Archive for September, 2009

Billy Bragg Responds to France’s Three-Strike Anti-Piracy Law – Prefixmag

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Prefixmag

Billy Bragg Responds to France's Three-Strike Anti-Piracy Law
Prefixmag
Political activist and songwriter Billy Bragg has contributed his opinion to the international conversation about illegal file sharing. ...

Billy Bragg to receive Winnipeg Folk Festival award – Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Billy Bragg to receive Winnipeg Folk Festival award
Winnipeg Free Press
Billy Bragg plays on the main stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 2003. (MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS ARCHIVES) WINNIPEG - Over the past three decades ...

Wickerman up for seven awards – Galloway Today

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Wickerman up for seven awards
Galloway Today
The Wickerman saw around 16000 attendees last July and they enjoyed performances from diverse acts such as Candi Staton, Billy Bragg, The Human League and ...

Mouthpiece: No voice for the BNP and their odious leader – Scotsman

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Mouthpiece: No voice for the BNP and their odious leader
Scotsman
I REGARD Jack Straw and Billy Bragg as comrades but I disagree with them, over sharing a platform with the BNP, in the case of Straw, ...

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Labour conference diary: 30/09/2009 – Independent

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Labour conference diary: 30/09/2009
Independent
Even Billy Bragg is away touring. But the cross-dressing comedian Eddie Izzard has been much in evidence. As has Nancy Dell'Olio, famous for being ...

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Posted by ben on Monday, September 28, 2009 at 7:00 PM (EDT) – Punknews.org

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Posted by ben on Monday, September 28, 2009 at 7:00 PM (EDT)
Punknews.org
But if anybody's picture should go in the dictionary next to folk punk it should be Billy Bragg and that's the music that got me interested in playing solo.

Classic Writers Revisited: All Star Tributes To Musical & Literary Icons – Gibson

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Classic Writers Revisited: All Star Tributes To Musical & Literary Icons
Gibson
Billy Bragg & Wilco's Mermaid Avenue Volumes I & II: The Mermaid Avenue albums are composed of previously unreleased lyrics by folk troubadour Woody Guthrie ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass – SFStation.com

Monday, September 28th, 2009

SFStation.com

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
SFStation.com
Featured Artists: MC Hammer, Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Marshall Crenshaw, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes, Okkervil River, Billy Bragg, ...

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Solo first guest spot – Beverley Guardian

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Solo first guest spot
Beverley Guardian
He discovered folk music through the punk leanings of The Pogues, The Men They Couldn't Hang and Billy Bragg and inspired by their songs and stories he hit ...

Lily Allen Says She’s Made Her Last Album – Pollstar

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Lily Allen Says She's Made Her Last Album
Pollstar
... Blur's Dave Rowntree, Keane's Tim Rice-Oxley, Patrick Wolf, Cornershop's Tjinder Singh, Billy Bragg, Annie Lennox and George Michael. ...

Throbbing Gristle Make Their Own Buddha Machine – Pitchfork Media

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Pitchfork Media

Throbbing Gristle Make Their Own Buddha Machine
Pitchfork Media
... Keane's Tim Rice-Oxley, Patrick Wolf, Cornershop's Tjinder Singh, Billy Bragg, Annie Lennox, George Michael, and prominent non-FAC member Lily Allen. ...

Jay Farrar readies new Mermaid Avenue with Jim James, Will Johnson – Consequence of Sound

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Consequence of Sound

Jay Farrar readies new Mermaid Avenue with Jim James, Will Johnson
Consequence of Sound
If you know anything about Woody Guthrie, Billy Bragg, and/or Wilco, then you're probably aware Mermaid Avenue. ...

British Music Industry Split on Whether to Constrain or Terminate … – Wired News

Friday, September 25th, 2009

British Music Industry Split on Whether to Constrain or Terminate ...
Wired News
The Featured Artists Coalition, including Lilly Allen, George Michael, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead, Billy Bragg, Badly Drawn Boy, Kate Nash, Robbie Williams, ...

