For close to a half-century, anyone who trusts lyric sheets and official artist websites has been certain of one thing: In Bruce Springsteen’s "Thunder Road," Mary’s dress waves, and it does not sway.

The first sound is a breath. A harmonica, bending air, calling us into a space that feels private and mythic. It's the overture before words, before story. The air feels humid with possibility, then ...

How’s the view from the back? It's “extraordinary!” That's the word from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band trombone player Ozzie Melendez, who shared a video of his perspective from the back of ...