Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg appears in the following:

Billy Bragg, 'The Three Dimensions of Freedom'

Friday, March 27, 2020

Billy Bragg discusses his new book, and performs. 

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Billy Bragg: 'The Three Dimensions of Freedom'

Thursday, December 26, 2019

Singer, songwriter, and activist Billy Bragg joins us to talk about his new book, The Three Dimensions of Freedom, and perform.

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Billy Bragg Defines Freedom

Monday, September 30, 2019

Singer, songwriter, and activist Billy Bragg joins us to talk about his new book, The Three Dimensions of Freedom, and perform.

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Remembering Woody: An Evening with Billy Bragg and Friends

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Join Billy Bragg and guests for an evening of performance and conversation commemorating the 50th anniversary of folk music icon Woody Guthrie's death. Watch live Tues, Oct 17 at 7pm.

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Billy Bragg: This Machine Kills Cynics

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

English musician and activist Billy Bragg says the biggest enemy to American democracy this election cycle isn't ISIS or some foreign threat, but cynicism within ourselves.

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Billy Bragg on Margaret Thatcher’s Legacy

Friday, April 12, 2013

During her time as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher provoked diverse reactions — some thought she saved the country, others believed she ruined it. The changing...

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Bonus Track: Billy Bragg

Monday, July 25, 2011

British troubadour Billy Bragg stopped by our studio to perform live, commenting through song on everything from New York's new same-sex marriage law to the British tabloid scandal. After we went off the air, he hung around for one more song - take a listen to his performance of the moving "Tank Park Salute," which originally appeared on his 1991 album Don't Try This at Home.

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In Studio: Billy Bragg

Monday, July 25, 2011

Since the late 70s, Billy Bragg has been the folk-punk conscience of the UK. If you need the phone-hacking scandal explained in song, he’s your man. (He wrote and posted such a song last weekend.) And he joined us to play the very song "Never Buy The Sun" live in our studio.

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Bonus Track: "To Have and Have Not"

Friday, May 02, 2008

Billy Bragg performs "To Have and Have Not" live in Studio 360.

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Billy Bragg

Friday, May 02, 2008

Since he burst onto the UK scene with his "punk-folk" in the 1980s, Billy Bragg has been known for his outspoken politics. Bragg is back with his first new album in six years: Mr. Love and Justice. Kurt spoke with Bragg in 2006.

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A New Cause for Billy Bragg

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

British anti-folk punker Billy Bragg has been on the scene for 25 years. In the 1980s, he urged fans to take action with politically charged songs. In the '90s, he explored the Woody Guthrie songbook with Wilco and wooed alt-country fans. Now, a new generation of British rockers -- Kate ...

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For Billy Bragg, All Politics Is Love

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Some songwriters sing about politics. Others sing about love. But for 25 years, one British songwriter has specialized in the unthinkable: the political love song. Today on Soundcheck, we talk to Billy Bragg about love, politics and his first album in six years. And later: songwriter Joseph Arthur intends to ...

Billy Bragg

Friday, March 24, 2006

The singer and guitarist Billy Bragg burst on to the music scene in Britain in the early 1980s, singing about love and Margaret Thatcher (not in the same song). He got his inspiration to be a musician from a stint in the army, and he sounded like ...

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