Coverinfo
Bruce performed the song 4 times: Always together with Jesse Malin
photo credits : Peter Ackerman
2020-01-18 Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park
Bruce makes his appearance at the twentieth anniversary edition of the Light Of Day Benefit. As usual, he briefly joins Jesse Malin and Willie Nile during their performances before playing a full set with Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers.
© photo Frederic Guyot
2011-01-15 Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park
Bruce guests at the 11th annual Light Of Day benefit for Parkinson's disease. Springsteen joins Jesse Malin.
2010-01-16 Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park
Bruce guests at Light of Day 10, joining Jesse Malin
Songinfo
Broken Radio is a song written by Jesse Malin and released on his 2007 album Glitter In The Gutter. Bruce contributed to the studio recording of the song, sharing backing and some lead vocals on the song. His parts were recorded in August 2006 at Thrill Hill East, Springsteen's home studio in Rumson, NJ. Jesse Malin was present at the Thrill Hill East recording sessions, but it seems that his parts were recorded earlier at a different location with the band. "He drove up on his motorcycle and banged it out," Jesse Malin told the Asbury Park Press of Springsteen, "The guy just sang his heart out." The album was released on 20 Mar 2007. Bruce Springsteen appears in the official music video for Broken Radio. He joined Jesse Malin for the filming of the video for on 18 Apr 2007 at Soundstage in New York City, NY. The video was released in May 2007. It shows shots of Tompkins Square Park and East Village in New York intercepted with frames of Malin and Springsteen at the microphone. A "new version" of the video, consisting only of the Malin and Springsteen footage, was released in August 2007. The video, or at least the new version of it, was directed by Danny Clinch.
Other cover versions
Bruce on the artist
May 2024
Bruce Springsteen contributes to an album of Jesse Malin Songs for New Tribute Album. Jack Antonoff ( The Bleachers) and his band deliver "Prisoners of Paradise," the first release from Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin, a record benefitting the New York icon as recovers from a spinal stroke.
Malin contributed to two cover albums, first he covered "
Hungry Heart" for Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen and then he recorded a cover of The Clash's "
Death Or Glory" on the tribute White Riot Vol. 2: A Tribute to The Clash. By November 2003 he was back in the studio recording tracks his second album, The Heat, which was released in June 2004. Malin's album, Glitter in the Gutter was released on March 20, 2007. It featured a duet with Bruce Springsteen on "
Broken Radio." A music video was also made to accompany "Broken Radio."
Bruce performed 11 times with Jesse Malin:
2020-01-18 Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ
2014-01-18 Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ
2012-10-16 Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, NY
2011-01-15 Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ
2010-01-16 Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ
2008-07-28 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
2007-04-05 Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY
2004-12-02 Heinz Hall For The Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2003-12-08 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
2003-12-07 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
2003-12-05 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