In the spring of 1995, Woody Guthrie’s daughter contacted Billy Bragg about composing music for her father’s prose–a staggering number of incomplete lyrics, penned from 1939 to 67, that were never ...
Between 1998 and 2012, Wilco and British troubadour Billy Bragg released three Mermaid Avenue albums inspired by a trunk of unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics uncovered by his family. However, beyond a ...
Billy Bragg releases a download-only live album this Friday (6th May). The album, featuring 33 tracks (21 songs and a smattering of rants about this and that), was recorded at The Barbican in March ...