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For The Sake Of The Song: Billy Bragg & Wilco “California Stars”

September 15, 2025 Andy Short 0
Woody Guthrie famously wrote on his guitar, “This machine kills fascists”. The world could certainly do with a return from the great man. The lyrics to Steve Earle’s ‘Christmas In Washington’ ask Guthrie to “Tear your […]
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Billy Bragg releases song for Palestine “Hundred Year Hunger”

September 2, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 1
Billy Nomates added to Gaza benefit show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 20th September. In solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which launches this week in a bid to break the Israeli naval blockade and deliver […]
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Billy Bragg announces Palestine benefit concert for September

July 31, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Billy Bragg has announced “Days Like These”, an evening of music, spoken word and film for Palestine, featuring performances from Jamie Webster (solo), words from Antony Szmierek, Reverend & The Makers (acoustic), Big Special, Khalid Abdalla, […]
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“Billy Bragg – A People’s History” to be published in autumn 2025

June 18, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Burning Shed has announced that “Billy Bragg – A People’s History” will be published on 9th October 2025 and is now available to pre-order. “Billy Bragg – A People’s History” is an oral history of the […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Billy Bragg

June 4, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 3
I first saw Billy Bragg play live on 30 December 1984 at the Lyceum Ballroom in the Strand in London. I used to be able to recall all the times I’d seen him perform but I […]

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Jim Lauderdale and The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys “The Birds Know”

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Superb collaboration from an americana legend and bluegrass torchbearers. Well, where to start with Jim Lauderdale? The man is so prolific that the virtual ink on the review of his last album, Country Super Hits Volume […]
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Ian Prowse announces 12th album and extensive tour dates

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Merseyside’s Ian Prowse has announced his brand-new album, No Names, will be released on 3rd July 2026 via Learpholl Music. Featuring special guests Elvis Costello, Steve Wickham, Damien Dempsey and Prowse’s 14-year-old daughter Rosalita, No Names […]
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Tenderness’s debut is a sweet blend of the musical and emotional themes of love and loss. Tenderness is the nom de scene for the solo project of Katy Beth Young, formerly and maybe currently of Peggy […]

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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

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Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]

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Mark Eitzel “Hey, Mr FerryMan” (Decor Records 2017)

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Eitzel is an arresting cove. A lounge room crooner with impeccable Americana credentials and instincts. Beyond that an entertaining, erudite man with much to say and a lot to share. This album marks a massive up […]
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Martin Scorsese “No Direction Home–10th anniversary edition” (White Horse Productions, 2016)

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It would be a huge exaggeration to say that Martin Scorsese’s documentary film on Dylan‘s early years in Greenwich Village reignited his career but, when it was initially broadcast in 2006, it did serve to increase […]
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An American Forrest “O Bronder, Donder Yonder” (Hearth Music, 2019)

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If you ever needed a case study to argue that an album’s backstory is sometimes as striking as the music itself, then ‘O Bronder, Donder Yonder’ wouldn’t be a bad place to start. Forrest Van Tuyl […]

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