Archive for January, 2011

Occult Detective Club New LP out 15th Feb through Alive Records – Altsounds.com

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Altsounds.com

Occult Detective Club New LP out 15th Feb through Alive Records
Altsounds.com
With echoes of The Jam, Boys, Clash, Sham 69 and the passion and forward thinking of Billy Bragg, on their new album Crimes, Occult Detective Club is the ...

IF Founders Dreamed of Independence – Bicycle Retailer

Monday, January 31st, 2011

IF Founders Dreamed of Independence
Bicycle Retailer
It was not all L'Internationale, Phil Ochs and Billy Bragg on continuous loop in the eight-track player. But the six 20-somethings who had just lost their ...

What’s on and things to do in and around London – BBC News

Monday, January 31st, 2011

What's on and things to do in and around London
BBC News
... says programme co-ordinator Oli Kluczewski who has managed to peg prices to between £2 and £10, and get the likes of Billy Bragg, Emily Eavis and Jon ...

Blood, Sweat and Beers – FasterLouder

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

Blood, Sweat and Beers
FasterLouder
This band reminded me of Billy Bragg and Midnight Oil with songs that harked back to early days of Australia when we had bushrangers and famed criminals. ...

Cosmo Jarvis – Music News

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

Music News

Cosmo Jarvis
Music News
Billy Bragg it certainly ain´t, but it certainly beats yet another manufactured pop song. Let´s hope Cosmo can keep up the tunes and we could see something ...

"Can’t Cut This" – xmediaonline – Exeposé

Friday, January 28th, 2011

"Can't Cut This"
xmediaonline - Exeposé
The gig, aptly named 'Can't Cut This', includes many local acts, such as The Beacons and The Parade, local student acts such as Irrelephant and Daniel Tovey, as well as activist and musical legend Billy Bragg. There will also be an open-mic opportunity ...

BURTON BRADSTOCK: Billy Bragg to play Burton Bradstock Coastwatch fundraiser – View Online

Friday, January 28th, 2011

View Online

BURTON BRADSTOCK: Billy Bragg to play Burton Bradstock Coastwatch fundraiser
View Online
A fundraising event for the National Coastwatch Institution at Burton Bradstock will take place on Saturday, February 12th featuring live music from Billy Bragg. The event will take place at Freshwater Beach Holiday Park, staring at 7pm, and as well as ...

Shinkle Band adds easy flavor to country music’s family tree – Corvallis Gazette Times

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Shinkle Band adds easy flavor to country music's family tree
Corvallis Gazette Times
The finished song was featured on 1998's “Mermaid Avenue,” a Wilco/Billy Bragg collaboration. (The project was filmed for 1999's “Man in the Sand” ...

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Singing the praises of Jacques Brel – Reading Post

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Singing the praises of Jacques Brel
Reading Post
... his often eye-stretching private life and also looks at the modern artists who have been inspired by the artist, including Blink 182 and Billy Bragg. ...

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Piping hot festival comes to Belfast – Belfast Telegraph

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Piping hot festival comes to Belfast
Belfast Telegraph
Glaswegian-born Dick Gaughan is a singer/songwriter, whose songs have been adopted by Billy Bragg, Christy Moore, Mary Black and Capercaillie. ...

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The song rules – Reno News & Review

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

The song rules
Reno News & Review
His songwriting is rooted in alt-country, like Wilco, or indie folk rock, like Billy Bragg. His current project is called Lucas Young and the Wilderness. ...

Wilco Form dBpm Records, Team Up with Anti- – TwentyFourBit

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Wilco Form dBpm Records, Team Up with Anti-
TwentyFourBit
After releasing 3 albums via Reprise, 5 with Nonesuch, and 2 collaborative LPs with Billy Bragg of songs formed from Woody Guthrie lyrics on Elektra, Wilco finally have their very own record label: The Los Angeles Times' Pop & Hiss reports that “all ...

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The Week In Radio: What’s the matter wi’ dear old Glasgow? – Independent

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

The Week In Radio: What's the matter wi' dear old Glasgow?
Independent
So to the archetypal Englishman, Billy Bragg, who gave a typically wry and witty interview to Tom Robinson on 6 Music. He admitted blagging his way into his ...

