National traits can bring out the worst in us Irish Times Billy Bragg cannot have failed to notice that his gigs in Frankfurt are more likely to start promptly than are his concerts in Dublin. Get a load of the bare-bosom count in French television commercials. You don't get that in Poland. |
Occupy Movement Inspires New Compilation Albums & Bruce Springsteen [VIDEO] hypebot.com Album artwork is by Jaime Reid, perhaps best known for the cover of the Sex Pistols' single "God Save the Queen," with music by numerous artists including Ani DiFranco, Tom Morello, Billy Bragg and Sam Duckworth of Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. |
 The Guardian | My favourite music venue The Guardian I never played the Apollo with the Smiths – the first time I played there was on the Red Wedge tour with Billy Bragg and Paul Weller in 1986. I was terrified because I wasn't with my own band and because it was the Apollo, which had massive ... |
Who's who of music talent shows why we're now the pop capital of the UK This is Total Essex From The Prodigy to Pixie Lott, from Billy Bragg to Jessie J, the county regularly produces music stars who capture the popular imagination, chalking up both chart success and critical acclaim along the way. The X Factor has given us Olly Murs and Matt ... |
Doing Dylan justice, Barb on Bob This is Gloucestershire In a BBC concert at the Barbican to celebrate his work, Billy Bragg described Jungr as "possibly our best interpreter of Dylan's songs". The musician is not alone in this view, as Jungr has been wowing audiences and critics worldwide with her ... |
 The Nation. (blog) | The OccupyUSA Blog for Friday (Jan. 27), With Frequent Updates The Nation. (blog) Among other things: Visits Chile and China to show how Beethoven was used in Tiananman Square and against Pinochet, and then how Billy Bragg uses it today. Co-authored by Kerry Candaele, director of much-anticipated upcoming film, Following the Ninth. |
 Otago Daily Times | Puffin excited about gig Otago Daily Times Puffin, whose real name is Lindon McCormack, spread his wings as a solo folk-punk act and supported international artists such as Tenacious D and Billy Bragg. He has fond memories of the Wakatipu, particularly from playing a regular slot in the Blue ... |
Miley Cyrus, Kesha Sing for Amnesty International NewsBusters (blog) We're not talking about the usual far-left suspects (Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Jackson Browne, Billy Bragg, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Morello) or the slightly trendier lefties (Sting, Sinead O'Connor, Michael Franti, even Maroon 5). |
 stv.tv | Woody Guthrie celebrated at Celtic Connections with Woody at 100 show stv.tv The audience were singing along by the fourth number Will You Get Left Behind, and the highlight was a spine-tingling a cappella solo by Sarah Lee, written by her Grandfather and set to a melody by Billy Bragg. What would the second half have lying in ... Woody at 100, Celtic Connections, Glasgow |
Ready for country that will pull you out of your seat? Staunton News Leader So much so that they were set to be part of a tour with rocker Billy Bragg, who is famous for his "Mermaid Avenue" recordings that pair newly-composedmusic to Woody Guthrie lyrics that were never performed by Guthie or anyone else. |
 Globe and Mail | Wilco's "Dawned On Me" Music Video Brings First New Hand-Drawn "Popeye ... Toon Zone Wilco has released 10 studio albums to date, including Mermaid Avenue Volumes 1 & 2, which, in collaboration with British folk singer Billy Bragg, set original music to song lyrics by the truest of American icons, songwriter Woody Guthrie. And Wilco Was Their Name-O |
 Daily Mail | Mick Jagger pulls out of Great British Tea Party: Politicians cosying up to ... Daily Mail Among those who helped to create an aura of success around the Lib Dem leader were actor Colin Firth, novelists Kate Mosse and Jeanette Winterson, fashion designer Bella Freud, singer Billy Bragg, and atheist authors Philip Pullman and Richard Dawkins. |
