Archive for February, 2012

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan – Nelson Mail

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Nelson Mail

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan
Nelson Mail
The guest list includes his contemporaries (Joan Baez, Pete Seeger), the usual good cause suspects (Sting, Ben Harper), and those infused with Dylan's troubadour spirit (Billy Bragg, and Rise Against's ferocious The Ballad of Hollis Brown), ...

WILCO AND BILLY BRAGG RELEASING NEW MUSIC – TORO Magazine

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

WILCO AND BILLY BRAGG RELEASING NEW MUSIC
TORO Magazine
Now the collaborative series with British singer Billy Bragg, which creates songs out of unused Woody Guthrie lyrics, has become a trilogy. Vol. 3 will come packaged with The Complete Sessions box set, or will be attainable as an individual download, ...

Wilco, Woody Guthrie – The Jolly Banker – TwentyFourBit

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Wilco, Woody Guthrie - The Jolly Banker
TwentyFourBit
Now “The Jolly Banker” is set to arrive in an official format alongside 16 other previously unreleased recordings culled from the band's Mermaid Avenue sessions with Billy Bragg. In honor of Woody's ongoing centennial celebration and this April's box ...

Wilco & Billy Bragg: Mermaid Avenue 3 Tracklist, Details – TwentyFourBit

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Nonesuch Records

Wilco & Billy Bragg: Mermaid Avenue 3 Tracklist, Details
TwentyFourBit
The Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration continues on April 21st, as the Guthrie estate will follow up last week's New Multitudes and last fall's Note of Hope tribute with Wilco and Billy Bragg's Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions.
Wilco and Billy Bragg detail Mermaid Avenue: The Complete SessionsConsequence of Sound
Billy Bragg & Wilco detail 'Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions'The NJ Underground (blog)
Billy Bragg and Wilco Detail 'Mermaid Avenue' Box SetExclaim! (blog)
Nonesuch Records -TORO Magazine -College Times
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Wilco and Billy Bragg detail Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions – Consequence of Sound

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Nonesuch Records

Wilco and Billy Bragg detail Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
Consequence of Sound
By Alex Young on February 29th, 2012 in News As previously reported, Wilco and Billy Bragg plan to commemorate the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie with the release of a four-disc box set compiling their Mermaid Avenue collaborations, including the ...
Nonesuch Celebrates Woody Guthrie Centennial with "Mermaid Avenue: The ...Nonesuch Records
By: Spacelab Research StaffSpacelab
'New Multitudes' Blends the Best Sounds of Modern Alt-Rock Bands,College Times

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Wilco y Billy Bragg rescatan de nuevo a Woody Guthrie – El País.com (España)

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Wilco y Billy Bragg rescatan de nuevo a Woody Guthrie
El País.com (España)
A finales de los noventa, los herederos del mítico Woody Guthrie recurrieron al cantautor británico Billy Bragg para que musicara varias decenas de letras que habían quedado olvidadas durante años. Bragg llamó a un semidesconocido grupo de Chicago, ...

Joan Armatrading, Seth Lakeman and Roy Harper for Cambridge Folk Festival – Stereoboard.com

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Joan Armatrading, Seth Lakeman and Roy Harper for Cambridge Folk Festival
Stereoboard.com
Joan Armatrading, Seth Lakeman, Roy Harper, Billy Bragg and The Proclaimers have been confirmed for this year's Cambridge Folk Festival. The 2012 event is to be held at Cherry Hinton Hall near Cambridge from Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th July.

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Nonesuch Celebrates Woody Guthrie Centennial with "Mermaid Avenue: The … – Nonesuch Records

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Nonesuch Records

Nonesuch Celebrates Woody Guthrie Centennial with "Mermaid Avenue: The ...
Nonesuch Records
She approached English singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg to select some to set to music. The Chicago rock band Wilco came aboard soon after, with Jeff Tweedy writing music—along with his late bandmate Jay Bennett on some songs—and the band ...

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Why Miley Cyrus Covering Dylan Is A Good Thing – Blinded By Sound

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Why Miley Cyrus Covering Dylan Is A Good Thing
Blinded By Sound
Not to mention plenty of folks will get the album for Miley but might stick around to hear folks like Lucinda Williams, Diana Krall, Steve Earle, Billy Bragg and lots of other cool folks. Introducting youngsters to the music of Bob Dylan through a ...

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Jay Farrar, Jim James, Anders Parker, Will Johnson celebrate Woody Guthrie’s … – The-Burg

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

American Songwriter

Jay Farrar, Jim James, Anders Parker, Will Johnson celebrate Woody Guthrie's ...
The-Burg
Jeff Tweedy, Farrar's former bandmate in Uncle Tupelo and his band, Wilco, joined forces with British punk-folkster Billy Bragg on two albums that set unpublished Guthrie lyrics to music: 1998's "Mermaid Avenue" and 2000's "Mermaid Avenue Vol. II.
Now Hear This: New albums reviewed by Herald writersOttawa Citizen
Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames: New MultitudesAmerican Songwriter
Album reviews: Todd Rundgren reaches back for one of his best works; Woody ...MassLive.com (blog)

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Now Hear This: New albums reviewed by Herald writers – Ottawa Citizen

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

JamBase

Now Hear This: New albums reviewed by Herald writers
Ottawa Citizen
... for daring to follow his one-time Uncle Tupelo band mate Jeff Tweedy in paying tribute to Woody Guthrie, risking what are sure to be less-than-favourable comparisons to the towering Mermaid Avenue collaborations between Wilco and Billy Bragg.
Jay Farrar, Jim James, Anders Parker, Will Johnson celebrate Woody Guthrie's ...The-Burg

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News | First names announced for Cambridge Folk Festival. – For Folk’s Sake

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

For Folk's Sake

News | First names announced for Cambridge Folk Festival.
For Folk's Sake
Billy Bragg celebrates Woody Guthrie's 100th Birthday, playing on Thursday. English folk legend Nic Jones, playing on Sunday. Are you excited now? We are. More names are due to be announced in the coming weeks, including contemporary artists.