Aspiring musicians perform at Buckingham Palace – Gear4music.com

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Gear4music.com

Aspiring musicians perform at Buckingham Palace
Gear4music.com
Theone Coleman from Bournemouth was serving time for drug dealing and shoplifting when he was given a musical instrument to use as part of Billy Bragg's Jail Guitar Doors scheme. The musicians were mentored by the likes of songwriter Guy Chambers and ...

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Billy Bragg and Briana Corrigan play for HOPE – HOPE not hate (blog)

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

HOPE not hate (blog)

Billy Bragg and Briana Corrigan play for HOPE
HOPE not hate (blog)
Billy Bragg is a national treasure. You don't need to ask your mum that, either. Armed only with a chicken biryani, and a side order of passion and talent, he convinced legendary radio DJ John Peel to play his first recording. ...

TV slot for Goldie’s unlikely band – Belfast Telegraph

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

TV slot for Goldie's unlikely band
Belfast Telegraph
He was first given a guitar as part of songwriter Billy Bragg's Jail Guitar Doors scheme while serving a prison sentence for shoplifting and dealing drugs. ...

Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea – live! – The Guardian

Monday, January 24th, 2011

The Guardian

Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea - live!
The Guardian
"According to the Guardian's own Middlesbrough-based Billy Bragg, Sir Alex Ferguson uses his lucky pants a lot, but Mick McCarthy doesn't," writes Robin ...

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Radio review: Tom Robinson interviews Billy Bragg – The Guardian

Monday, January 24th, 2011

The Guardian

Radio review: Tom Robinson interviews Billy Bragg
The Guardian
Tom Robinson's interview with Billy Bragg (BBC 6music, Friday) was like listening to the spring awakening in Narnia: two gnarly old lefties, frozen under an evil spell since the watery 90s, burst alive in glorious Technicolor. ...

Interview: Rosanne Cash, singer – Scotsman

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

Interview: Rosanne Cash, singer
Scotsman
... four songs written and performed with Kris Kristofferson and Elvis Costello and in a couple of months she'll be working with Billy Bragg and Joe Henry. ...

The day the world went mad – Courier Mail

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

The day the world went mad
Courier Mail
It was the thing Tom and I spoke about most: his extraordinary music collection; rare vinyl, early Springsteen, The Smiths, Billy Bragg, a whole shelf of ...

Former Radio 1 DJ and world music champion comes to Coventry – Media Newswire (press release)

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

Former Radio 1 DJ and world music champion comes to Coventry
Media Newswire (press release)
... his broadcasting career with Leeds station, Radio Aire before moving to London where he worked as a roadie for various acts, including Billy Bragg. ...

1/28: Get to know Against Me! playing Mesa’s Nile Theater – AZ Central.com

Friday, January 21st, 2011

1/28: Get to know Against Me! playing Mesa's Nile Theater
AZ Central.com
Claim to fame: Starting out as a stage name for Gainesville, Fla., singer-guitarist Tom Gabel, an acoustic protest singer in the vein of Billy Bragg or Phil Ochs, Against Me! eventually coalesced into a proper band in the early 2000s, ...

Mavis Staples played the Bell House w/ Kyp Malone & Jolie Holland (pics) – Brooklyn Vegan

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Brooklyn Vegan

Mavis Staples played the Bell House w/ Kyp Malone & Jolie Holland (pics)
Brooklyn Vegan
Tickets are on sale for the show she's playing with Billy Bragg in Tarrytown on March 27th. More pictures and a video from the Bell House, below...

Occult Detective Club’s New LP Out In February Through Alive Records – Plug In music

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Plug In music

Occult Detective Club's New LP Out In February Through Alive Records
Plug In music
With echoes of The Jam, Boys, Clash, Sham 69 and the passion and forward thinking of Billy Bragg, on their new album "Crimes," Occult Detective Club is the ...

Chillwave, spicy jazz, more are on the menu – Tallahassee.com

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Chillwave, spicy jazz, more are on the menu
Tallahassee.com
... wouldn't be out of place on a playlist of Tallest Man on Earth or Billy Bragg, or even '90s indie or lo-fi acoustic work from K Records. ...

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