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Although many of the attendees were not even born when he was on the music charts in 1975 with the iconic hit, "Born to Run," the legendary Bruce Springsteen delivered the keynote address at SXSW on Thursday, kicking off Day Two of the famed music conference/marathon in Austin, Texas. Springsteen delivered a spirited speech in [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe

“Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Why are we up so f—ing early? How important can this speech be if we’re giving it at noon? Every decent musician in town is asleep. Or they will be before I’m done with this thing, I guarantee you. Bruce Springsteen fa il suo discorsone programmatico all'SXSW. Inutile dire che è epocale. E qui c'è tutto, c'è tutto Springsteen, c'è tutta l'Americana che abbiamo imparato ad amare e quella che ci ha insegnato ad amare lui. 56 minuti di cuore vero. (se iniziava con "I haaaad a dream" era [...]

MUSIC NEWS - The keynote address by NJ's BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN this week at SXSW, where he takes us through the history of rock and roll, and his personal relationship with it.   

The Boss delivered the keynote speech at SXSW down in Austin this week, and it's definitely worth a watch. As with much of his music, Springteen's speech is centered around great story-telling. It also comes with a nice dose of Rock and Roll history. Descriptive, thoughtful, inspiring. Good stuff.

by Andrew Frisicano Bruce Springsteen @ Moody Theater/ACL Live/SXSW 2012 ( via ) On Thursday night (3/15), Bruce Springsteen played Austin's Moody Theater with a packed lineup of guests. He brought out the show's opener Alejandro Escovedo, as well as Jimmy Cliff, Eric Burdon of the Animals, Tom Morello, and Régine Chassagne and Win and Will Butler from the Arcade Fire, the Low Anthem and Joe Ely. Check out a video of the set-closing cover of "This Land Is Your Land." That [...]