Billy Bragg

Courtney Barnett . Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Fairgrounds wraps up with city sized event for the South Coast town of Berry

Fairgrounds has been and gone to Berry for a third time and left the small south coast town with a touch of pride with its international sized event.

Tagged as: Albo, Anthiny Albanese, Anthony Albanese, Australia, Berry, Bill Bragg, Billy Bragg, Courtney Barnett, Fairgrounds, music festival, The Breeders

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Fairgrounds brings the big city festival experience back to Berry NSW

by Majella McGee

Day one of Fairgrounds has transformed the town of Berry on the New South Wales south coast into a major music hub usually reserved for the capital cities.

Tagged as: Anthony Albanese, Australia, Berry, Billy Bragg, Fairgrounds, music festival, Pond, Vancy Joy

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Anthony Albanese and Billy Bragg to have a chat at Fairgrounds Festival in Berry

by Paul Cashmere

The Fairground music festival in Berry will feature Billy Bragg in conversation with Anthony Albanese.

Tagged as: Anthony Albanese, Australia, Berry, Billy Bragg, Fairgrounds, music festival

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Berry’s Fairgrounds Festival Put Australian Music First

by Paul Cashmere

The Fairgrounds Festival in Berry, New South Wales has delivered a line-up with Australian’s headlining over international acts.

Tagged as: Australia, Berry, Billy Bragg, Courtney Barnett, Fairground Festival, Fairgrounds Festival, music festival, The Breeders, Vance Joy

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Meredith Music Festival From Mentals To POND – The 2018 Line-up Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The Meredith Music Festival has once again delivered music diversity with a 2018 line-up boasting 70 and 80s pop greats Mental As Anything, Ed Kuepper’s eclectic The Aints to today’s rock band of choice POND.

Tagged as: Australia, Billy Bragg, DJ Jnett, DJ Lady Erica, Laura Jean, Mambali, Mental As Anything, Meredith Music Festival, Midlife, Mim Suleiman, Montero, music festival, Nadia Rose, Panda Bear, Pond, Roza Ternzi, Sampa The Great, Scott & Charlene's Wedding, The Aints, The Breeders, The Native Cats, The Pharcyde, The Presets, The Seven Ups, Time for Dreams, Tourist Kid, Yaeji

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Billy Bragg photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Billy Bragg Song ‘The Sleep of Reason’ Inspired by Goya Drawing

by Noise11.com

Billy Bragg’s new song ‘The Sleep of Reason’ came to him after he visited The Prado gallery in Madrid.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Billy Bragg, indie, rock, UK

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Billy Bragg Rewrites Dylan Classic About Demagogue Trump

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Billy Bragg has written new lyrics for Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are a Changing to reflect the current times.

Tagged as: 80s, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, folk, UK

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Billy Bragg and Joe Henry Make An Album Together

by Paul Cashmere

England’s Billy Bragg has teamed with America’s Joe Henry to collaborate on ‘Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad’.

Tagged as: ‘Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad, Billy Bragg, Billy Bragg and Joe Henry Make An Album Together, Joe Henry

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Levellers Collaborate With Billy Bragg

by Music-News.com

Levellers have today released their collaboration recording with legendary troubadour, Billy Bragg.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, Billy Bragg, Levellers, music news, rock, UK

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Cooking Vinyl Opens Australian Office

by Paul Cashmere

UK based indie label Cooking Vinyl has opened an Australian office.

Tagged as: Amanda Palmer, Billy Bragg, Cooking Vinyl, Leigh Gruppetta, Marilyn Manson, Martin Goldschmidt, Stu Harvey, The Prodigy, Underworld

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Billy Bragg and Robert Forster To Perform At BIGSOUND

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Bragg has been confirmed as a showcase act for the BIGSOUND music conference in Brisbane next week.

Tagged as: BigSound, Billy Bragg, Regurgitator, Robert Forster

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Billy Bragg To Play One Show Only In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

Singer songwriter Billy Bragg will perform one show in Sydney in September.

