Archive for February, 2012
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
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Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob DylanNelson MailThe 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), ... |
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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
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WILCO AND BILLY BRAGG RELEASING NEW MUSICTORO MagazineNow 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, ... |
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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
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Wilco, Woody Guthrie - The Jolly BankerTwentyFourBitNow “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 ... |
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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
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Wilco y Billy Bragg rescatan de nuevo a Woody GuthrieEl 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, ... |
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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
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Why Miley Cyrus Covering Dylan Is A Good ThingBlinded By SoundNot 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 ...and more » |
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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
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Now hear thisCalgary 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.and more » |
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
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New MultitudesRollingStone.comBy 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 ... |
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Monday, February 27th, 2012
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Now Hear This: New albums reviewed by Herald writersCalgary 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. |
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Monday, February 27th, 2012
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Monday, February 27th, 2012
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Monday, February 27th, 2012
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Reviews of new pop, blues / roots, jazz and classical releasesMacon 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. |
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Monday, February 27th, 2012
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Sunday, February 26th, 2012
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Sunday, February 26th, 2012
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Saturday, February 25th, 2012
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CBA's Kelly finishes secondAsbury Park PressJuniors 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.and more » |
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Saturday, February 25th, 2012
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Results for the boys indoor track Meet of ChampionsThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com4-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).and more » |
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