Bruce Springsteen has shared a previously unheard track, called ‘Adelita’.
The song is lifted from the unreleased album Inyo, which the US artist recorded in the 1990s as a possible follow-up to The Ghost Of Tom Joad. Plans to release the record, however, were shelved until now as it’s set to appear on Springsteen’s forthcoming Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set, which compiles several albums’ worth of unreleased material recorded between 1983 and 2018.
‘Adelita’ is described as an ode to Mexico’s “soldadera” freedom fighters, with Inyo featuring contributions from several mariachi musicians. You can listen to the song below.
Speaking about the time during which he wrote and recorded Inyo, Springsteen said: “There was constant border reporting in The Los Angeles Times, so it was a big part of your life. Inyo was a record I wrote in California during long drives along the California aqueduct, up through Inyo County on my way to Yosemite or Death Valley.
“I was enjoying that kind of writing so much. I would go home to the hotel room at night and continue to write in that style because I thought I was going to follow up The Ghost of Tom Joad with a similar record, but I didn’t. That’s where Inyo came from. It’s one of my favourites.”
Last month, Springsteen shared another never-heard-before song from Tracks II: The Lost Albums, titled ‘Blind Spot’.
Sony Music will release Tracks II: The Lost Albums on June 27, 2025.
