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Joe Strummer: The angry young man who grew up
The Independent
Eliza, 20, is writing songs and has been singing with the London band Alabama 3 – one of many musical kindred spirits that will be playing at Strummer of Love, along with Billy Bragg, Badly Drawn Boy, KT Tunstall, Basement Jaxx and Emmy the Great.

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Muso's Guide

Muso's Guide's Festival Season: June Previews – No Direction Home, Field Day ...
Muso's Guide
Not that they're scrimping on the music front, though – legendary acts like Billy Bragg sit on the line up alongside last year's gut-punch provider Josh T. Pearson. There's a narrower, more acoustic focus to Apple Cart compared to Field Day, ...

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BBC News

London 2012: Campaign begins for River Lea Olympic path
BBC News
The scheme is supported by mobile phone firm Vodafone, Poirot star David Suchet and singer Billy Bragg. Project creator Simon Myers said: "We've got three weeks left to raise £83000. "But with the support of Vodafone and other locally-based firms, ...

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Banbury Guardian

Folk musician's life is captured in book
Banbury Guardian
She said: “It was a case of lots of interviews, talking to friends, colleagues, family and fans including Billy Bragg and Stewart Lee. “I really enjoyed just getting to know Eliza, her family and asking questions that you couldn't really ask normally.

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Rise Against playing 1st AZ shows since SB 1070 boycott
AZ Central.com
Among the acts that heeded de la Rocha's cry were Kanye West, Maroon 5, My Chemical Romance, Nine Inch Nails, MIA, Mos Def, Cypress Hill, Rise Against, Serj Tankian of System of a Down, Joe Satriani, Sonic Youth, Tenacious D, Billy Bragg, ...

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Nonesuch Records

Nonesuch Events for the Weekend of May 18–20
Nonesuch Records
Billy Bragg launched his European tour, celebrating the Woody Guthrie centenary and the recent release of Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions, with a sold-out show in Berlin last night. Bragg remains in Germany through the weekend, with shows at ...

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Sydney Morning Herald

Peace finally emerges after minefield of Graceland
Sydney Morning Herald
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, but he was on the wrong side of the ...

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Vodafone in eleventh hour crowdfunding call to save Olympic project
Call Centre Clinic News (press release)
Vodafone has joined Poirot star David Suchet in supporting the scheme, which is also backed by comedian Andi Osho and singer and activist Billy Bragg. Suchet, a keen boater and chairman of the River Thames Alliance, said: "One of London's most historic ...

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BBC to air documentary on punk poet John Cooper Clarke
This is Total Essex
... in the 1990s where he found a new following for his distinctive brand of poetry. The documentary features interviews with musicians and comedians including Jarvis Cocker, Steve Coogan, Bill Bailey, Stewart Lee, Billy Bragg and Wilko Johnson.

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Mourning WFNX
NewHampshire.com
It would not or would seldom play some bands it should have (Bowling for Soup, Billy Bragg), and it overplayed a lot of mainstream pop, which it tried to pass off as alternative (Coldplay, etc.). But it had the guts to play bands like the Silversun ...

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Boston Music Spotlight

Billy Bragg to play the Somerville Theatre
Boston Music Spotlight
Billy Bragg has revealed plans for a stateside tour. The English folk-punk rocker will make his way to Massachusetts and perform at the Somerville Theatre on Thursday, June 28. Tickets for the show are now on sale through the venue's box office and ...
Woody Guthrie celebrations aboundChicago Sun-Times
Celebrating Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday Winnipeg styleCBC.ca
Country music singer Catherine Britt invited to the Woody Gutherie Folk ...The Daily Telegraph

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CBC.ca

Woody Guthrie celebrations abound
Chicago Sun-Times
Billy Bragg, who recorded the “Mermaid Avenue” albums with Chicago band Wilco — a project that spearheaded the recording of lost Guthrie songs plucked from the Woody Guthrie Archives — is touring with another nod to his posthumous collaboration.
Country music singer Catherine Britt invited to the Woody Gutherie Folk ...Herald Sun
Celebrating Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday Winnipeg styleCBC.ca
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Presents WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG, 7/11-22Broadway World

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CBC.ca

Woody Guthrie celebrations abound
Chicago Sun-Times
Billy Bragg, who recorded the “Mermaid Avenue” albums with Chicago band Wilco — a project that spearheaded the recording of lost Guthrie songs plucked from the Woody Guthrie Archives — is touring with another nod to his posthumous collaboration.
Country music singer Catherine Britt invited to the Woody Gutherie Folk ...Herald Sun
Celebrating Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday Winnipeg styleCBC.ca
Countery music singer Catherine Britt invited to the Woody Gutherie Folk ...The Daily Telegraph
Broadway World
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Mourning WFNX
The Union Leader
It would not or would seldom play some bands it should have (Bowling for Soup, Billy Bragg), and it overplayed a lot of mainstream pop, which it tried to pass off as alternative (Coldplay, etc.). But it had the guts to play bands like the Silversun ...

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Still rocking hard despite losing her fingers: Bird takes the stage
This Is Sussex
A double Meteor Award winner in Ireland, Wallis Bird has toured with Billy Bragg, Gabrielle, The Feeling and Rodrigo y Gabriela. She released her third self-titled studio album in March in the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Vodafone saves Olympic event space project
CIT Magazine
Vodafone has joined Poirot star David Suchet in supporting the scheme, which is also backed by comedian Andi Osho and singer and activist Billy Bragg. Myers said: "We're thrilled Vodafone has thrown their weight behind Cody Dock.

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A decade in and still flying the cape!
Oxford Student
A keen collaborator with activist/musician heavyweights like Billy Bragg and Nitin Sawhney, a regular performer at anti-racist and anti-fascist festivals, and, more recently, a supporter of the Occupy movement, he clearly knows how to use his voice.

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Music Hall Adds Several Shows
Patch.com
... joyful Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Historic Theater, June 15); the witty singer-songwriter Nellie McKay (The Loft, June 23); the unique Boston band Jim's Big Ego (The Loft, June 29); and the famed UK singer-songwriter Billy Bragg (Historic Theater ...

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Vodafone In Eleventh Hour Crowdfunding Call To Save Olympic Project
Build.co.uk
Vodafone has joined Poirot star David Suchet in supporting the scheme, which is also backed by comedian Andi Osho and singer and activist Billy Bragg. Suchet, a keen boater and chairman of the River Thames Alliance, said: "One of London's most historic ...

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CBC.ca

Country music singer Catherine Britt invited to the Woody Gutherie Folk ...
Herald Sun
Billy Bragg, Judy Collins and Arlo Guthrie have also been announced, with folk aficionado Bruce Springsteen rumoured to be making a special appearance at the Oklahoma event. Catherine Britt a Tamworth fixture Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar.
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Presents WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG, 7/11-22Broadway World

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