Billy Bragg to play the Somerville Theatre
Billy Bragg to play the Somerville TheatreBoston Music SpotlightBilly Bragg has revealed plans for a stateside tour. The English folk-punk rocker will make his way to Massachusetts and perform at the Somerville Theatre on Thursday, June 28. Tickets for the show are now on sale through the venue's box office and ...
Woody Guthrie celebrations abound
Woody Guthrie celebrations aboundChicago Sun-TimesBilly Bragg, who recorded the “Mermaid Avenue” albums with Chicago band Wilco — a project that spearheaded the recording of lost Guthrie songs plucked from the Woody Guthrie Archives — is touring with another nod to his posthumous collaboration.Country music singer Catherine Britt invited to the Woody Gutherie Folk ...Herald Sunall 6 news articles »
Album Review: Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
Album Review: Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue: The Complete SessionsConsequence of SoundBilly Bragg & Wilco's Mermaid Avenue and Mermaid Avenue Vol. II are being re-issued, re-packaged, and ultimately melded together into a box set, with the added bonus of a documentary (Man in the Sand, highlighting the sessions) and the crème de le ...The unsinkableSydney Morning HeraldPosted on 29 April 2012 by DorianNeon Fillerall 3 news articles »
Wednesday Video Spotlight: Billy Bragg returning to play centennial edition of ...
Wednesday Video Spotlight: Billy Bragg returning to play centennial edition of ...NewsOK.com (blog)OKEMAH – After an absence of 14 years, Billy Bragg is returning to Oklahoma for a performance at the 15th Annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, which this year is celebrating Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday. Bragg was a headliner at the concert played on ...Mermaid Avenue – The Complete SessionsTone DeafWoody Guthrie's God and CountryChristianityToday.comall 3 news articles »
Emptying the vault: Billy Bragg and Wilco
Emptying the vault: Billy Bragg and WilcoChicago ReaderMermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (Nonesuch) collects both of the albums Wilco made with Billy Bragg, where they set unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics to original music, along with a third disc of previously unissued songs from the same sessions.and more »