During the spring of 1995, Woody Guthrie's daughter Nora contacted British urban folk troubadour Billy Bragg about writing music for a selection of completed Guthrie lyrics. This was no minor task -- Guthrie left behind over a thousand sets of complete lyrics written between 1939 and 1967 that had no music other than a vague stylistic notation. Bragg chose a number of songs to finish, as did Jeff Tweedy of the alt-country band Wilco (often with bandmate Jay Bennett). {$Nora Guthr...   [ read more ]

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Billy Bragg, once-described as a 'one-man Clash,' has spent the last two decades writing and performing passionate, witty, socially conscious music. On September 6, Yep Roc Records will re-issue Brewing Up With Billy Bragg, Billy's 1984 sophomore effort, with the addition of 1985's Between the Wars EP. The album title comes from his brief stint on tank patrol in the British army, about which Billy says, 'One guy would park the tank and another would throw the camouflage netting over it, while one of us ins...   [ read more ]

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Billy Bragg, once-described as a 'one-man Clash,' has spent the last two decades writing and performing passionate, witty, socially conscious music. Yep Roc Records re-issue ' Live and Dubious, Billy's first album containing live material, combined with The Internationale, a 1990 EP of global and historical political anthems and revolutionary ballads. 'The Internationale' features everything from a brass band and a Welsh choir on the title track to the Spanish language 'Nicaragua, Nicaraguita.' The equall...   [ read more ]

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