ContactMusic — Rockers included Billy Bragg and Johnny Marr are urging British politicians to reconsider a ban on steel-strung guitars in U.K. prisons.The... more info

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ContactMusic — British rocker Billy Bragg tried to scam money out of his fellow performers with rigged mini-golf games while touring in Australia.The... more info

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Pop Candy — A Pop Candy reader shares how one of the musician's songs impacted his relationship. more info

ContactMusic — Political activist and singer/songwriter Billy Bragg has landed his own monthly radio show on file-sharing website Spotify.The A New England singer... more info

NME — The singer will host a monthly series on the music streaming service more info

NME — Figures from the world of music show their respects to the late protest singer more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Add these 10 covers of "Auld Lang Syne" (by My Morning Jacket, Billy Bragg, and others) to your New Year's Eve playlist. Word and Film lists its eight favorite movie portrayals of women writers,. 54 online year-end "best books of... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Shearwater's Fellow Travelers is one of the year's finest releases. Beachwood Sparks' Desert Skies is another album I cannot recommend strongly enough. Reissues include a vinyl edition of Billy Bragg and Wilco's Mermaid Avenue 2 and the There's A... more info