Stereogum — Bruce Springsteen wrote “American Skin (41 Shots)” about the 1999 New York police shooting death of Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo, but unfortunately, it’s more relevant today than ever. During Mary J. Blige’s recent Apple Music-sponsored in... more info

The Mirror — It just goes to show that even The Boss can face rejection! The ballad was written for his son and he felt that it would work in a children's movie more info

Chorus.fm — Bruce Springsteen recently talked with BBC Radio 2’s Simon Mayo. In the interview he reveals that he wrote a song for the Harry Potter movies that was never used. The post Bruce Springsteen Wrote a Song for ‘Harry Potter’ appeared first on cho... more info

Time — It never made it into the movies more info

Consequence of Sound — Apparently they don’t teach music appreciation at Hogwarts. more info

Stereogum — There’s been a longstanding rumor that Bruce Springsteen wrote a song intended for the Harry Potter movies that was rejected. He recorded it in the summer of 2001, so a few months before Sorcerer’s Stone came out in theaters, and it was called �... more info

Stereogum — For the last few years, UK-based blog/label Song, By Toad has put out a series of 12″ splits recorded by SBT owner Matthew Young. Last year, Young moved to Red Hook, Brooklyn for a few months and had access to the studio at the National Opera Cente... more info

Ryan's Smashing Life — INTRODUCTIONS ARE IN ORDER - American rock & roll. It's a genre that's thrived for more than 50 years, fueled by a long line of true believers — from Buddy Holly to Tom Petty to Bruce Springsteen — with electric guitars in their hands a... more info

BBC News - UK — Singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen speaks to BBC arts editor Will Gompertz about his music, depression and the state of US politics, as he launches his autobiography. more info

The Mirror — The Boss says the "flagrant, toxic, narcissistic" is losing and he knows it - and he wants to "make as much of a mess" as he can more info