On April 15, 2023, Monmouth University’s Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music unveiled the first edition of the American Music Honors, an annual awards gala expressly designed to pay tribute to the artists behind the nation’s vast tapestry of musical styles and innovations.
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music was established in 2017 with the mission of preserving Springsteen’s legacy and celebrating the history of American music and its diversity of artists and genres. Founded by Robert Santelli, the organization’s executive director, the archives include a repository comprised of more than 35,000 items. Each year, scholars from across the globe visit Monmouth University to carry out research associated with Springsteen’s life and work.
With a spate of honorees that included Steven Van Zandt, Sam Moore, Darlene Love, and Steve Earle, the star-studded American Music Honors event featured a host of showstopping performances (fig. 1 &...
