The Quietus — Billy Bragg will top a bill of politically-conscious songwriters on a nationwide tour next month. more info

NME — Singer also lines up UK tour next month - ticket details more info

Guardian Music — Musicians and poets pick their favourite lines from Pulp songsJarvis Cocker's lyrical genius has always been a big part of Pulp's excellence. Finding inspiration in Sheffield's teenage bedrooms, decaying flats in London's East End and, of course, wh... more info

Guardian Music — Guitarist with the Miracles who co-wrote their 1965 hit The Tracks of My TearsSoft and dreamy, a perfect pre-echo of the song's exquisitely swooning melancholy, the guitar lead-in to The Tracks of My Tears, the 1965 hit by the Miracles, remains one o... more info

NME — The King Blues, Akala and Sound Of Rum join Bragg's Left Field In Motion tour more info

Guardian Music — Regent's Park, LondonYiddish Twist Orchestra are a band with a mission, and their own quirky mythology. Their aim, they say, is to revive the forgotten music of 50s London, a time when klezmer and other Jewish styles interacted with West Indian and ... more info

Guardian Music — My friend Andy Gibson, who has died of cancer aged 55, spent his life creating opportunities and spaces for young people – many of who had rejected, or been rejected by, conventional services – to blossom. Working in small, voluntary projects, An... more info

Guardian Music — 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 with this Billy Bragg classicIt may seem perverse – when asked to choose my favourite alb... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "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 Lincoln Center (via Ian Jane) Billy Bragg kicked off the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Flaming Lips @ Sasquatch 2011 (more by Josh Darr) today in NYC * Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl * Billy Bragg @ City Winery * Andy Biskin's Ibid @ Barbes * Pauline Oliveros @ The Stone * Monique Buzzarte @ The... more info