New traumas reveal the truth in old songs | Hephzibah Anderson

As Bruce Springsteen's 'American Skin (41 Shots)' illustrates, events can lend a work of art fresh powerBruce Springsteen has been adding an extra number to his set list as he tours America with the E Street Band. "American Skin (41 Shots)" describes a mother trying to keep her son safe on the streets as he grows.With a chorus haunted by the death of a man killed under a hail of 41 police bullets, its narrative resounds extra plangently in the wake of February's Florida shooting of the unarmed ...

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