Archive for December, 2009

The day the music died – Sydney Morning Herald

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Sydney Morning Herald

The day the music died
Sydney Morning Herald
The Birthday Party, Beasts of Bourbon, Billy Bragg and Spy vs Spy played the late, lamented Trade Union Club in Surry Hills. Now it's home to shops. ...

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Stunning, Colorful, Wise: The Best New Records of 2009 – Interference.com

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Stunning, Colorful, Wise: The Best New Records of 2009
Interference.com
It's with an earnest and eager spark that Turner makes it work with a shameless reach that reminds me of Billy Bragg and Against Me! ...

Welcome to Amateur Hour – Newsweek

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Welcome to Amateur Hour
Newsweek
In September 2008 English singer Billy Bragg performed at something called the Big Busk. After posting the chords of the songs he would play on the Internet ...

Was Purcell our finest composer? – Telegraph.co.uk

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Was Purcell our finest composer?
Telegraph.co.uk
... drinking warm beer, and setting Carol Ann Duffy's poems in a musical language as demotic as Billy Bragg and as sophisticated in its own way as Boulez. ...

The South Wales entertainment review of 2009 – WalesOnline

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

The South Wales entertainment review of 2009
WalesOnline
In one of the year's most interesting musical enterprises, Billy Bragg toured Wales to mark the 25th anniversary of the miners' strike, while Photomarathon ...

411 Music Presents…2009 Year In Review: Part 1.1 – Staff Picks, Vol. 1 – 411mania.com

Monday, December 28th, 2009

411mania.com

411 Music Presents…2009 Year In Review: Part 1.1 - Staff Picks, Vol. 1
411mania.com
Runners up: Holy Fuck @ Bumbershoot (Seattle), Billy Bragg @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (San Francisco), Wilco @ Greek Theatre (Berkeley), Girls @ Swedish ...

MUSIC: Five albums you should have bought in 2009 – Brookline TAB

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

MUSIC: Five albums you should have bought in 2009
Brookline TAB
Turner, from London, has more than a little Billy Bragg about him, and even goes straight-on political on the anti-government screed “Sons of Liberty. ...

MUSIC: Five albums you should have bought in 2009 – Walpole Times

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Walpole Times

MUSIC: Five albums you should have bought in 2009
Walpole Times
Turner, from London, has more than a little Billy Bragg about him, and even goes straight-on political on the anti-government screed “Sons of Liberty. ...

MUSIC: Five albums you should have bought in 2009 – Beverly Citizen

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Beverly Citizen

MUSIC: Five albums you should have bought in 2009
Beverly Citizen
Turner, from London, has more than a little Billy Bragg about him, and even goes straight-on political on the anti-government screed “Sons of Liberty. ...

Innovators In Music TV Series To Air in January – antiMUSIC.com

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Innovators In Music TV Series To Air in January
antiMUSIC.com
Come and check out backstage access with Billy Bragg, as he performs at the beautiful Calvin Theater in Northampton, MA and sits down with us to share his ...

Against Me! at Velvet Jones – Santa Barbara Independent

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Against Me! at Velvet Jones
Santa Barbara Independent
Though the lead singer claimed a strained voice, the band cranked out an excellent performance, though, admittedly I’ma sucker for successful Billy Bragg ...

Musical good will (and missing fruit snacks!) at ‘Thor’ DVD release – Las Vegas Weekly

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Musical good will (and missing fruit snacks!) at 'Thor' DVD release
Las Vegas Weekly
... vocal chords for Hungry Cloud on the chorus of "Build Our Houses," and took a seat behind the drums for ACOSA's cover of Billy Bragg's "A New England. ...

MUSIC: Five albums you should have bought in 2009 – Wicked Local (blog)

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Wicked Local (blog)

MUSIC: Five albums you should have bought in 2009
Wicked Local (blog)
Turner, from London, has more than a little Billy Bragg about him, and even goes straight-on political on the anti-government screed “Sons of Liberty. ...

