The Rising!

In the aftermath of the horrific 9/11 attacks in 2001, Bruce Springsteen went into the studio and recorded an album of music that captured the mood of our country: anger, fear and ultimately, hope.

“The Rising” holds up as an amazing collection of music that reflects our times – and is as relevant today as it was fourteen years ago…

As the singer said to The Guardian newspaper shortly after the terror attacks:

“You have to come to grips with the real horrors that are out there, and then all people have is hope. That’s what brings the next day and whatever that day may bring. You can’t be uncritical, but just a hope grounded in the real world of living, friendship, work, family, Saturday night. And that’s where it resides. That’s where I always found faith and spirit. I found them down in those things, not some…