 The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | Bamboozle Blog, Day 2: Frank Turner, Bieber haters, Thrice The Star-Ledger - NJ.com He's got his stories, his battered acoustic, his wit and his plans for world domination, and people are paying attention to the Brit, whose music splits the difference between Billy Bragg and Frightened Rabbit. When he asks the crowd not to be hipsters ... |
Classic Pop, Rock & Country Music News, April 30: Mellenkamp, Stephen King ... Pasadena Star-News ... former Lovin' Spoonful leader John Sebastian; former Peter, Paul and Mary singer-guitarist Peter Yarrow; "Society's Child" singer Janis Ian, Arlo Guthrie, Drive-By Truckers, Eliza Gilkyson, Tom Chapin, Suzanne Vega, Indigo Girls, and Billy Bragg. ... |
'Sharing' day as Socialists enjoy buffet This Is Lancashire As well as enjoying a hot and cold buffet spread, including a cake bearing the slogan “Socialism is for Sharing”, members sang songs by Billy Bragg and Edward Carpenter before settling down to watch the Ealing Comedy classic Passport to Pimlico. ... |
 Warwick Advertiser | Photos by Augusto Menezes Pete Seeger Warwick Advertiser Performing on seven bio-diesel and solar-powered stages over the course of the weekend are Drive-By Truckers, The Indigo Girls, Martin Sexton, John Ritter, Jorma Kaukomen, Billy Bragg, The Low Anthem, John Sebastian, Janis Ian, The Felice Brothers, ... |
 The Guardian | We needn't be royal wedding party poopers just because we're leftwing The Guardian My attitude to the day's festivities was shaped very much by Billy Bragg's old attitude to the union flag. It's something that belongs to the whole nation. So why let the right appropriate it? Of course, engaging in that spirit may have been made a ... |
I am Sid Siddle AKA Club Velocity presents... Slough and Windsor Observer Tom writes great observational song, he is the missing link between Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg and Bruce Springsteen. He already has a very devoted loyal following. He has recorded/released a truly wonderful DIY debut album, but his second or third will be ... |
Hardcore at heart: Ted Leo, still keeping the punk fire aflame Wire The song is “I Guess I Planted,” an unfinished Woody Guthrie track that Billy Bragg and Wilco recorded in 1998. Leo played the song to express his support for union workers under siege in Wisconsin. He said he decided to make the video after several ... |
13 Songs You Won't Hear At The Royal Wedding Reception...According to the Queen Seattle Weekly (blog) "The Prince William Sound," David Dondero. Queen's review: "Too meandering, too long. Are all his songs like this?" "Hairspray Queen," Nirvana. Queen's review: "Too provincial. This will not do." "Take Down the Union Jack," Billy Bragg. ... |
Sing It Loud: Changing the World With a Song New York Times We're lazier than ever too. “Placards and sit-ins,” he says, “have given way to charity wristbands and Facebook groups.” The dry British folk singer Billy Bragg, as if pulling out a battered hammer and a penny nail, has this to say: “Only the audience ... |
Sing It Loud: Changing the World With a Stirring Cri de Coeur New York Times The dry British folk singer Billy Bragg, as if pulling out a battered hammer and a penny nail, has this to say: “Only the audience can change the world — not performers.” A version of this review appeared in print on April 29, 2011, on page C34 of the ... |
 Pitchfork Media | Fuck Buttons' Power Goes Solo as Blanck Mass Pitchfork Media Lincoln Center's Out of Doors Festival includes free shows from Mavis Staples, Billy Bragg, Laurie Anderson, Bettye Lavette, Dylan Leblanc, Dengue Fever, and Spoek Mathambo, as well as She's Got the Power!, a big girl-group salute from Ponderosa Stomp, ... |
 Worksop Today | Keeping it real with Frank Turner Worksop Today In a similar vein to Billy Bragg and inspired by the likes of Townes Van Zandt and Neil Young, Frank has used his songs as a vehicle to denounce Thatcherism and sing about British values. It's been said that his music is quintessentially English but ... |
