Whispering in the President's Ear Nouse My other musical heroes are people like Jello Biafra, Henry Rollins, Billy Bragg, Steve Ignorant and Penny Rimbaud… In terms of mainstream musicians who are politically on the ball, I think Bruce Springsteen's pretty cool for being so outspoken and ... |
Frank Turner returns with guest-filled tribute to his roots San Francisco Examiner (blog) It's with great pleasure that we announce the return of another one of our favorite artists, Britain's brainy folk-punker Frank Turner, who's almost single-handedly keeping the Billy Bragg flame alive in this decade. Fresh from his recent NME ... |
 MinnPost.com | Morning in America: One man's Madison timeline MinnPost.com I swallow hard, think "now or never," tune up and play the first two songs of the day, "California Stars," by Woody Guthrie/Billy Bragg/Wilco, and my own tune, "Let's Go Down to the Lynching." Crazy. Eyes from all over the rotunda meet mine as my ... |
PJ Harvey, Troxy The Arts Desk I bet her Dorset neighbour, ex-squaddie Billy Bragg wishes he'd thought of this. Harvey was mesmerising as she stood in the spotlight stage right and accompanied herself on auto-harp, which she rested on her shoulder like a sleeping baby, ... |
Armed but not dangerous The Transcontinental Rather, the Premier said, her man was inspired by a Billy Bragg song that listed a wife's three great attributes as intelligence, a Swiss army knife and charm. In what some might consider animal and child cruelty, Keneally's dog, Barker, ... |
Armed but not dangerous Summit Sun Rather, the Premier said, her man was inspired by a Billy Bragg song that listed a wife's three great attributes as intelligence, a Swiss army knife and charm. In what some might consider animal and child cruelty, Keneally's dog, Barker, ... |
Armed but not dangerous Bunbury Mail Rather, the Premier said, her man was inspired by a Billy Bragg song that listed a wife's three great attributes as intelligence, a Swiss army knife and charm. In what some might consider animal and child cruelty, Keneally's dog, Barker, ... |
Armed but not dangerous Collie Mail Rather, the Premier said, her man was inspired by a Billy Bragg song that listed a wife's three great attributes as intelligence, a Swiss army knife and charm. In what some might consider animal and child cruelty, Keneally's dog, Barker, ... |
Armed but not dangerous Blacktown Sun Rather, the Premier said, her man was inspired by a Billy Bragg song that listed a wife's three great attributes as intelligence, a Swiss army knife and charm. In what some might consider animal and child cruelty, Keneally's dog, Barker, ... |
 The Guardian | Wisconsin's fight for all the middle class The Guardian When you're walking a picket line, there's nothing more uplifting – and PR-savvy – than being serenaded by Bruce Springsteen or Billy Bragg while cop cars and fire engines drive by blowing their horns and flicking their lights in support. ... |
33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, By Dorian Lynskey Independent The virtues we desire in a politician, such as consistency, honesty and compassion, are not valued in a performer – which leaves Billy Bragg scuppered. Maybe as a society we just don't care enough about music. Kanye West is more famous for his ... |
 The Guardian | From fear to fury: how the Arab world found its voice The Guardian "The Donkey and the Foal", Negm's poisoned paean to Mubarak and his son, Gamal, was set to music by Ramy Essam, a young engineering student who became the Billy Bragg of Tahrir Square. He sang the song to ecstatic crowds with the ancient Negm beside ... |
AV can damage your constitutional health TribuneMagazine.co.uk People such as Billy Bragg, the Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform and the Labour Party leader (who assured me during his bid for the leadership that he would vote for AV but not campaign for it) say that is precisely what we should do. ... |
Paul Routledge TribuneMagazine.co.uk The lovely Helena is bringing with her John Cleese and Stephen Fry, Eddie Izzard and Billy Bragg. With the exception of Eddie and Billy, these are not natural bedfellows, if you get my drift. And then there's Colin Firth, who burbles: “The referendum ... |
Steve Earle Dedicates Radio Show to Wisconsin Union Workers The Boot Steve's 'Hardocre Troubadour Radio,' which airs Saturday at 9:00 PM ET on Outlaw Country (SIRIUS channel 63, XM channel 12), will spin an hour of pro-union songs -- from Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg to the Byrds. ... |
Artist Q&A with Michael Miller, Delaware Division of the Arts grant winner Dover Post A Singer-songwriters. Neil Young, David Gray is great, great stuff. He can take a very simple progression and just make it extremely elegant and meaningful through his stuff. There's an English guy Billy Bragg. The more expressive, the better. |
 Washington Post | Marcos Garcia, the man behind Chico Mann Washington Post Garcia taught himself guitar by listening to the protest music of British musician Billy Bragg. While studying Afro-Cuban music in 1999, he heard Fela Kuti's Afrobeat music for the first time at a party. "I knew I'd never heard it before," concedes ... |
Billy Bragg, [dweeb], Iain Archer for Cheltenham festival Cross Rhythms ... group the Rend Collective, popular singer/songwriter Iain Archer, jazz rap renegade Soweto Kinch, Scottish rock outfit Idlewild, Greenbelt omnipresent Martyn Joseph, mainstream folk singer Kate Rusby and singer and political activist Billy Bragg. ... |
 Jewish Chronicle | 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs Jewish Chronicle Indeed, although protest pop does have a reputation for being dour and dry, courtesy of the likes of Billy Bragg, it can be incendiary and exciting, especially when it happens before a wide audience. There are great examples in this book, ... |
Musical gets Royal stamp of approval Cambridge News I also opened for Billy Bragg in 1985 at the Junction, so it's nice to be back in the city. “Spamalot is a really solid musical and it's been attracting a good mix of theatre fans and die-hard Python fans.” Lady of the Lake Jessica Martin said: “It's ... |
first acts announced for Greenbelt including Billy Bragg, Idlewild, Kate Rusby ... eFestivals.co.uk Billy Bragg, Idlewild, and Mark Thomas are amongst the first acts announced for this year's Greenbelt which happens at Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham over bank holiday weekend from Friday 26th to Monday 29th August 2011. ... Billy Bragg, [dweeb], Iain Archer for Cheltenham festival |
 StaffsLive | Burton musician Bruno Gallone in World Challenge fundraiser StaffsLive His style was described by the BBC as “a fusion of Blur, Billy Bragg and the Beatles.” Proceeds from Mr Gallone's upcoming gigs across the Midlands, and from his album, From Here to Obscurity will bring Frankie a step closer to raising the required ... |
Dara O'Briain: 'I never thought I'd become an advocate for gaming' Computerandvideogames.com Billy Bragg?!" When collecting his BAFTA Fellowship a few years ago, Will Wright told the crowd that he told a woman on his plane where he was going. She was obviously really impressed and asked him what he did. He said that when he told her, ... |
BBC Introducing: Tom Nicholas BBC News Media requires JavaScript to play. Tom says he draws his influences from all over the place both musically and non musically. His favourite artists are Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg and Bob Dylan. Their influences can be heard throughout Tom's music. ... |
Humanitarian Jim Hanley greatly loved Reading Post The Billy Bragg songs The Milkman Of Human Kindness and his rendition of the hymn Jerusalem were also played during the service, and two poems Not, How Did He Die and Let Me Go were read. Cllr Hanley's funeral was led by independent celebrant Clare ... |
