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

4461 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

4468 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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Six Songs of Me: Barry from Barrygruff

4470 days ago
Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectBarry writes about music at barrygruff.wordpress.comWhat was the first song you bought? Status Quo – Down DownI can't remember my first single but the... more info
Status Quo The Chemical Brothers Billy Bragg Echo & The Bunnymen Half Man Half Biscuit

Letters: Pop music's debt to Lonnie Donegan

4513 days ago
Guardian Music — Many thanks to Billy Bragg for his piece on the Woody Guthrie centenary and Bob Dylan's role in the Guthrie legacy (The return of a pariah, 13 July). But let's not forget the British contribution. Although Woody did appear on BBC Radio's Children's H... more info
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Woody Guthrie: the return of a pariah | Billy Bragg

4519 days ago
Guardian Music — Woody Guthrie was shunned by his home state. Now Oklahoma can finally embrace the singer-songwriter's workThe construction team that kept hammering away all night outside my hotel window in downtown Tulsa are gone by the morning, the fierce glare of ... more info
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Winnipeg Folk Festival underway; Billy Bragg on tour (dates)

4525 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned earlier today, Billy Bragg -- whose Mermaid Avenue records with Wilco brought the songwriter back in to the pop culture zeitgeist in 1998 -- will be in NYC soon for some Woody Guthrie 100 celebrations. It's part... more info
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bruce springsteen – wrecking ball – 6.5

4527 days ago
melophobe — Like Steven Spielberg, Bruce Springsteen needs redemption and hope with his rage and bitterness, even when his despairing characters have every right to their raw anger. So, beware the synth-dominated, sappy clunkers here. That still leaves an EP’s... more info
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The Apple Cart - review

4557 days ago
Guardian Music — Victoria Park, LondonThe rain-lashed trek to Victoria Park in London ends, in the first instance, at the packed comedy tent, where Shappi Khorsandi is making good on the promise of the warning signs that some material on offer won't be suitable for a... more info
Field Day Billy Bragg Kid Creole Kid Creole and the Coconuts Beth Jeans Houghton Jessie J Noah and the Whale Adam Ant

This week's new live music

4560 days ago
Guardian Music — Field Day; The Apple Cart, LondonEvery year Hackney's Victoria Park becomes the London outpost of the festival season and – moved forward two months to avoid clashes with the Olympics – this weekend brings two events. On Sunday there's the family... more info
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Festivals guide 2012 listings: day festivals

4567 days ago
Guardian Music — For all those festival goers who can't handle whole weekends in the mud, here are the best one-day gatherings around the countryThe 1234 ShoreditchWhen 1 SeptemberWhere Shoreditch Park, LondonWhat East London festival for emerging indie actsWho Arro... more info
Adam Ant Beth Jeans Houghton Billy Bragg Scritti Politti Field Day The Horrors Andrew Bird Metronomy Mazzy Star Jason Donovan Bananarama Rick Astley Mumford and Sons Willy Mason The Laurel Collective Elbow Paul Weller

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