Tagged as: BigSound, Billy Bragg

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Billy Has Something To Bragg About : An Outstanding Contribution To Music Award

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Association of Independent Music in the U.K. has announced that they will be giving their Outstanding Contribution to Music Award for 2013 to Billy Bragg.

Tagged as: 1990s, 2010s, Alison Wenham, Alt.Folk, Billy Bragg, U.K.

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Billy Bragg And Amanda Palmer To Speak At BIGSOUND 2013

by Paul Cashmere

BIGSOUND has announced Billy Bragg and Amanda Palmer will head to Brisbane in September as speakers for the Australian Music Conference 12th year.

Tagged as: 2013, Amanda Palmer, Australia, BigSound, Billy Bragg, Graham Ashton, Washington. industry

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SXSW Day 4 With Flaming Lips And Billy Bragg

by Anna-Maria Megalogenis

Day 4 and slight delirium sets in. The SXSW schedule that you adhered to on Day 1 has gone out the window and openness to suggestion has taken its place. Feet ache from walking from one venue to the next and egos are both bruised and massaged by the ballot system.

Tagged as: Billy Bragg, Flaming Lips, industry, live, SXSW

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Alison Moyet Signs With Cooking Vinyl

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

For the second time in a week, the U.K.’s Cooking Vinyl has announced the signing of a veteran artist for worldwide services.

Tagged as: Alison Moyet, Billy Bragg, Cooking Vinyl, Guy Sigsworth, Vince Clark, Yaz, Yazoo

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Billy Bragg’s First Album In Five Years To Be Released

by Music-News.com

Billy Bragg releases his first new studio album in five years Tooth & Nail on Cooking Vinyl records on March 18 2013.

Tagged as: Aimee Mann, Billy Bragg, Bon Iver, Elvis Costello, Hugh Laurie, Joe Henry, Lana Del Rey, Regina Spektor, Solomon Burke, Wilco

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A Concert For Kirsty MacColl DVD To Be Released

by Music-News.com

As part of the ‘One And Only Kirsty MacColl’ campaign via Union Square Music ‘A Concert For Kirsty MacColl’ recorded live at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire on 12th October 2010, will be released on CD/Digital through their Salvo label on February 125h, 2013.

Tagged as: Alison Moyet, Amy MacDonald, Andrea Corr, Billy Bragg, Catherine Tate, Eddi Reader, Ellie Goulding, Kirsty MacColl, Phill Jupitus, Sex And The City

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Paul Dainty And Vivian Lees Team For Two Worlds Touring

by Paul Cashmere

Promoters Paul Dainty and Vivian Lees have created a new joint venture called Two Worlds Touring.

Tagged as: Bette Midler, Big Day Out, Billy Bragg, Britney Spears, David Bowie, Guns n Roses, Iron Maiden, Neil Diamond, Paul Dainty, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, U2, Vivian Lees

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Billy Bragg Adds Extra Australian Tour Dates

by Andrew Tijs

Legendary troubadour Billy Bragg adds more Aussie shows due to overwhelming demand.

Tagged as: Billy Bragg, folk, UK

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Billy Bragg Woody Guthrie Melbourne Recital Centre Show Sold Out

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Bragg’s ‘An Evening With Billy Bragg’ show at the Melbourne Recital Centre has sold out.

Tagged as: Billy Bragg, Vivian Lees Presents

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Billy Bragg Announces National Tour

by Andrew Tijs

Legendary troubadour Billy Bragg books his Australian tour covering Woody Guthrie and his own work.

Tagged as: Billy Bragg, folk, protest, UK, Woody Guthrie

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Billy Bragg, Shellac and Members of Sonic Youth for Melbourne Festival 2012

by Tim Cashmere

Shellac’s first Australian shows in nearly two decades, Billy Bragg paying tribute to Woody Guthrie and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo are just some of the musical artists playing at the Melbourne Festival in 2012.

Tagged as: Antony and the Johnsons, Big Freedia, Billy Bragg, Lee Ronaldo, Melbourne Festival, Paul Kelly, Shellac, Sonic Youth, Thuston Moore

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