Billy Bragg

Songs Not Bombs Vol. 2 for Gaza is out today

April 5, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1

We carried news last month of a new project in support of the children of Palestine who are going through unimaginable trauma at the moment, and the project has just released a second compilation featuring previously […]

Billy Bragg comes to the rescue with three HOPE not hate gigs – Thank your God!

March 4, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Billy Bragg, who last year celebrated a remarkable 40 years as Britain’s favourite folk singer, songwriter and campaigner, will play some shows in support of the anti-fascist group HOPE not hate, who are themselves celebrating 20 […]

Live Review: Americana Music Association UK Awards, Hackney Church, London – 25th January 2024

February 9, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

The crowning event of the annual UK Americana Music Week (aka AmericanaFest) organised by the Americana Music Association UK (AMAUK) is the awards show, held this year at Hackney Church which marks something of a homecoming […]

The Song Remains: Wayne Kramer (1948-2024)

February 5, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

An influential guitarist with rare integrity who made a tangible difference. Activist, film music composer, guitarist, proto-punk and MC5 founder Wayne Kramer died on the 2nd February 2024 from pancreatic cancer. At first glance, not many […]

Taxing times for music…

January 30, 2024 Tim Martin 2

Taxation of music is inevitable; it is a business after all and Government will always want their share of the pie, however small that pie is. But when taxation in one form or another impacts a […]

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

September 3, 2026 0

Melody and heartfelt ruminations on family, life and love combine to winning effect on a timeless album. My Girl The River sees Kris Wilkinson Hughes collaborating with husband Joe and daughter Rue, and this wonderfully honest […]

Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey Temecula March 2010

Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

September 3, 2026 0

Pieta Brown (53) is the daughter of beloved folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown with whom she reunited after a rather bohemian lifestyle following her parents’ separation when she was 2 years old. At the time she was […]

Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years

September 3, 2026 0

Outstanding one-off album is re-released together with an album of live tracks from the tour that accompanied the album, plus a new song (on vinyl and CD). case/lang/veirs was released in 2016. In keeping with the […]

Songs Not Bombs Vol. 2 for Gaza is out today

Billy Bragg comes to the rescue with three HOPE not hate gigs – Thank your God!

Live Review: Americana Music Association UK Awards, Hackney Church, London – 25th January 2024

The Song Remains: Wayne Kramer (1948-2024)

Taxing times for music…

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years

Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”

Live Review: Thunder and Rain, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 28th August 2026