William Bole

William Bole is a writer at Boston College and coauthor, with Bob Abernethy, of The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt, and Repairing the World.

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Bruce Springsteen performs with E Street Band member Clarence Clemons, left, during "The Rising" tour in 2003. (Dreamstime/Fabio Diena)

Finding new solace in Bruce Springsteen's 'The Rising' 20 years after 9/11

Music review: I wasn't looking for this Bruce in the aftershocks of 9/11. Looking back, though, I feel Springsteen made the right moves on "The Rising," with its inexhaustible themes of love, loss, faith, hope and renewal.

Prince performs in concert in Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 9, 2011. (Dreamstime/Mark Milstein)

Prince's 'Welcome 2 America' puts faith and politics front and center

Music review: The first posthumous album by Prince made up entirely of unreleased material, "Welcome 2 America," recorded in 2010, delivers some of his catchiest music in decades, while exploring big questions.

George Harrison is pictured in the back seat of a car as he leaves the Hilton hotel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Feb 4, 1977. (National Archives, Anefo collection/Suyk, Koen)

George Harrison's coronavirus comeback

Commentary: Hospitals started playing "Here Comes the Sun" to celebrate when patients who had been sick from COVID-19 got to go home. It's from "All Things Must Pass," and the album's title track begins to explain why the Harrison revival isn't just about one song.

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