For those who haven’t heard the originals, this is as opportune a moment as any to unearth some of the strongest songs in either artist's back catalogue from a pair...
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Billy Bragg and Slash have added their tributes to rocker Levon Helm who lost his battle with cancer on Thursday 19Apr12 The Band drummer fell ill last month Mar12 and wa...
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Wembley Arena, LondonEven Frank Turner's mother must be amazed that the well-spoken agit-rocker, who has spent much of his career below the mainstream radar, is headlinin...
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Forget about love songs. We want you to suggest the soundtrack to a St Valentine's Day massacreValentine's Day? What a load of rubbish. A cynical festival of tacky cards...
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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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