BEST GIGS OF 2009 – Hounslow Chronicle

Monday, December 21st, 2009

BEST GIGS OF 2009
Hounslow Chronicle
Proud's stables played host to the premiere of director Alan Miles' film about Billy Bragg's campaign, which has seen him round up musicians to donate ...

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The Signal.com’s Daybreak: Dec. 20, 2009 – Signal

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

The Signal.com's Daybreak: Dec. 20, 2009
Signal
Rock singer Billy Bragg is 52. Actor Joel Gretsch is 46. Country singer Kris Tyler is 45. Rock singer Chris Robinson (Black Crowes) is 43. ...

Viggo’s hard ‘Road’ to hoe – The Spokesman Review

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Viggo's hard 'Road' to hoe
The Spokesman Review
Singer Billy Bragg is 52. Singer Chris Robinson (Black Crowes) is 43. Singer David Cook (“American Idol”) is 27. Actor Jonah Hill is 26. Singer JoJo is 19.

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OFFBEAT: Reader wants to know why Disney ‘retired’ classic ‘Song of the South’ – nwitimes.com

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

OFFBEAT: Reader wants to know why Disney 'retired' classic 'Song of the South'
nwitimes.com
Singer Billy Bragg is 52. Singer-bassist Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE) is 52. Actor Joel Gretsch ("V") is 46. Country singer Kris Tyler is 45. ...

NEWSMAKERS || Shalhoub, LaPaglia to star in “Lend Me a Tenor” – Youngstown Vindicator

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

NEWSMAKERS || Shalhoub, LaPaglia to star in “Lend Me a Tenor”
Youngstown Vindicator
Singer Billy Bragg is 52. Actor Joel Gretsch (“V”) is 46. Country singer Kris Tyler is 45. Singer Chris Robinson of Black Crowes is 43. ...

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TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY CHRISTMAS DAY SATURDAY – Irish Independent

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY CHRISTMAS DAY SATURDAY
Irish Independent
Billy Bragg, singer/songwriter, is 52. Uri Geller, Israeli forkbender, is 63. JoJo, US pop and R&B singer-songwriter, and actress, is 19. ...

20 de diciembre: “Billy Bragg cumple 52 combativos años” – EFE EME

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

EFE EME

20 de diciembre: “Billy Bragg cumple 52 combativos años”
EFE EME
Nace Alan Parsons, en Londres (Reino Unido). Ingeniero de sonido, compositor, intérprete y productor de pop-rock electrónico. Nace Billy Bragg, en Barking ...

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Wide Mouth Mason OK With Getting Bootlegged In China – ChartAttack

Friday, December 18th, 2009

ChartAttack

Wide Mouth Mason OK With Getting Bootlegged In China
ChartAttack
On the Mermaid Avenue record that Wilco did with Billy Bragg, there's a song called "Remember The Mountain Bed" that's like eight or nine minutes long that ...

We Shall Overcome: Pete Seeger Celebrates His 90th on DVD – Treehugger

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Treehugger

We Shall Overcome: Pete Seeger Celebrates His 90th on DVD
Treehugger
In his case, friends means Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Paxton, Billy Bragg, Taj Mahal, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, ...

The Year in Music – Wall Street Journal

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

The Year in Music
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Adams worked behind Robert Plant and Sinead O'Connor, Mr. Edmonds with the Damned and the Mekons, and Mr. Mandelson with Billy Bragg; ...

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 20-26 – eTaiwan News (blog)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 20-26
eTaiwan News (blog)
Singer Billy Bragg is 52. Singer-bassist Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE) is 52. Actor Joel Gretsch ("V") is 46. Country singer Kris Tyler is 45. ...

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Tom Morello interview – iProng

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Tom Morello interview
iProng
Yeah, we met in 2003 on an activist charity tour with Billy Bragg and Steve Earle and some other people. I had never met Boots before. ...