Billy Bragg

So I received an email from the mogfather, David Hyman, and it had me thinking about the reservations I had before striking. For the record, I was in no way asked to do this.
I was a little unsure about the purpose of a the strike, since none of us pay any money to be here, and all information seemed to send me in circles or to Multiply login pages (yeah, I'm a member, but there's plenty of moggers who aren't).We are what make Mog so damn good, but it's their hard work pul... MORE

The New York Times ran this.
I think its great stuff...

March 22, 2008
Op-Ed Contributor
The Royalty Scam
By BILLY BRAGG

Dorset, England

LAST week at South by Southwest, the rock music conference held every year in Austin, Tex., the talk in hotel lobbies, coffeeshops and the convention center was dominated by one issue: how do musicians make a living in the age of the Internet? It’s a problem our industry has struggled with in the wake of the rising popularity of sharing mp3 musi... MORE

As previously mentioned, the deluxe release of this cd contains two versions of the album; one with the band and one done solo I prefer the intimacy of the solo versions A little shout out to runobodyii as it was his theme that resulted in this post

The deluxe version of this release contains two CDs A "band" version and a "solo" version I'm a "solo" version kind of person what do you think? The Release is titled "Mr. Love & Justice but it seems the MOG uploader insists it isn't

From the esteemed egalitarian Billy Bragg comes his Anti- Records debut Mr. Love and Justice. Considered "a national treasure" in his native England, Bragg has long been a cult hero in the US, releasing consistently celebrated solo records and recording with everyone from Wilco to Less Than Jake. In his two and a half decades of carrying the torch, Bragg has melded the folksy populism of Woody Guthrie with the anger and indignation of the Clash, and both are perfectly enca... MORE

Thanks to Crazy for the 411!

Billy Bragg is ready to release his first album under his own name in six years, titled Mr. Love & Justice. Fans have been buzzing about it since late last year, but today we have a tracklist and release date. The album will feature 12 songs of new material with guest appearances from Ian McLagan (Faces) on Hammond and piano and Robert Wyatt on vocals. I'm not sure if the Wyatt/Bragg track that opens the album is new or not however. I found an mp3 for "I Keep Faith" in... MORE

Tonight, Australia Day 2008, Billy Bragg made a number of points. One of them was something that happened to him after he had left the SXSW Festival in Austin and headed to Minneapolis. As he said, he had lost some of the range in his not so wide ranging vocals. As he was doing the sound check up there in Minnesota, he said to one of his cohorts, he was quite distressed that the people were coming to hear him do his songs on that night, and he was not going to be able to s... MORE

The story behind the Mermaid Avenue album is that Woody Guthrie's daughter went to Billy Bragg and to Wilco and asked them to add melodies to some lyrics that Woody had left. The result was two fabulous albums. Before I heard the records I was unfamiliar with Billy Bragg's music. I have since listened to a couple of his older records but the hideous 80's production does my head in. Nonetheless, Billy is a great singer and songwriter and it's worth checking him out. I have ... MORE

Yeah, well the title of this post says it all. This is a job for a three-armed contortionist with X-ray vision. So while I do that give Billy Bragg a listen. Rearraging motown tunes for the shit-kicker crowd is nothing new, but when its done well.....well, I like it anyway.

Billy Bragg is one of the greatest songwriters to come out of the U.K in the last 20 or so years, this song is taken from the album Workers Playtime produced by Joe Boyd who worked with Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Shirley Collins, Vashti Bunyan, etc. What can I say with lyrics like: "I long to let my heart run freebut here i am a victim of geography" Although he is famed for his militant stance and politicising, this is just a wonderful love song.... MORE

Political folk-rocker Billy Bragg's next album, Mr. love and Justice, includes "some love songs," Bragg said Thursday during an appearance at Berlin's Popkomm, the annual international music conference. The album will be released next year. Bill Bragg at Popkomm. Photograph by Michael Goldberg "Life is not just politics and not all love either," Bragg said of the mix of songs on Mr. Love and Justice. "It's a balance. Its that balance I'm trying to have." Bragg's las... MORE