Now hear this – Calgary Herald

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Now hear this
Calgary Herald
... Farrar for daring to follow his onetime Uncle Tupelo band mate Jeff Tweedy in paying tribute to Woody Guthrie, risking what are sure to be less-than-favourable comparisons to the towering Mermaid Avenue collaborations between Wilco and Billy Bragg.

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New Multitudes – RollingStone.com

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

RollingStone.com

New Multitudes
RollingStone.com
By Will Hermes Making séance music from dead singers' notebooks is now a familiar songwriting practice, and this session, spearheaded by Jay Farrar, taps the same source Jeff Tweedy (his old Uncle Tupelo partner) took with Billy Bragg on the two ...

Now Hear This: New albums reviewed by Herald writers – Calgary Herald

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Now Hear This: New albums reviewed by Herald writers
Calgary Herald
... for daring to follow his one-time Uncle Tupelo band mate Jeff Tweedy in paying tribute to Woody Guthrie, risking what are sure to be less-than-favourable comparisons to the towering Mermaid Avenue collaborations between Wilco and Billy Bragg.

Frank Turner performs live in The Current studio – Minnesota Public Radio

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Minnesota Public Radio

Frank Turner performs live in The Current studio
Minnesota Public Radio
Folky punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner can easily be compared to Billy Bragg - a mix of rebellious punk with articulate songwriting. Initially part of a post-hardcore band called "Million Dead," Frank Turner has taken those influences and combined ...

Reviews of new pop, blues / roots, jazz and classical releases – Bellingham Herald

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Reviews of new pop, blues / roots, jazz and classical releases
Bellingham Herald
Since Nora Guthrie opened her father's archives to select artists, we've been treated to several collections of newly unearthed Woody Guthrie lyrics set to new tunes, starting with the two volumes of Billy Bragg and Wilco's "Mermaid Avenue.

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Reviews of new pop, blues / roots, jazz and classical releases – The Republic

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Reviews of new pop, blues / roots, jazz and classical releases
The Republic
Since Nora Guthrie opened her father's archives to select artists, we've been treated to several collections of newly unearthed Woody Guthrie lyrics set to new tunes, starting with the two volumes of Billy Bragg and Wilco's “Mermaid Avenue.

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Reviews of new pop, blues / roots, jazz and classical releases – Macon Telegraph (blog)

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Reviews of new pop, blues / roots, jazz and classical releases
Macon Telegraph (blog)
Since Nora Guthrie opened her father's archives to select artists, we've been treated to several collections of newly unearthed Woody Guthrie lyrics set to new tunes, starting with the two volumes of Billy Bragg and Wilco's "Mermaid Avenue.

From Jim James, A New Take On Woody Guthrie’s ‘Empty Bed Blues’ – NPR (blog)

Monday, February 27th, 2012

From Jim James, A New Take On Woody Guthrie's 'Empty Bed Blues'
NPR (blog)
Though his work has been covered by countless others — Springsteen, Wilco, Billy Bragg and the Klezmatics to name a few — most of legendarily prolific musician's work has been left untouched. In honor of Guthrie's 100th birthday, his daughter invited ...

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Live: Parts & Labor Celebrate 10 Years, Call It Quits at 285 Kent – The L Magazine

Monday, February 27th, 2012

The L Magazine

Live: Parts & Labor Celebrate 10 Years, Call It Quits at 285 Kent
The L Magazine
(Play “Changing of the Guard” on acoustic guitar and chances are good that someone might mistake it for a Billy Bragg cover.) There was a clear sense of community at the show, from Oneida opening their set with a champagne toast to their peers to how ...

You are here: Home News Ipso Facto Panic Street Lawyer: She will go but will … – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

You are here: Home News Ipso Facto Panic Street Lawyer: She will go but will ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
British protest singer Billy Bragg (Chapter 25 in “33 Revolutions”), who said playing for striking miners “began a process of politicization which I had previously not undergone,” came up with his own version of “Which Side Are You On?” Margaret ...

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Woody Guthrie Archives showcases songwriter’s creativity – Tulsa World

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

Woody Guthrie Archives showcases songwriter's creativity
Tulsa World
Among these projects are the Billy Bragg-Wilco collaborations "Mermaid Avenue, Vols. I and II" and "New Multitudes," featuring Son Volt founder Jay Farrar, and released this year to coincide with the Guthrie Centennial. "For a long time, ...

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CBA’s Kelly finishes second – Asbury Park Press

Saturday, February 25th, 2012

CBA's Kelly finishes second
Asbury Park Press
Juniors Billy Bragg and Jack Boyle of CBA finished in 9:21.22 and 9:22.78, to place fourth and fifth, respectively. Another runner who fared well was Manchester senior Geordan Ferguson. Ferguson finished the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.41.

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Results for the boys indoor track Meet of Champions – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com

Saturday, February 25th, 2012

Results for the boys indoor track Meet of Champions
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
4-Billy Bragg, Christian Brothers, 9:21.22. 5-Jack Boyle, Christian Brothers, 9:22.78. 6-Tyler Gibbons, Ridge, 9:27.50. 55-METER HURDLES: 1-Jermaine Collier, Trenton, 7.19, meet record; former record 7.30, Isaac Williams, Willingboro, 2012 (trials).

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