And Wilco Was Their Name-O NBC San Diego (blog) Before the band transitioned into the song “California Stars,” a tune taken from the Wilco-Billy Bragg collaboration Mermaid Avenue Vol. 1, Tweedy made an amendment to his earlier statement. “OK,” he said, “Maybe when I said Nels was from your state, ... |
Tracing the History of Social Media Law Corporate Counsel Grokster, in 2005), ownership of copyright when posting materials online (MySpace's clash with singer-songwriter Billy Bragg in 2006), and the provenance of Facebook (the opening salvo in 2008 of the Winklevoss twins' battle with Mark Zuckerberg, ... |
Time to take Britain out of our greatness Open Democracy What once was marginalised - as maverick opinion (Billy Bragg), websites like OurKingdom, or Powellite longings for a white country - has become, at last, a mainstream political issue. Labour can't be re-elected if it ignores the English question - but ... |
Members of Occupy London announce first record label release musicweek.com It features artists including: Ani Di Franco, Tom Morello, Tao Seeger, Billy Bragg and Sam Duckworth of Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. Artwork for the album has been created especially for the Folk the Banks album by acclaimed punk rock British artist Jamie ... |
 The L Magazine | From Lethem to Burroughs: 6 Authors Who've Moonlighted as Lyricists The L Magazine Billy Bragg's 1996 album William Bloke is a triumph, one of the smartest reflections on uneasy political decisions ever recorded, and full of top-notch songcraft to boot. And the one number on it that sounds like a throwback to his stark, furious early ... |
 MassLive.com | Review: Dylan's "Freedom" offers eclectic mix of songs Chicago Tribune Maroon 5 and Billy Bragg, brethren in protest-song revival? There should be a Grammy category for best achievement in cojones, created just for this collection's compilers. If anything, the set could have used more such irreverent surprises, ... Chimes of Freedom: Dylan without Dylan – massive 4 CD collection of his tunes ... |
Review: Miley, Adele, Adam Levine, and Dozens More Ring Dylan's 'Chimes of ... Reuters Maroon 5 and Billy Bragg, brethren in protest-song revival? There should be a Grammy category for best achievement in cojones, created just for this collection's compilers. If anything, the set could have used more such irreverent surprises, ... |
 The Guardian | Picturing Nick Drake back on tour The Guardian There are famous subjects: Tom Stoppard, Noel Fielding, Billy Bragg; as well as a car park attendant at Southampton airport, a climber on a mountaintop in the north-west highlands of Scotland, and a man fishing for grayling on the River Itchen in ... |
Occupy London Wants You To Buy Records To Support Them Business Insider "It's the music of the people." The 17-track album includes tracks by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Billy Bragg, Anaïs Mitchell, Ani DiFranco, Sam Duckworth, and Chumbawamba and will be run using a crowd-funding model. Occupation Records tests City limits with protest benefit album |
Nothing to Bragg about The Student Speaking to The Student when Occupy LSX was just beginning, Billy Bragg was noticeably excited to seeSpeaking to The Student when Occupy LSX was just beginning, Billy Bragg was noticeably excited to see a new mood of protest in Britain. |
 STV Local | Occupy Edinburgh opt to leave St Andrew Square STV Local These included a live appearance by Billy Bragg, theatre shows, pedal powered film evenings and a number of public talks. During the occupation of the square campaigners flew a Jolly Roger flag from the roof of the RBS headquarters overlooking the ... |
STV Local | Occupy Edinburgh opt to leave St Andrew Square STV Local These included a live appearance by Billy Bragg, theatre shows, pedal powered film evenings and a number of public talks. During the occupation of the square campaigners also flew a Jolly Roger flag from the roof of the RBS headquarters overlooking the ... |
 Chicago Tribune | Rise Against protests against lack of protest songs Chicago Tribune It's like Billy Bragg said in London during Occupy, 'It's not about left- or right-wing politics, this is about holding people in power accountable for their actions.' People can rally behind a statement like that.” greg@gregkot.com Rise Against: 7 pm ... |
