The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music (BSACAM) plus Stevie Van Zandt’s TeachRock have announced a collaboration with Canada’s National Music Centre (NMC; see video here), based in Calgary (the first such NMC partnership outside Canada). Housed within the 160,000 square-foot Studio Bell, the NMC will partner with the two American entities for what is being called “a cross-border cultural exchange.”

The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music (BSACAM) has announced September 28 as the date for a special evening with Grammy Award-winning film editor/director Thom Zimny in celebration of Bruce’s 75^th birthday. The 7:30 p.m. event will be held in Pollak Theatre on the campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch.

Lala and Element 88 will strut their stuff onstage at the Lauren K. Woods Theatre on the campus of Monmouth University tomorrow, June 7 at 8:00 with Stringbean Sorenson opening. It is the second annual concert of the series known as “The Mississippi Delta Meets The Jersey Shore,” a joint venture of The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music (BSACAM), The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation (JSJBF), The Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area and “Visit Clarksdale.”

It’s called “Move On Up” and it’s the inaugural “Gospel and Praise Team Sing-Off” celebrating gospel choirs and praise teams, awarding money to the winning ensembles.

Dion, John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne and Mavis Staples will be feted April 24 by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music in the Pollak Theatre on the campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch.

The exhibit is called “Music America: Iconic Objects from America’s Music History.” It opened February 17 and runs through August 11 at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin Texas. Over 100 objects will be on display.

For the 50th anniversary of The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, the Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music will present a symposium on February 10 at 1:00 p.m. celebrating the famous club. Entitled “Spotlighting 50 Legendary Years of Music Memories,” the day-long event will include panel discussions and interviews to “explore the history of the club through the eyes of those who helped to shape its success,” according to the Archives Director Eileen Chapman.

The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of The Beatles coming to America on February 3.

The New Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation has announced a partnership with the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music, the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area and “Visit Clarksdale.”