Archive for September, 2010

Life begins at 60 for Harriet – as she proves a point to all the young guns – Yorkshire Post

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Life begins at 60 for Harriet – as she proves a point to all the young guns
Yorkshire Post
It is us in the middle who actually worry about it; are these people, who we went to university with, who went to Billy Bragg concerts and built shrines to ...

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Slow Hand home from his latest epic ride – road.cc

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Slow Hand home from his latest epic ride
road.cc
Nick also met a couple of stars on his travels – he made a soundslide on singer songwriter Billy Bragg who he stumbled upon in Bridport, and he also met ...

Interview: Frank Turner – Skiddle.com

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Interview: Frank Turner
Skiddle.com
His solo material saw a change in direction towards a gritty folk style not dissimilar to punk poet, Billy Bragg. Starting with small solo tours, ...

Mayor champions innovation as force behind London’s competitiveness – Fresh Business Thinking

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Mayor champions innovation as force behind London's competitiveness
Fresh Business Thinking
Amongst those taking part are: musicians Billy Bragg and legendary Television guitarist Richard Lloyd; entrepreneur Luke Johnson; design critic Stephen ...

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Lyme Regis: Radio 2 DJs broadcast live to the nation – Bridport News

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Lyme Regis: Radio 2 DJs broadcast live to the nation
Bridport News
The live shows started in Lyme when Mark and Stuart were joined by an intimate live audience, Burton Bradstock-based singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, ...

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Vote reformers welcome Miliband’s commitment to push for AV – Ekklesia

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Vote reformers welcome Miliband's commitment to push for AV
Ekklesia
The campaigner and singer Billy Bragg also welcomed Miliband's commitment and has made a video to encourage grassroots activists to get behind the AV vote. ...

Fairways to heaven – This is London

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

This is London

Fairways to heaven
This is London
Win the lottery and I might wing my chopper in another time — but for now, Billy Bragg ranting against bankers and the Flaming Lips's Wayne Coyne wheeling ...

‘Too much trouble’ to employ smokers – Independent

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

'Too much trouble' to employ smokers
Independent
A good staring point on this issue before you all start trying to lynch me... do a search for Billy Bragg's excellent essay on the subject. ...

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Thin end of the wedge – Manchester Evening News (blog)

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Manchester Evening News (blog)

Thin end of the wedge
Manchester Evening News (blog)
Socialist firebrand Billy Bragg was the star attraction at the Progress Event called Red Wedge: How can progressives exploit the coalition's faultlines? ...

GOVERNANCE TRAINSPOTTERS GET KNICKERS IN A TWIST OVER FLINT – CITY A.M.

Monday, September 27th, 2010

GOVERNANCE TRAINSPOTTERS GET KNICKERS IN A TWIST OVER FLINT
CITY A.M.
... (author of “Cowardly Capitalism: The Myth of the Global Financial Casino”) and… musician Billy Bragg. the same Billy Bragg who earlier this year threw ...

Skye Paige and the Sawyer Family rawked it – Charleston City Paper

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Charleston City Paper

Skye Paige and the Sawyer Family rawked it
Charleston City Paper
Fortunately, he wasn't too tipsy to belt out some strong stuff, ranging from blue-collar ballads (a la the Pogues or Billy Bragg) and a few more ...

Greg Trooper To Perform In Cranford – NJ TODAY

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Greg Trooper To Perform In Cranford
NJ TODAY
... Trooper's songs have been recorded by the likes of Vince Gill (“We Won't Dance”), Steve Earle (“Little Sister”), Billy Bragg (“Everywhere”), ...

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie’s Jurassic challenge – BBC News

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie's Jurassic challenge
BBC News
Dorset singer and songwriter Billy Bragg will join them in a live broadcast from Lyme Regis on 27 September. Lyme Regis cheese maker Justin Tunstall has ...

UNCONVENTION COMES TO SALFORD – Salford Star

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Salford Star

UNCONVENTION COMES TO SALFORD
Salford Star
Jarvis Cocker, Bill Drummond, Billy Bragg, Don Letts, Gaby Young and the Eccles Borough Brass Band will join the likes of local stars Suzuki Method, ...

Comrade Miliband denies lurch to the left – NewsBiscuit (satire)

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Comrade Miliband denies lurch to the left
NewsBiscuit (satire)
... capitalist concepts of debt and private enterprise redundant, before leaving the stage accompanied by music from a Welsh miner's choir, led by Billy Bragg.

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7ALBUMS ; Mickey McMonagle and Avril Cadden reveal the new albums you need … – California Chronicle

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

7ALBUMS ; Mickey McMonagle and Avril Cadden reveal the new albums you need ...
California Chronicle
... but the soundtrack also deserves massive acclaim. Boasting huge 80's hits, there's Nena,Buzzcocks, Housemartins, Madness, Billy Bragg and loads more. MM.

This week’s new events – The Guardian

Friday, September 24th, 2010

The Guardian

This week's new events
The Guardian
... Lads Club and train station plus Islington Mill for lectures, performance and discussion with Billy Bragg, Bill Drummond, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, ...

10/4: Get to know Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – AZ Central.com

Friday, September 24th, 2010

10/4: Get to know Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
AZ Central.com
24, 2010 07:58 AM Sound: Urgent activist punk with a side of political folk (see Billy Bragg) and classic bar rock (more Thin Lizzy or, at times, ...

THE WEST END BLUES BROTHERS – LIVE Goes On Sale At The Arts Theatre – Broadway World

Friday, September 24th, 2010

THE WEST END BLUES BROTHERS – LIVE Goes On Sale At The Arts Theatre
Broadway World
... and how his music continues to inspire some of the finest songwriters of our time, including Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison and Billy Bragg. ...

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Just a snippet of The Promise, Springsteen related – FansOnLine.net

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Just a snippet of The Promise, Springsteen related
FansOnLine.net
Theres more info on the release at www.brucespringsteen.net Described by Billy Bragg as the greatest living American. Not a great deal of competition, ...

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Debating the City – Fund Strategy (blog)

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Debating the City
Fund Strategy (blog)
The other panelists will include John Micklethwaite (editor-in-chief of the Economist), Luke Johnson (chairman of Risk Capital Partners) and Billy Bragg ...

Box Office – Corvallis Gazette Times

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Box Office
Corvallis Gazette Times
Mavis Staples & Billy Bragg, 9 pm Nov. 1, Crystal Ballroom, Portland. Admission: $44.45. TicketMaster. Bayside, Senses Fail, 7 pm Nov. ...

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Ken Livingstone Interviewed: Boris, The Other Boris, Music, Politics & London – The Quietus

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

The Quietus

Ken Livingstone Interviewed: Boris, The Other Boris, Music, Politics & London
The Quietus
I did go on tour with Red Wedge, with Billy Bragg and Paul Weller, and it was just a bizarre experience. The Labour Party was very keen on this, ...

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Ted Leo giving it one last swing – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Ted Leo giving it one last swing
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
... at cramming them into insidiously catchy rock songs puts him close to the rarefied ranks of songwriters like Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg and Morrissey. ...

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Darren Hanlon’s "I Will Love You At All" is Catchy, Complicated, and Just … – Seattle Weekly (blog)

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Darren Hanlon's "I Will Love You At All" is Catchy, Complicated, and Just ...
Seattle Weekly (blog)
The Australian Hanlon might be touring with badass Billy Bragg this fall, but he's not sticking to one style the way Bragg does with politically-tinged folk ...