Billy Bragg has told how his career was "transformed" in a converted barn, nearly 50 years ago. A new book details the singer-songwriter and political activist's salad days in and around Oundle, ...

In the spring of 1995, Woody Guthrie’s daughter contacted Billy Bragg about composing music for her father’s prose–a staggering number of incomplete lyrics, penned from 1939 to 67, that were never ...

NORTH ADAMS — "The world needs all the Woody Guthrie it can get." “Mermaid Avenue Live,” the first-ever full-length concert of music from the acclaimed “Mermaid Avenue” songbook by Wilco and Billy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeff Tweedy of Wilco performs at O2 Forum Kentish Town on Aug. 30, 2023, in London, England. Wilco and Billy Bragg will reunite ...

The singer and former Conservative MP are supporting a new campaign encouraging English people to celebrate what they share ...

Bragg explains it better than I can in a Substack post, which reads in part: Far-right attention seeker Tommy Robinson is mounting a campaign to “put Christ back into Christmas”, but his sudden ...

The every-other-summer arts festival known as Solid Sound is returning to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in June with a special treat. Organizers announced Thursday that Wilco, the ...

Billy Bragg will be back in North America this summer, including his most extensive Canadian run in a long time. US dates include Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival, City Winery Hudson Valley on 6/30, and ...

In 2011, British folksinger-political activist Billy Bragg issued a standalone anthem, “Never Buy the Sun,” his response to the celebrity-phone-hacking scandal centered on Rupert Murdoch’s UK tabloid ...

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A St George’s Day campaign backed by Billy Bragg is calling for unity, with London events celebrating shared identity and ...

Listen to new songs by GENA (Liv.e & Karriem Riggins), Billy Bragg, Fatboy Slim, Dirt Buyer, Mumford & Sons, Sassy 009 ft. yunè pinku, and more. “The world needs all the Woody Guthrie it can get.