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Also in May, his official biography Still Suitable for Miners was published in a new, 20th anniversary updated edition. [66] Bragg ended 2018 touring New Zealand and Australia. During his shows in Auckland, Bragg road-tested a new live format for 2019 that he had first tried out in Toronto, which became the One Step Forward, Two Steps Back tour ...
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]
The discography of British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg includes 13 studio albums (including two with Wilco and one with The Blokes), six live albums, 12 compilation albums, five extended plays, and 20 singles.
"A New England" is a song written and recorded by Billy Bragg, included on his album Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy, released in 1983. It remains a signature song from the early years of Bragg's recording career. [1] In 1985, a cover version by Kirsty MacColl became a hit single.
Man in the Sand, a documentary about the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, was released in 1999. A DVD of the film is included in Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions . Bob Dylan tells in his autobiography that Woody Guthrie asked him to reach out to Guthrie's wife Margie and get the boxes of songs and poems that had been written ...
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England, Half-English is a 2002 album by English political singer-songwriter Billy Bragg and the Blokes.. The title track is about racism in England and the anti-immigration feelings and racist abuse of asylum seekers fuelled by the tabloid press, particularly the Daily Mail.
Fronted by Billy Bragg (whose 1985 Jobs for Youth tour had been a prototype of sorts for Red Wedge), Paul Weller and the Communards' lead singer Jimmy Somerville, the Red Wedge held concert parties and appeared in the media, adding their support to the Labour Party campaign.