Music and activism collided at First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis on Friday as Tom Morello and Bruce Springsteen led a powerful protest concert.

But every shout out to Minneapolis and Minnesota at the "Defend Minnesota" concert at First Avenue Friday afternoon felt like genuine recognition, and was received as such. Minnesota had earned it, through the disciplined and dogged resistance of our community to a violent federal occupation.

It’s not too uncommon for artists to cover a song that’s culturally important to the area they’re playing in on any given night. It’s a great way to engratiate yourself with the crowd while paying tribute to the greats. Such was what went down last ...

Just weeks after the brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Bruce Springsteen visited the late-night program as a guest on Thursday, Oct. 2—and the "Born To Run" singer didn't shy away from commenting on the recent controversy. Though he was on Kimmel's ...