Bruce Springsteen’s Streets of Minneapolis: how digital circulation boosts the impact of a protest song

The singer’s song about the killings in Minneapolis translates private loss into a collective experience rapidly shared ...

From ‘this machine kills fascists’ to ‘King Trump’s private army’: the art of protest music

Musicians are giving voice to the urgency of Minneapolis. America has a long history of political protest in song.
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In Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-ICE protest song, a nod to Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan

If you think you’ve heard Bruce Springsteen’s brand-new protest song before, you may not be far off base. The melody of the Boss’ “Streets of Minneapolis,” written, recorded and released just days ...

Did Bruce Springsteen forget how to write music?

American rock-and-roll icon Bruce Springsteen released a new single this week, his first original material since 2020’s ...

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" ...