Jarvis Cocker opens new arts centre in Chalkwell Park – Essex Echo

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Jarvis Cocker opens new arts centre in Chalkwell Park
Essex Echo
The entertainment continues tomorrow with Village Green, an all-day event in the park, including performances from the Blockheads and Billy Bragg. ...

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Weekend Warm-Up. – Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek (blog)

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Weekend Warm-Up.
Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek (blog)
Just in case, we have a copy of "Das Kapital" prominently displayed and we intend to blast Billy Bragg records all afternoon as a kind of preemptive measure ...

Stars back ‘three-strike’ plan on filesharing – Top 10 Broadband

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Top 10 Broadband

Stars back 'three-strike' plan on filesharing
Top 10 Broadband
The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), which also includes George Michael and Billy Bragg, has given its support to the new sanctions that will be used to ...

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Favorite micro-genres – A.V. Club

Friday, September 25th, 2009

A.V. Club

Favorite micro-genres
A.V. Club
... the blistering New Model Army, and the now-legendary Billy Bragg, all of whom shared much of the unpretentious, left-wing approach of The Housemartins. ...

Pandora: Revenge is sweet as Peston feels the heat – Independent

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Pandora: Revenge is sweet as Peston feels the heat
Independent
... week's Labour Party conference (Eddie Izzard will not be taking to the stage, and Billy Bragg is giving it a miss), news of another big-name bailout. ...

Jay Farrar to Release Woody Guthrie Album, Feat. Jim James – TwentyFourBit (blog)

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Jay Farrar to Release Woody Guthrie Album, Feat. Jim James
TwentyFourBit (blog)
... and formerly of Uncle Tupelo, has taken the torch from Wilco and Billy Bragg, helming the recording of the third volume in the Mermaid Avenue series. ...

At The Bar With Southern Comfort: Wild Yaks, “Way Over Yonder in a … – The FADER (blog)

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

At The Bar With Southern Comfort: Wild Yaks, “Way Over Yonder in a ...
The FADER (blog)
They played a rousing rendition of Billy Bragg's “Way Over Yonder in a Minor Key,” employing beer cans for percussion instruments. ...

Wilco, The Low Anthem Nominated for Uncut Music Award; Low Anthem … – Nonesuch Records (blog)

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Wilco, The Low Anthem Nominated for Uncut Music Award; Low Anthem ...
Nonesuch Records (blog)
A panel of judges—including Jones; Robin Pecknold of last year's winner, Fleet Foxes; previous Wilco collaborator Billy Bragg; and a number of other ...

Dylan, Arctic Monkeys, KOL and Wilco Albums Make Uncut Music Award … – Live4ever – The Britrock Daily

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Dylan, Arctic Monkeys, KOL and Wilco Albums Make Uncut Music Award ...
Live4ever - The Britrock Daily
Following peers and pros are all on this year's judging panel :Uncut editor, Allan Jones, UMA 2008 winner Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Billy Bragg, ...

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MP pulls a few strings – Bath Chronicle

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

MP pulls a few strings
Bath Chronicle
Bath MP Don Foster has performed alongside musician and long-term Labour supporter Billy Bragg at this week's Liberal Democrat conference. ...

Random Musical Thoughts — Dave Perkins, Apples in Stereo, The … – Paste Magazine

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Random Musical Thoughts -- Dave Perkins, Apples in Stereo, The ...
Paste Magazine
Turner's earlier music was a little too beholden to Billy Bragg. Nothing wrong with that influence, but sometimes he didn't sound like his own man. ...

State of Undress in Berwick – Berwick Today

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

State of Undress in Berwick
Berwick Today
Alan Rose, guitarist and co-writer continued: "Both of those tracks were produced by Grant Showbiz, Billy Bragg's long-time producer. ...