 DigitalJournal.com | Op-Ed: Fight Songs, a new Billy Bragg album for troubled times DigitalJournal.com Singer-songwriter and social activist Billy Bragg has released an album of contemporary protest songs...and one Christmas song. Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has issued an album in December containing a mix of protest and polemical songs, ... |
 The Nation. (blog) | The OccupyUSA Blog for Friday (Dec. 23), With Frequent Updates The Nation. (blog) 11:10 Today's song pick for OWS, a winning entry from Susie Cagle, Billy Bragg's "The World Turned Upside Down." If you can Digger it. 11:00 From The Atlantic: the most important economic graphs of the year. 10:35 A little Dickens: OccupyChicago ... |
 The West Australian | Burgess and Bragg pay tribute to Strummer The West Australian The Charlatans' Tim Burgess and rocker Billy Bragg have paid tribute to The Clash musician Joe Strummer on the ninth anniversary of his death. The rocker died on December 22, 2002 at the age of 50 from an undiagnosed congenital heart defect. ... |
 Irish Times | What's on your rider? Ashley Keating of The Frank and Walters Irish Times Some the first shows I went to as a teenager were amazing: Blue in Heaven, A House, Billy Bragg, The Wedding Present, all around 1986/'87. And the worst? I ended up at a Stereophonics gig once. I really don't get them; to me it's like having a beetroot ... |
MADE IN DAGENHAM Musical Aiming for West End in 2013 Broadway World The film's theme song, with lyrics by Billy Bragg, is performed by Sandie Shaw, herself a former Dagenham Ford clerk. Rita O'Grady leads the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike at the Ford Dagenham plant, where female workers walk out in protest against ... |
 Contactmusic.com | Burgess And Bragg Pay Tribute To Strummer Contactmusic.com THE CHARLATANS' TIM BURGESS and rocker Billy Bragg have paid tribute to late The Clash musician Joe Strummer on the ninth anniversary of his death. The rocker passed away on 22 December, 2002 at the age of 50 from an undiagnosed congenital heart defect ... |
Contactmusic.com | Tim Burgess, Billy Bragg, Alan McGee remember Joe Strummer on 9th anniversary ... NME.com Tim Burgess of The Charlatans, Billy Bragg and Creation Records founder Alan McGee have all paid tribute to Joe Strummer on the 9th anniversary of his death. The Clash frontman died on December 22, 2002 from an undiagnosed congenital heart defect. ... Burgess And Bragg Pay Tribute To Strummer Music World Pays Tribute To Joe Strummer Nine years on, music mourns Joe Strummer |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Turn down the stereotype Sydney Morning Herald He exudes a punk aesthetic - and has the tattoos to prove it - but he also gets the attention of older audiences who perceive him as an artist in the tradition of the urban rebel music popularised by the Clash and Billy Bragg. ... |
 LBPOST.com | Police Brutality Alleged in Tuesday Arrest at Occupy Long Beach Site LBPOST.com As Billy Bragg said, fight for democracy at home, not in some foreign land. The pro-police brutality proto fascists above make me sick. The guy is clearly a flake and came looking for trouble. This is baloney and these folks should go home and get a ... |
 Salon | Hand over the fork, sir! Salon How would you like a five-screen story on the Jazz Butcher Conspiracy, or an article called “Fifty Reasons Why Billy Bragg Was Better Than Bob Dylan.” Don't make me do it! And one small sequel to the whole Hüsker Dü thing, which I meant to include with ... |
"American Masters" to feature Phil Ochs and Cab Calloway in 2012 Salt Lake Tribune (blog) His music continues to influence and inspire topical songwriters around the world, including Pearl Jam, Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg, and They Might Be Giants, who have all covered Ochs songs. "American Masters Cab Calloway: Sketches" premieres Monday, ... |
Insight: Other Voices 10: One Last Night in Dingle, Ireland Consequence of Sound ... deeply felt performance in 2006; with a personal highlight as hearing Billy Bragg in 2008 singing “On Raglan Road” in Benners (the hotel/bar across the road from the church), remarking it is probably “the best song every written about art. ... |
