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Bragg was born in 1957 in Barking, Essex (later part of Greater London) [2] to Dennis Frederick Austin Bragg, an assistant sales manager to a Barking cap maker and milliner, and his wife Marie Victoria D'Urso, who was of Italian descent through her father. [3] [a] Bragg's father died of lung cancer in 1976, [4] and his mother died in 2011. [5]
Bragg describes the album as "first pandemic blues album of our times but also a heartfelt paean to human resilience." [1] The album was produced by Romeo Stodart, of the Magic Numbers, with Dave Izumi. The instrumentation includes a 1960s mellotron, which provided a "wonderful kind of woozy, dreamlike sound", according to Bragg. [2]
Kirsty Anna MacColl (/ m ə ˈ k ɔː l /, mə-KAWL; 10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was a British singer-songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl.She recorded several pop hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and cover versions of Billy Bragg's "A New England" and the Kinks' "Days".
Billy Crystal and his wife producer Janice Crystal attend premiere of Apple TV's "Before" in New York City on October 16, 2024. Billy Crystal has simple advice for more than 50 years of marriage.
Shocking TV Exits Through the Years Read article The Monday, February 13, season 5 episode, titled “Time,” saw Taye Diggs’ Billy Baker die by re-entering a bus after an accident to save the ...
Jean Rather, an artist and wife of the longtime CBS news anchor Dan Rather, has died. She was 89. The news was announced by her family in a statement posted on social media. “Today is the ...
During her time with Billy Bragg, Tivey also had the opportunity to accompany Michael Stipe (R.E.M) and Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs) during their 1990 European tour. Tivey performed on Bragg's 1990 album The Internationale and on 1991's Don't Try This at Home , before he took a five-year break in recording.
The story of how officials managed to catch the husband of a woman driven off an 800-foot cliff after a four-year investigation, and bring him to justice, has finally been revealed decades after ...