The singer/songwriter Billy Bragg is probably best-known for his highly politicised lyrics and for his contribution to the now infamous Red Wedge lobby group of the 1980's. Apart from his own releases, he has collaborated on two albums of Woody Guthrie songs with the band Wilco (1998's Mermaid Avenue and 2000's Mermaid Avenue Volume 2). His own albums are; Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy (1983), Brewing Up (1984), Talking With The Taxman About Poetry (1986), Worker's Playtime (1988), Don't Try This At Home (1991), William Bloke (1996) and England Half English (2002).

Releases

• Mr Love & Justice - album, out 22/04/2008 on Cooking Vinyl. 1 review (read/post)
• 'Best Of's - album, out 20/10/2003. 1 review (read/post)
• Must I Paint You A Picture?: The Essential - album, out 06/10/2003 on Cooking Vinyl. (post review)
• Take Down The Union Jack - single, out 20/05/2002. (post review)

Past events

• Glastonbury Sunday, Sun 29 Jun at Glastonbury Festival. (post review)
• Sun 04 May at Lincoln Engine Shed. (post review)
• Sat 03 May at Reading Hexagon. (post review)
• Fri 02 May at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. (post review)
• Wed 30 Apr at Sheffield City Hall & Memorial Hall. (post review)
• Tue 29 Apr at Gateshead The Sage. (post review)
• Sun 27 Apr at Glasgow ABC. (post review)
• Fri 25 Apr at Birmingham Town Hall. (post review)
• Thu 24 Apr at Bristol Colston Hall. (post review)
• Sat 15 Dec at Manchester Manchester Central (Formerly G-Mex). (post review)
• Mon 26 Nov at London Union Chapel. (post review)
• Mon 11 Dec at Cambridge Junction. (post review)

News

• 10/04/2008: The Kills, Irmin Schmidt, Jason Molina, Lykke Li and more to play London instores next weekend
• 28/01/2008: Billy Bragg tours, releases new album
• 03/12/2007: Chuck Berry, Flaming Lips for Camp Bestival '08
• 06/07/2007: Chemical Brothers and Beastie Boys for Bestival
• 06/07/2007: Full Fleadh Line Up
• 05/06/2007: Prisoners to get Bragging rights?
• 04/04/2007: Crawl around Camden: any day you like, with this much booze...
• 20/02/2007: Primavera: bill almost full!
• 11/08/2006: WIN! Glastonbury CDs and DVDs
• 12/05/2006: Hard-Fi earn Bragging rights

Features

• 17/03/2008: Singles Round-up (17/03/08)
• 01/11/2007: A great leap forwards? Protest songs today...
• 18/07/2007: Primavera Sound 2007: the DiS Review
• 18/07/2007: The Camden Crawl: Our Myriad Highs
• 06/07/2007: Carling Weekend Preview: The Best of Saturday
• 06/07/2007: Glastonbury: three DiSsers, some booze and hella mud...

Links

• Billy Bragg - official site

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