Even though Bruce Springsteen's last album is only seven months old — he's already promising his latest collection is “coming soon.” Springsteen, who's been known to easily span half a decade between new projects, has quickened his pace over the past decade, or so.
On Thursday night (May 13th), while making his virtual acceptance speech for the 2021 Woody Guthrie Prize, “The Boss” explained, “California was an enormous influence on some of my most topical writing through my '90s, 2000's and even now. We have a record coming out soon that’s set largely in the West.” The still-unannounced set marks Springsteen's first return to a Western motif since 2019's Western Stars.
Billboard reported the streaming event from his Stone Hill Farms barn in Colts Neck, New Jersey was for members of the Woody Guthrie Center that honored him, with the live stream produced in conjunction with the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music.