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January 25, 2002

Bragg Readies Spring Release

"England Half English" first Bragg and the Blokes album in six years
December 15, 1998

Bragg Does What Woody Would've Done

live review
December 14, 1998

Billy Bragg

Irving Plaza, NY, Dec. 11, 1998
March 3, 1998

Bragg and Wilco Working On Guthrie Project; Almost Complete

guthrie work almost done

England, Half English

For his first album of new material in six years, Anglo folk punk Billy Bragg has finally got the boogie band he deserves, a peppy, versatile crew including veterans of Shriekback, the Mekons and the Faces. Bragg is aiming for the whimsical universality of the Woody Guthrie lyrics he and Wilco set t...

2002 RS: 2.5of 5 Stars

Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2

2000

William Bloke

1996

Don't Try This At Home

1991

Workers Playtime

1988

Talking With The Taxman About Poetry

1986

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Biography

Billy Bragg is a folksinger, less because of his musical roots (which in fact owe more to the Clash than to the Child ballads) than his principal interest: that is, average folk like you and me. Bragg's overriding sense of humanity puts the heart into his love songs, the sparkle into his social sketches, and keeps even his most stridently ideological material from turning into socialist harangues....

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