Archive for the ‘Billy Bragg News’ Category

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Presents WOODY GUTHRIE’S AMERICAN SONG, 7/11-22 – Broadway World

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Presents WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG, 7/11-22
Broadway World
His life and songs have inspired musicians from Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to Billy Bragg and Ani DiFranco. The cast features Lisa Asher, Berwick Haynes, Sam Misner, Matt Mueller, and Megan Smith. The house band includes long-time Freight regulars ...

Celebrating Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday Winnipeg style – CBC.ca

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

CBC.ca

Celebrating Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday Winnipeg style
CBC.ca
The composer of This Land is Your Land has left a huge legacy that has influenced the likes of Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg and Bruce Springsteen. His songs have been covered by artists around the world and his political and philosophical perspectives have ...
Country music singer Catherine Britt invited to the Woody Gutherie Folk ...Herald Sun
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Presents WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG, 7/11-22Broadway World

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Shambala Festival announces music line up for 2012 – TNT Magazine

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

TNT Magazine

Shambala Festival announces music line up for 2012
TNT Magazine
This summer's event will feature performances from dub/hip-hop artist Roots Manuva (top), with DJ Yoda and the Trans Siberian marching Band, Ed Rush and Optical, Shackleton, Todla T ft DRS, and Billy Bragg. Set across four days on the August bank ...

Coming attractions: Purity Ring, Marquette Waterfront Festival – Capital Times

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Coming attractions: Purity Ring, Marquette Waterfront Festival
Capital Times
18+ BILLY BRAGG: Tuesday, July 10, 8 pm, Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Ave. Tickets are $25 through barrymorelive.com, 241-8633 or Barrymore outlets. All ages. BIG KRIT: Saturday, July 14, 9 pm, Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Ave.

More acts confirmed for Summer Sundae 2012 Man Like Me and Japandroids join … – Virtual Festivals

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

More acts confirmed for Summer Sundae 2012 Man Like Me and Japandroids join ...
Virtual Festivals
Micachu and the Shapes, Beth Rowley, Bastille, The Staves and Japandroids have all been added to the festival line-up which already features Public Image Limited, Katy B, Ocean Colour Scene, Death In Vegas, Billy Bragg, Tune-Yards, Jonathan Richman, ...

Caffè Lena celebrates Woody Guthrie in series of weekend concerts – The Saratogian

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

CBC.ca

Caffè Lena celebrates Woody Guthrie in series of weekend concerts
The Saratogian
Woody's catalogue, being revisited nowadays by the likes of Billy Bragg, Wilco and others, includes many such socially aware, articulate and slightly subversive works — “So Long, It's Been Good to Know You,” for another and “Bound for Glory,” another.
Cheers to you, Woody!Uptown

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Area athletes, led by CBA, shine at country track meet – Holmdel Independent

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Area athletes, led by CBA, shine at country track meet
Holmdel Independent
Gorman, who won the 1600 on the first day of the meet in 4:16.31 with teammate Billy Bragg right behind (4:18.31), took the 800 in 1:55.27 followed by a parade of blue: Clark Mangini (1:55.67), Kevin Olsen (1:55.58) and Mike McClemens (1:57.27).

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When the livin’s easy – Wire

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

When the livin's easy
Wire
Local fans have been waiting more than a year to see British folk icon Billy Bragg in Portsmouth. He was originally scheduled to appear at The Music Hall in March 2011 with Mavis Staples but was forced to cancel due to a family illness.

When the livin’s easy – Wire

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

When the livin's easy
Wire
Local fans have been waiting more than a year to see British folk icon Billy Bragg in Portsmouth. He was originally scheduled to appear at The Music Hall in March 2011 with Mavis Staples but was forced to cancel due to a family illness.

Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun – Music News

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Music News

Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun
Music News
If you're wondering whatever happened to the kind of abrasive punk-folk Billy Bragg used to make, which is not, of course, to suggest that Mr. Bragg isn't still doing it anymore, it sounds as though Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun is a chip off the old ...

More Acts & Theme Announced For Beautiful Days – Altsounds.com

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

More Acts & Theme Announced For Beautiful Days
Altsounds.com
... Midlake, Richard Thompson, The Waterboys, New Model Army, Bellowhead, Inspiral Carpets, Alabama 3, Reel Big Fish, Dreadzone, Billy Bragg celebrates Woody Guthrie's 100th Birthday, Toots and The Maytals, Katzenjammer and many more.

Festival line-up update – 15 May 2012 – UNLIMITED CMU

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Festival line-up update - 15 May 2012
UNLIMITED CMU
... and thus share space with the more established and previously announced likes of Clannad, Joan Armatrading, The Proclaimers, June Tabor & Oysterband, Billy Bragg and Seth Lakeman. www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk INDIETRACKS, Butterley Station, ...

Win a photography masterclass at Apple Cart festival – The Guardian

Monday, May 14th, 2012

The Guardian

Win a photography masterclass at Apple Cart festival
The Guardian
Offering music, comedy, art, cabaret and magic stages the headliners this year include: Adam Ant & the Good the Mad and the Lovely Posse, Billy Bragg, Inner City, Noah & the Whale, Sean Lock, Josie Long, Art Car Boot Fair, The House of Fairytales ...

