerful ...

Will Springsteen perform Minnesota song at Grammys? What to know

Bruce Springsteen released a protest song condemning ICE. Fans are hoping he appears at Sunday's Grammy Awards.

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 ...

Bruce Springsteen Performs Anti-ICE Song Live at Minneapolis Protest Concert as Crowd Yells ‘ICE Out Now!'

Bruce Springsteen brought his protest song “Streets of Minneapolis” to the actual streets of Minneapolis Friday afternoon, making an unadvertised appearance at a daytime benefit concert organized by ...
Opinion

Bruce Springsteen Rallies Against Trump and ICE in New Protest Song “Streets of Minneapolis”

Trump’s federal thugs beat up on his face and his chest/Then we heard the gunshots, and Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead” ...

From Bruce Springsteen on Minneapolis to CSNY on Kent State - a History of Instant Protest Songs

We trace the lineage of rapid-response songs, from Woody Guthrie and Nina Simone to Bruce Springsteen's quick turnaround on "Streets of Minneapolis" ...