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NME — Bragg also wants Meghan Markle to headline Glastonbury Ed Sheeran, Billy Bragg Billy Bragg has revealed that he thinks Ed Sheeran can inspire people to become musicians, even if he doesn’t like …Continue reading » The post Billy Bragg on E... more info

Guardian Music — I’m not going to be polite, warns singer and leftwing activist invited to ‘shake things up’ at Bank of England talkThree decades after penning hit single A New England, singer-songwriter and leftwing activist Billy Bragg has been ... more info

KEXP Seattle — When faced with the same global turmoil that has left so many people feeling unsettled and bewildered, Billy Bragg asked himself this question: “What’s a singer-songwriter to do when events keep challenging the way that we see the world?... more info

KEXP Seattle — In early October, KEXP was thrilled to host an evening with leftist icon and buck-the-man songwriter Billy Bragg, as part of Songbook: KEXP’s Music & Literature Series. Over the summer, Bragg released his second nonfiction book Roots, Radicals... more info

Stereogum — Billy Bragg has been releasing one-off political tracks all year long, and today he's put out a new one called "Saffiyah Smiles" that was inspired by a viral photo of Saffiyah Khan smiling while protesting an anti-immigrant demonstration in Birmingha... more info

KEXP Seattle — We shared the first wave of line-up announcements from Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, and today, they’ve rolled out the final list. Fufanu, Reykjavíkurdætur, Sóley, and Gangly have been added to the festival, which already boasted great ... more info

JamBase — Listen to officially shared audio of Wilco’s set at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival featuring a sit-in by Billy Bragg. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Signature recommended dystopian novels from around the world. A Fugazi-inspired opera. Danzy Senna talked to Paste about her novel New People. The Paris Review interviewed Billy Bragg. The Atlantic staff shared their summer reading. Stream a new Bonn... more info

Stereogum — This year, the great British folk-punk socialist protest-song master Billy Bragg is releasing a series of one-off songs, promising to address a bleak global political landscape. Last month, he gave us the anti-Trump screed "The Sleep Of Reason." Toda... more info