Billy Bragg
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In celebration of what would have been his 100th birthday, the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival gave 27-year-old Britt the invitation of a lifetime to perform at the July celebrations. Billy Bragg, Judy Collins and Arlo Guthrie have also been announced,... Full Article at Adelaide Now
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Winnipeg socialist, banjo picker and music mogul Had musical troubadour, activist and songwriter Woody Guthrie not died in 1967, he'd be celebrating his 100th birthday this coming July. The composer of This Land is Your Land has left a huge legacy that... Full Article at CBC News
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CARDIFF, WALES - APRIL 03: Will Bragg of Glamorgan during the Glamorgan County Cricket Club photocall at the Swalec Stadium on April 3, 2012 in Cardiff, Wales. View Photo »
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Great Depression, traveling with migrant workers from his native Oklahoma, and sang about it. The so-called Dust Bowl Troubador wrote hundreds of songs and ballads, and left behind a legacy of folk and blues that inspired a generation of singers — like... Full Article at Radio Boston
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Tuesday was May Day, I thought I'd give you a little Billy Bragg, with "World Turned Upside Down" from 1985. It sounds like he's singing about Occupy Wall Street, but the song is actually about a seventeenth-century agrarian socialist movement in... Full Article at The American Prospect
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Mel McDaniel; "The Big Heat," from Wall of Voodoo's original singer Stan Ridgeway; the introspective, autobiographical, "Older Than My Old Man Now," from folk humorist Loudon Wainwright III; and an enhanced CD/DVD reissue of 1998's "Mermaid Avenue: The... Full Article at L.A. Daily News
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Like the sound of a scrap between the Levellers and The Pogues being broken up by Billy Bragg
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ECHO Entertainment News: Wallis Bird on Ringo, LFC and airing her dirty laundry in public
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Bird’s live shows have gained her a devoted fan-base. The Irish singer-songwriter has toured with Billy Bragg, Gabrielle, The Feeling and Rodrigo y Gabriela, building up her audience and she’s now doing her own headline shows. She’s playing at Leaf next... Full Article at Liverpool Echo
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During the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, two overlapping groups -- collectors of traditional songs and American progressives -- celebrated folk music and "people's music." Carl Sandburg, John Lomax, his son Alan Lomax, Lawrence Gellert, and other folklorists... Full Article at The Huffington Post
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Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (Nonesuch) collects both of the albums Wilco made with Billy Bragg, where they set unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics to original music, along with a third disc of previously unissued songs from the same sessions. ... Full Article at Chicago Reader
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Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957 in Barking, Essex, England), better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs. His lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes. His music career has lasted more than 30 years, and he has collaborated with Johnny Marr, Leon... Full Article At Wikipedia.org
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