Billy Bragg's New Odes to Woody Guthrie--and Beethoven
From folk to punk and back again, Billy Bragg has long been one of our most important and popular "political" songwriters.
From folk to punk and back again, Billy Bragg has long been one of our most important and popular "political" songwriters.
Loudribs | Posted 12.07.2011
Good morning Lemmings and welcome to what is likely to be a highly problematic instalment of Questionable Time, problematic because the show itself di...
David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011
It's always been hard to make a fun, catchy argument for higher taxes in America. Here, then, is my taxing playlist for background music as America plays "Let's Make A Tax Deal."
David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011
The greatest minds of our times ought to be focused on making alternative energies a reality now. And while they do that, I'll use my lesser mind to make another silly but heartfelt playlist.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011
Bingo! re-establishes Miller as that Chicago blues-y guy, tackling ten standards that might as well be his own. George Thorogood certainly should be looking over his shoulder.
David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011
The World Cup 2010 has finally grabbed my partial attention, and made me upgrade soccer to a position just below American basketball, baseball, football and tennis, but just slightly above curling and ping pong.
Posted 05.25.2011
Singer and activist Billy Bragg was interviewed recently by 'Brave New Conversations' about why he is threatening to not pay his taxes in protest of...
Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011
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Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011
By lobbying to keep Guantanamo Bay open, Liz Cheney's group is helping keep alive one of the greatest recruiting posters that al Qaeda ever had.
Tim Mohr | Posted 05.25.2011
The awareness of mortality in 1980s nuke-pop was amplified by the inescapably bleak Cold War reality. With the fall of the Wall, much of the threat evaporated. The music, however, lives on.
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011
Without the kind of national debate this country needs, we are sending more and more troops into Afghanistan -- about 60 percent of all the foreign troops in the country are now Americans.
AFP | Posted 05.25.2011
A group of musicians including members of Pink Floyd, Blur and singer Billy Bragg are protesting over sales of their music by the far-right British Na...
Jesse Larner | Posted 05.25.2011
As someone on the left who loves folk music, I understand that I'm supposed to feel mystically uplifted by the dean of activist folkies. But I never could stand Pete.
Kerry Candaele | Posted 05.25.2011
No militant and not outwardly political, Cooke had spent time with and admired Cassius Clay and Malcolm X, and he captured the challenges of his time, his own hope and despair at equal turns.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.05.2012