Radio review: Tom Robinson interviews Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg showed what a heartwarming man he isTom Robinson's interview with Billy Bragg (BBC 6music, Friday) was like listening to the spring awakening in Narnia: two gnarly old lefties, frozen under an evil spell since the watery 90s, burst alive in glorious Technicolor. With minimal schmaltz, they drew out of one another the musical contributions both have made to the history of protest. Robinson did Sing If You're Glad to be Gay at a time when, as Bragg says: "You could get your head kick...

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