Billy Bragg, who has mixed pop and politics his entire 40-year career, has shared a new song, “Hundred Year Hunger,” in support the Palestinian people. He writes, “‘Hundred Year Hunger’ looks at the ...

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 – ...

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 ...

When he was starting out as a young singer-songwriter and rabble-rouser, Billy Bragg used to pride himself on nicking other people’s audiences. A spot at a talent competition at the famous Bridgehouse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wilco fans, mark your calendars: The band’s biannual Solid Sound Festival is returning to North Adams, Massachusetts, on June ...

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 ...

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 ...

Billy Bragg, the British folk-rock singer and lifelong figure in protest music, has shared a new song for Palestine. The release coincides with the launch of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which set sail ...

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 ...