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Festival line-up update – 14 May 2012 – UNLIMITED CMU

Monday, May 14th, 2012

UNLIMITED CMU

Festival line-up update - 14 May 2012
UNLIMITED CMU
... this year's Galtres roster also features Buzzcocks, Ocean Colour Scene, Guillemots, Adam Ant, Billy Bragg and Seth Lakeman. www.galtresfestival.org.uk ROCKNESS, Loch Ness, Scotland, 8-10 Jun: Promising Highlands-based bands Be Like Pablo, Homework, ...

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Manchester City – Musicians Reflect – ClashMusic.com

Monday, May 14th, 2012

ClashMusic.com

Manchester City - Musicians Reflect
ClashMusic.com
Billy Bragg congratulated Johnny Marr on Twitter, before the Bard of Barking put pen to paper to sum up the feelings of most fans. "Refusing to allow Sky TV into the house, I'm pretty old school when it comes to watching footie.

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Lung cancer: ‘If only I’d seen my doctor sooner’ – Telegraph.co.uk

Monday, May 14th, 2012

Telegraph.co.uk

Lung cancer: 'If only I'd seen my doctor sooner'
Telegraph.co.uk
Among the other celebrities photographed holding up lung X-rays to put across the early diagnosis message in the Be Clear About Cancer campaign are Lynda Bellingham, Duncan Bannatyne and Billy Bragg, all of whom have lost loved ones to the disease and ...

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Latest acts to be announced for Beautiful Days Festival – UK Festival Guides

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

UK Festival Guides

Latest acts to be announced for Beautiful Days Festival
UK Festival Guides
... Midlake, Richard Thompson, The Waterboys, New Model Army, Bellowhead, Inspiral Carpets, Alabama 3, Reel Big Fish, Dreadzone, Billy Bragg celebrates Woody Guthrie's 100th Birthday, Toots and The Maytals, Katzenjammer and many more.

The Apple Cart Festival returns to Victoria Park over Jubilee weekend with big … – London24

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

London24

The Apple Cart Festival returns to Victoria Park over Jubilee weekend with big ...
London24
There will be music from Adam Ant, Billy Bragg, Gaz Coombes, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Penguin Cafe, Gilles Peterson and many more, while the comedy tent will host some of the biggest names in the business, including Phill Jupitus, Sean Lock, ...

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The Apple Cart Festival returns to Victoria Park over Jubilee weekend with big … – Tottenham & Wood Green Journal

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

Tottenham & Wood Green Journal

The Apple Cart Festival returns to Victoria Park over Jubilee weekend with big ...
Tottenham & Wood Green Journal
There will be music from Adam Ant, Billy Bragg, Gaz Coombes, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Penguin Cafe, Gilles Peterson and many more, while the comedy tent will host some of the biggest names in the business, including Phill Jupitus, Sean Lock, ...

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Grace notes at last for boycott buster – The Age

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

The Age

Grace notes at last for boycott buster
The Age
It was an inspired idea, but when the show reached the Royal Albert Hall, the protesters outside included Dammers, Paul Weller and Billy Bragg. The latter has since told me: ''It pained me to be part of that because I'm a Paul Simon fan, ...

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Celebrate 20 Year’s of ASH at the Galtres Festival – UK Festival Guides

Friday, May 11th, 2012

UK Festival Guides

Celebrate 20 Year's of ASH at the Galtres Festival
UK Festival Guides
Other headliners include the Buzzcocks, Adam Ant, Billy Bragg, Ocean Colour Scene (acoustic), Seth Lakeman, and The Men They Couldn't Hang. The three-piece ASH, who are filling the Galtres slot taken last year by The Charlatans, turned their back on ...

Celebrate 20 Year’s of ASH at the Galtres Festival – UK Festival Guides

Friday, May 11th, 2012

UK Festival Guides

Celebrate 20 Year's of ASH at the Galtres Festival
UK Festival Guides
Other headliners include the Buzzcocks, Adam Ant, Billy Bragg, Ocean Colour Scene (acoustic), Seth Lakeman, and The Men They Couldn't Hang. The three-piece ASH, who are filling the Galtres slot taken last year by The Charlatans, turned their back on ...

Sounds in the city: the big open-air gigs this summer – Evening Standard

Friday, May 11th, 2012

Sounds in the city: the big open-air gigs this summer
Evening Standard
June 2, Victoria Park, E3 (0844 477 1000, fielddayfestivals.com) Boutique event with art and comedy as well as music from veterans Adam Ant, Billy Bragg and Kid Creole, plus Noah and the Whale and Stornoway. June 3, Victoria Park, E3 (0870 264 3333, ...

Wilco ready to share ‘The Whole Love’ at Birmingham’s Sloss Furnaces (video) – The Birmingham News – al.com

Friday, May 11th, 2012

The Birmingham News - al.com

Wilco ready to share 'The Whole Love' at Birmingham's Sloss Furnaces (video)
The Birmingham News - al.com
Wilco probed that relationship with its “Mermaid Avenue” sessions, setting some of Guthrie's unrecorded lyrics to music with English singer-songwriter Billy Bragg. “I think Guthrie is just a source, one of the primary sources for American songwriters,” ...

Joyce Manor – Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired 11 May 11:00 – Drowned In Sound

Friday, May 11th, 2012

Joyce Manor - Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired 11 May 11:00
Drowned In Sound
And with singer/ guitarist Barry Johnson steering clear of his old shouty style, there are moments when it feels like we're listening to the love child of Morrissey and Billy Bragg. Disturbing though that may sound, it's no bad thing.

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