The Independent — Musicians including Robbie Williams, Annie Lennox, Billy Bragg, Blur's David Rowntree and Radiohead's Ed O'Brien said last night that the public should not be prosecuted for downloading illegal music from the internet. more info

AngryApe — He agrees artists need to be paid when the site shows their videos more info

NME — Echo & The Bunnymen, Idlewild, Little Boots, Wire, Billy Bragg and Golden Silvers have been added to the line-up of the Camden Crawl festival for 2009. more info

NME — Echo And The Bunnymen, Idlewild, Little Boots, Wire, Billy Bragg and Golden Silvers have been added to the line-up of the Camden Crawl festival for 2009. more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook The full title of this release offers some tantalizing hints at the contents long before you hear a plinkin' note: The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele (released February 3 on Paw Tracks). As one might expe... more info

The Music Fix — News: Billy Bragg has announced a 9-date tour of Welsh venues to mark the 25th anniversary of the Miners' Strike. Bragg, who was just emerging as a musician when the strikes began in 1984, said the stand off had introduced him to politics. He also ... more info

BBC News - UK — The singer and guitarist Billy Bragg hopes a tour of Wales to commemorate the miners strike will reawaken the nation's "culture of progressive resistance". more info

The Music Fix — News: Strummercamp have announced the headliners for this year's festival: Billy Bragg, The Alarm and The Damned. The festival takes place on 22-24 May 2009 at Manchester Rugby Club. The Damned and The Alarm kick off their double headed UK tour at t... more info

Totally Fuzzy — CTV said...SONGS ABOUT UNREQUITED LOVE:The Mamas and the Papas - Glad To Be UnhappyHolmes Brothers - I Want You To Want MeAni DiFranco - Untouchable Face (live)The Association - CherishBarenaked Ladies - JaneDamien Jurado - Simple HelloWeezer - Only ... more info

Pitchfork — -- Whoever picks bands for those iTunes Live Sessions deserves a beer. Thus far, the series of iTunes-only EPs has featured stalwarts like Spiritualized and Billy Bragg, and just last week, My Morning Jacket. And on February 3, San Franciscan noise-p... more info