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The Anti-Capitalist Roadshow: Celebrating Subversion – review

4171 days ago

Guardian Music — (Fuse)Describing themselves as a "collective of singers and songwriters, plus one magician, opposed to the ideologically driven austerity programme imposed by this millionaire government", the Roadshow consists of 11 angry musicians from a remarkable... more info

'Education reforms risk stifling creativity'

4188 days ago

Guardian Music — The singer and left-wing activist used a lecture in memory of John Peel to criticise Michael Gove's plans to scrap GCSEsSinger Billy Bragg has warned that the government's education reforms risk stifling creativity and leaving the pop charts the pres... more info

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Billy Bragg's John Peel lecture – watch live

4188 days ago

Guardian Music — Watch Billy Bragg's John Peel Lecture live from the 2012 Radio Festival in Salford on 12 November at 7pmFollowing in the footsteps of last year's inaugural speaker, Pete Townshend, Bragg will explore how the pirates of radio become mainstream and in ... more info

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Young Statues & Brianna from Tigers Jaw Cover Billy Bragg

4191 days ago

Chorus.fm — Stream *Young Statues (http://www.absolutepunk.net/youngstatues)*' cover of *Billy Bragg (http://www.billybragg.co.uk/)*'s "A New England" featuring *Tigers Jaw (http://tigersjaw.tumblr.com/)*'s Brianna Collins on Spinner (http://www.spinner.com/2012... more info

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The new Woody Guthries of hip-folk

4194 days ago

Guardian Music — Bristol musicians are bringing together two styles that share a sense of social justice and a belief in community actionReading on mobile? Watch hereIn September, the Southbank Centre in London hosted a celebration of the centenary of Woody Guthrie's... more info

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Karine Polwart – review

4216 days ago

Guardian Music — Union Chapel, LondonThe current Scottish folk renaissance has centred on inventive instrumentalists who can switch easily between genres, and Karine Polwart has brought the same sense of the unexpected to her songwriting. She's a cool, thoughtful s... more info

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Kirsty MacColl: the great British songwriter who never got her due

4232 days ago

Guardian Music — She wrote incisive lyrics, sang exquisite harmonies and graced arguably the greatest Christmas single ever. Yet Kirsty MacColl has somehow been erased from the story of British pop. Will the re-release of her first four albums finally change that?Nex... more info

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Last Shop Standing: a new spin on our vinyl romance

4253 days ago

Guardian Music — Jude Rogers salutes a film charting the struggle of indie record shops and their unsung ownersThe British independent record shop hasn't had the rosiest time recently. More than 500 of them have closed in recent years, their racks emptied of glossy s... more info

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Frank Turner's (a)political stance is part of a post-ideological culture | Billy Bragg

4253 days ago

Guardian Music — Who can blame him? He's a singer-songwriter who came of age in a time when ideology was dumped in favour of triangulation"I thought that if you had an acoustic guitar/Then it meant that you were a protest singer" sang the Smiths in 1985. Lots of peop... more info

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Watch Africa Express at Glastonbury 2007 – video

4260 days ago

Guardian Music — The musical collective known as Africa Express played its first-ever proper gig at the Glastonbury festival in 2007. Here is Algerian singer Rachid Taha covering the Clash's Rock the Casbah with Damon Albarn, Billy Bragg, Baaba Maal and more more info

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The Anti-Capitalist Roadshow: Celebrating Subversion – review

'Education reforms risk stifling creativity'

Billy Bragg's John Peel lecture – watch live

Young Statues & Brianna from Tigers Jaw Cover Billy Bragg

The new Woody Guthries of hip-folk

Karine Polwart – review

Kirsty MacColl: the great British songwriter who never got her due

Last Shop Standing: a new spin on our vinyl romance

Frank Turner's (a)political stance is part of a post-ideological culture | Billy Bragg

Watch Africa Express at Glastonbury 2007 – video

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