None But The Brave

In the latest edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by author David Starkey to discuss his new book On Track: Bruce Springsteen 1973-1987, which is now out in the US and UK. Starkey's book examines all of Springsteen's released studio recordings from 1973-1987.

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In the latest edition of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the legacy of Bruce Springsteen biographer and music critic Dave Marsh, who died at 76 on August 14th. They are joined by Lauren Onkey and Matt Orel, both longtime Springsteen fans who were good friends of Marsh.

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In this NBTB Springsteen Archive Series Review, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the August 2026 release from the series, which was recorded on July 18, 2005 in Buffalo at HSBC Arena. The show features a whopping six tour premieres and came during a period on the Devils & Dust Tour where Bruce was experimenting heavily every night, drawing from his entire catalog. It opens with the first and only time Prove It All Night has been played acoustically and also features the sole tour appearances of Leap Of Faith and You're Missing. It's quite an interesting listen and Hal and Flynn have a lot to say about it.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean are joined by Republican communications consultant Doug Heye to discuss the intersection of art and politics on Bruce Springsteen's 2026 Land Of Hope & Dreams Tour. At the start of the episode, Hal and Flynn pay tribute to Clive Davis who died on June 22 at 94 and was a key champion of a young Bruce Springsteen.

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In the latest episode of None But The Brave, co-hosts Hal Schwartz and Flynn McLean discuss the new Bruce Springsteen Center For American Music, which is now open on the campus of Monmouth University. They are proud to be joined by the Director of the Center, Eileen Chapman, as well as a little later in the episode, Executive Director Bob Santelli. They give Hal and Flynn the inside scoop on how the Center came about. Thom Zimny's new film that serves as the introduction to the center, the incredible array of musical artifacts from across American music history that are found on the first floor in the Jon Landau American Music Gallery, and of course the second floor which is dedicated to Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. Hal and Flynn also ask about the Museum's extremely high quality merchandise and get some tantalizing info on what's to come. Towards the end, Bob tells them what Bruce's reaction was to being told he was opening the second Music America show.

At the start of the episode, they discuss Bruce's performances at both the opening of the Obama Presidential Center and the Tribeca Film Festival.

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