The New York Times released a list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters back in April, based on feedback from more ...

Take a look at who he beat.

It's well-established that Bruce Springsteen looks up to one songwriter more than most, someone he once went as far as calling "essential" to the nation.

Bruce Springsteen might know what suits his songs best, but he figured that some tunes weren't worth spending that much time on.

After hearing Bruce Springsteen’s new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” I did what I always do when one of my favorite things, music, clashes with something I’ve come to dread, current events. I ...

Originally published Sept. 15, 1988 in the Bergen Record. One was a wiry, white Oklahoma singer-songwriter who tapped into the struggles of those made homeless by drought and the Depression. The other ...