(1973) to Western Stars (2019), the Boss has tapped the whole motherlode of American Afro-Celtic musical traditions and told razor-sharp stories of men and women facing the failure of an American Dream they still can’t quite forget. It’s got to be Bruce Springsteen.įor 46 years now, from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. A few cineastes may carry the torch for Martin Scorsese or Spike Lee.īut for my money, the choice for those future academics should be simple. Others may cheer for that chronic Nobel wannabe, the late Philip Roth. Some may argue for one of our Nobel winners-the late Toni Morrison or Bob Dylan. Fifty years from now, if anyone still studies the humanities, perhaps there will be a great debate in the departments of cultural studies over who was the greatest American artist of our turn-of-the-century era.
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