In the waning months of 1973, Bruce Springsteen’s career was in doubt. His first two albums with Columbia Records — “Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.” and “The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street ...

Biographer Peter Ames Carlin describes the making of Born to Run as an "existential moment" for Springsteen. Carlin's book is Tonight in Jungleland. Originally broadcast Aug. 7, 2025.

In his new book, Tonight in Jungleland, Peter Ames Carlin says that Bruce Springsteen chose to have Clarence Clemons on the cover of Born to Run with him in part to stand against racism Carlin spoke ...

The infamous sax solo Clarence Clemons plays on Bruce Springsteen’s rock classic “Born To Run” is so vibrant and exhilarating that it seems like a moment of pure inspiration on Clemons’ part. In truth ...

Peter Ames Carlin first heard Bruce Springsteen’s single “Born to Run” in 1975 when the future music biographer was a 12-year-old kid in a car headed home from a hike with his Boy Scout troop. He was, ...

50 years ago, songwriter Bruce Springsteen released his breakthrough album Born to Run. The legendary album captured the ideals of a generation of American youths during a decade of political turmoil, ...

I was 18 when Bruce Springsteen’s third album, “Born to Run,” was released 50 years ago, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. I’d just finished my freshman year in college, and I was lost. My ...

For Bruce Springsteen, this is a fine time for a look back even as he continues a European tour with his E Street band. That’s because Aug. 26 marks the 50th anniversary of The Boss’s breakthrough ...

It is one of the enduring images of rock history: a black and white portrait of a tousle-haired, leather jacket-wearing Bruce Springsteen, his Fender Telecaster slung over his shoulder as he leans ...