NORTH ADAMS, MASS. - Wilco and Billy Bragg, nearly three decades after collaborating on "Mermaid Avenue," will reunite to bring the album to life once again. For the first time ever, the band and folk ...
Musician and activist Billy Bragg spoke with host Zach McCormick about his song, “City of Heroes,” dedicated to the city of ...
Billy Bragg, who just wrote and released the song “City of Heroes,” talks with the Monitor about the impact of protest songs.
A better title for this album would be Too Damned English. That’s always been Bragg’s problem, as far as his inability to break out in America is concerned. Even hard-core U.S. left-wingers have a ...
Billy Bragg, the British folk-rock protest singer, has always spoken out loud and clear about issues of politics, morality, and justice, be it rebutting Oliver Anthony's viral grievance anthem "Rich ...
Legendary British protest singer Billy Bragg has penned a new song about the people in Minneapolis protesting the influx of ICE agents. “City of Heroes” was inspired by the murders of Alex Pretti and ...
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A music icon is urging people to back a bill to prohibit the carrying out of construction work in respect of new waste incinerators ...
Elsewhere he is even more gloomy. On the opening "January Song", he suggests "this is how the end begins" over a lachrymose pedal steel refrain. The music is never upbeat, but its Nashville twang – ...
Billy Bragg performs onstage during Latitude at Henham Park on July 25 in Southwold, England. Bragg and Wilco will reunite for the first-ever performance of “Mermaid Avenue” at Wilco’s biannual Solid ...
Never one to shy away from speaking out about injustice with his music, Billy Bragg has shared a new song in tribute to the people resisting ICE in Minneapolis. He wrote, recorded, and posted “City of ...