 The Age | Turn down the stereotype The Age He exudes a punk aesthetic - and has the tattoos to prove it - but he also gets the attention of older audiences who perceive him as an artist in the tradition of the urban rebel music popularised by the Clash and Billy Bragg. ... |
Study kills off 27 club mystery ABC Online At the time of Amy Winehouse's death, British folk singer Billy Bragg said it is not age that these stars have in common, it is drug abuse. "Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, I mean they're pretty famous people so it ... |
End of Year Review for Imagine 2011. Waterford Today The festival would welcome your involvement, suggestions and assistance. They can be contacted at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. l Billy Bragg at The Forum which was a joint promotion by ... |
 Los Angeles Times | Warren Hellman dies at 77; San Francisco financier, bluegrass fan Los Angeles Times Among the visiting artists were Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg and Dolly Parton. Hellman paid for it all out of his pocket — a tab he pledged to keep secret from the public. This year's three-day concert drew more than 750000 people to ... |
21 awesome albums you may have missed in 2011 Blue Springs Examiner The most compelling folk-rock anarchist since Billy Bragg, Turner turns in a foul-mouthed love letter to his home country, not to mention such diverse topics as commitment, religion and rock 'n' roll. His relation to every one of those is complicated, ... |
Warren Hellman, San Francisco financier behind Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, dies ... Washington Post Among the visiting artists were Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg and Dolly Parton. Mr. Hellman paid for it all out of his pocket — a tab he pledged to keep secret from the public. This year's three-day concert drew more than 750000 people to ... |
21 awesome albums you may have missed in 2011 Hannibal.net The most compelling folk-rock anarchist since Billy Bragg, Turner turns in a foul-mouthed love letter to his home country, not to mention such diverse topics as commitment, religion and rock 'n' roll. His relation to every one of those is complicated, ... |
BC-US--Drug Deaths, 5th Ld,705 WGME Rock singer Billy Bragg is 54. Rock singer-musician Mike Watt (The Secondmen, Minutemen, fIREHOSE) is 54. Actor Joel Gretsch is 48. Country singer Kris Tyler is 47. Rock singer Chris Robinson is 45. Actress Nicole deBoer is 41. ... |
21 awesome albums you may have missed in 2011 Wicked Local The most compelling folk-rock anarchist since Billy Bragg, Turner turns in a foul-mouthed love letter to his home country, not to mention such diverse topics as commitment, religion and rock 'n' roll. His relation to every one of those is complicated, ... |
 Fayetteville Flyer | Daily Flyer: Tuesday, Dec. 20 Fayetteville Flyer Others: Drummer Peter Criss (Kiss) is 66, singer Billy Bragg is 54, singer-bassist Mike Watt (The Minutemen) is 54, singer Chris Robinson (Black Crowes) is 45, singer David Cook (American Idol) is 29 and actor Jonah Hill is 28. The 7th-ranked Razorback ... |
Today in History: Dec. 20 Coldwater Daily Reporter Rock singer Billy Bragg is 54. Rock singer-musician Mike Watt (The Secondmen, Minutemen, fIREHOSE) is 54. Actor Joel Gretsch is 48. Country singer Kris Tyler is 47. Rock singer Chris Robinson is 45. Actress Nicole deBoer is 41. ... |
BC-US--Hot Toys-Mommy Blogs,108 WGME Rock singer Billy Bragg is 54. Rock singer-musician Mike Watt (The Secondmen, Minutemen, fIREHOSE) is 54. Actor Joel Gretsch is 48. Country singer Kris Tyler is 47. Rock singer Chris Robinson is 45. Actress Nicole deBoer is 41. ... |
<i>We Bought a Zoo</i>: Matt Damon needs your love Miami New Times Or Wilco and Billy Bragg's "Airline to Heaven" when the Mees begin looking for new digs. Or Benjamin's reluctance to let the zookeepers put down, painlessly, the ailing 17-year-old tiger aching for an adios. We get it — he has been down this awful ... |