 Pitchfork Media | Video: Lykke Li: "Sadness Is a Blessing" Pitchfork Media Lincoln Center's Out of Doors Festival includes free shows from Mavis Staples, Billy Bragg, Laurie Anderson, Bettye Lavette, Dylan Leblanc, Dengue Fever, and Spoek Mathambo, as well as She's Got the Power!, a big girl-group salute from Ponderosa Stomp, ... |
Things To Do In London Over The Long Weekend: 29 April – 2 May Londonist Join mass music making on the Southbank as Billy Bragg leads the Big Busk. Meet Billy and rehearse inside the Festival Hall from 1pm then busk outside by the river from 3pm. Free to participate. |
 Manchester Confidential | City news in 250 words: Thursday 28 April Manchester Confidential Last year's event in London featured Billy Bragg, Doves and Cherry Ghost. Tickets go on sale on May 31. THERE'S a royal wedding tomorrow. More than 30 roads will be closed across Manchester as the city celebrates. Chorlton has the most parties, ... |
I am Sid Siddle AKA Club Velocity presents... Reading Chronicle Tom writes great observational song, he is the missing link between Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg and Bruce Springsteen. He already has a very devoted loyal following. He has recorded/released a truly wonderful DIY debut album, but his second or third will be ... |
Sweet, sweet music: Ice cream giant stages festival at Heaton Park Manchester Evening News The line-up for the Ben & Jerry's Sundae festival has yet to be confirmed but around 30000 visitors are expected. Last year's event in London featured live performances from Billy Bragg, Doves and Cherry Ghost. |
 Pitchfork Media | Video: Holy Ghost!: "Wait and See" Pitchfork Media Lincoln Center's Out of Doors Festival includes free shows from Mavis Staples, Billy Bragg, Laurie Anderson, Bettye Lavette, Dylan Leblanc, Dengue Fever, and Spoek Mathambo, as well as She's Got the Power!, a big girl-group salute from Ponderosa Stomp, ... |
 Pitchfork Media | Light Asylum Sign to Mexican Summer Pitchfork Media Lincoln Center's Out of Doors Festival includes free shows from Mavis Staples, Billy Bragg, Laurie Anderson, Bettye Lavette, Dylan Leblanc, Dengue Fever, and Spoek Mathambo, as well as She's Got the Power!, a big girl-group salute from Ponderosa Stomp, ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | The Book Inn, Essex Telegraph.co.uk The shop is a good size to hold such events and has held author events, such as Martina Cole, Phill Jupitus and Billy Bragg in the past, which have all been very successfull. It would be great to give something back to our regular customers and host ... |
Newcastle teen to perform at Evolution Festival ChronicleLive There will also be the return of the Big Top tent on Ballast Hills, Newcastle, where crowds can listen to the sounds of Bellowhead, Kathryn Williams and Billy Bragg. Jim Mawdsley, founding festival director and chief executive of North East music ... |
 Pocket-lint.com | Music streaming subscriptions are the way forward, says Featured Artists Coalition Pocket-lint.com Like Kelly, many of the board members are well-known artists, including Pink Floyd's Nick Mason, Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien, Blur drummer Dave Rowntree, singer Sandie Shaw and left-leaning singer-songwriter Billy Bragg. Having such well-known faces ... |
The invitations you want - and those you don't Evening Standard Whether it is the do at the Abbey or your local street bash, nothing is worse than the hollow feeling of what Billy Bragg mournfully described as "a party to which I was never invited". Once you've got past the age when you can gatecrash, ... |
Peter Knowles - God's Footballer TheFootballNetwork.net The legend of Knowles, the boy who gave up football, was immortalised in the Billy Bragg song 'God's Footballer', and he will forever be remembered by Wolves fans as one of the great unfulfilled talents of English football. |
Punk icon Poly Styrene dead at 53 ABC Online Tributes for the enigmatic front woman, real name Marianne Elliot Said, have been coming in from all sides of the music industry today with Billy Bragg and Boy George among those paying their respects. A statement put up on poly-styrene.com sums up her ... |
