THE CHARLATANS TIM BURGESS and rocker Billy Bragg have paid tribute to late The Clash musician Joe Strummer on the ninth anniversary of his death The rocker passed away o...
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Rustie's debut album was a splash of Technicolor, escapist fun that drew on trance, rave and the Seinfield theme. Could it be this generation's Club Tropicana?In a year o...
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Campers are getting cash and gifts in kind, and believe that even the hostile are treating the protest with some respectThe snow has arrived here but the determined prote...
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Pair are among first signatories of Occupy Musicians, a campaign supporting movement against income inequalityLou Reed and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello are amon...
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Despite political turmoil, protest singers are still thin on the ground. Can they beat apathy and avoid preachiness? Dorian Lynskey meets the new generationIt's Monday ev...
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Rage Against The Machine star Tom Morello is calling on students in the U K to join him and his pal Billy Bragg in a protest march as part of the Occupy London demonstrat...
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As many young people become political and take to the streets, musicians Billy Bragg and Johnny Flynn reflect on the dearth of protest songs to accompany themThe young pe...
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Billy Bragg will top a bill of politically-conscious songwriters on a nationwide tour next month.
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The King Blues, Akala and Sound Of Rum join Bragg's Left Field In Motion tour
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Continuing our series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same – Tony Naylor has a riot wit...
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"numb fingertips from the guitar playing last night. .. worth it coz I get to tell people I played Lincoln Center with Billy Bragg!!" - Marsha Burnett Billy Bragg at Linc...
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Flaming Lips @ Sasquatch 2011 (more by Josh Darr) today in NYC * Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl * Billy Bragg @ City Winery * Andy Biskin's Ibid @ Barbes * Pauline Oliveros @ ...
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My song, Never Buy the Sun, pays tribute to the scousers who started their own boycott after the Hillsborough stadium disasterFor the past 22 years, people in Liverpool h...
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Billy Bragg performs Never Buy the Sun, his song written in the wake of the News of the World hacking scandal. It refers to the Sun's sales in Liverpool, which never reco...
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Now that the News of the World has gone... Billy Bragg turns his attention to its daily sister with a catchy number, Never buy The Sun.The refrain suggests that the title...
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