The UK Christmas number one has been a mainstay for newly crowned winners of schlocky television singing competitions like The X Factor, but this year one protest group is campaigning instead for a new cover of 4'33", John Cage's notorious - and silent - piano piece.
Yes, Joanna Newsom has a tribute album and thanks to the wonders of online streaming, you can sample all 21 of the album's tracks in the Soundcloud widget below. As previously reported, Versions of Johanna features contributions from the likes of M. Ward, Billy Bragg, Owen Pallett, and Ben Sollee, and all profits from the sale of the album benefit Oxfam. They're asking for $10 or more for a digitial copy and you can buy it right now at the link .
If you hadn't gathered, we go to a lot of shows here at Sound on the Sound. For the past four years, I've been at shows more nights than not and with the surge of amazing music happening in Seattle, I could truthfully go to two or three shows a night and still miss something [...]
If you hadn't gathered, we go to a lot of shows here at Sound on the Sound. For the past four years, I've been at shows more nights than not and with the surge of amazing music happening in Seattle, I could truthfully go to two or three solid shows a night and still miss [...]
Thin night in Glasgow tonight: Billy Bragg and Emarosa have cancelled their dates. Good news, though - there are tickets on the door for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - but there'll be no Duke Spirit . -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch
Billy Bragg , classe 1957, è da sempre considerato colui che ha saputo coniugare Folk, Blues e Punk con il suo costante impegno politico. Accompagnato dalla sua inseparabile chitarra, Billy Bragg sarà in Italia a maggio con un tour di quattro date a Roma, Torino, Ravenna e Ancona . Continua a leggere Billy Bragg: quattro live in Italia a maggio 2011 per il cantautore inglese ... [...]
Billy Bragg & Wilco: Walt Whitman's Niece [ purchase ] As a listener and blogger, I tend to favor a focus on history, production and musicality over text. From that perspective, today's song is easy to present: penned by Woody Guthrie fifty years before it was set to music and recorded by Billy Bragg and Wilco on their Grammy-nominated Mermaid Avenue collection, Walt Whitman's Niece is a fun rockabilly stomper that recounts a based-on-fact narrative of a night with a seaman friend and some girls. [...]
Owen Pallett, M. Ward, Billy Bragg and others cover Ms. Newsom on a new charity tribute album.
Turns out The Simpsons aren't the only one memorializing our favorite indie harpist. In her own personal Tuesday's With Morrie , Joanna Newsom will be the recipient of her very own tribute album (via Pitchfork ). Versions of Johanna will feature a haul of artists including Billy Bragg, M. Ward, Owen Pallet,t and many more covering 22 Newsom songs old and new. The album will be released digitally in December with with all proceeds going to Oxfam . Not only will you feel charitable and selfless, you'll certainly [...]
Arriving next month, with all proceeds going to Oxfam , is the wonderfully titled (for Dylan fans, at least) Versions of Joanna , a 22-track tribute album featuring covers of our favorite singer/harpist's tunes by M. Ward, Billy Bragg, Owen Pallett, Ben Sollee, This Is Deer Country, and many more. Other than the cover art and tracklist, details are a bit scarce, but two excellent previews are available in the form of previously recorded live takes: M. Ward's version of "Sadie" (via Ünnecessary Ümlaut ) and Bragg's Voice Project contribution, "On a Good Day." Enjoy [...]
PLAYLIST: The Ruling Class - If You Wonder Chris Stamey With Yo La Tengo - V.O.T.E. Hüsker Dü - Divide And Conquer X - Country At War Jarvis - Running The World Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards Magic Kids - Superball Stereolab - One Small Step Belle & Sebastian - Step Into My Office, Baby The Bluetones - Carnt Be Trusted Kate Bush - Hounds of Love Ma.mentor - I Can Electrick.. Japandroids - Younger Us The [...]
Ste McCabe From: Manchester, United Kingdom Stella Zine From:United States Long time readers of the Devil's blog will know that I have a real soft spot for Manchester based electro-punk-queer-pop machine Ste McCabe. Well he's back with a new EP, 'Harrowing Breakdown' that sounds like an anarchist Billy Bragg on crack, and a full tour of this green and peasant land. Accompanying Ste on his crusade around the UK will be the possessor [...]
One of my favorite tracks from what is perhaps my favorite Billy Bragg album... Billy Bragg, "From Red to Blue" - from the album William Bloke William Bloke comes at what feels like something of a midpoint in Billy Bragg's career. It's roughly at the half-way mark in terms of chronology and discography, but more than that it seems to mark a musical shift, and a maturation of sorts. Among other things, it's [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News London's live music scene has taken another body with the announcement that the Flowerpot is to be closed on Nov. 1. The intimate Kentish Town venue has proved to be a popular attraction for up-and-coming talent and fans alike as well as more established acts playing low-key warm up gigs. The venue's promoters have been forced out because the lease for the building has been sold. Writing on Twitter [...]
I'm not kidding when I say that this was a challenge. The list was down to 35, and I was thinking how great it was going. The last ten made me cringe a little bit after removing each one. Then some went back on and others went off. It turns out that when asked about [...]
. . . but I've always had a soft spot for this one: Now, where can I find a button hole? Mention of the SPGB badge in the comments to this old post from Alan J's blog.
Our music-loving brethren in the UK have been gaga over Johnny Flynn's Been Listening since May, and come October 26, we Yanks will get our first taste. Kentucky Pill is a pretty good introduction to our lad, whose John Cale meets Billy Bragg brogue, teamed with his boyish charm, will undoubtedly win him legions of admirers. If you're like me, you're wondering what business that voice could possibly have inside Flynn's spindly frame. Someone call Rick Astley, we've found his voice. I'm going to allow it, [...]
I recently started shooting/reviewing part-time for the Washington City Paper , which, if you don't know it, is the local free weekly scene paper here in DC. So as to not repeat myself, here are a couple of shows I shot/reviewed for them recently for your reading/viewing pleasure.... Billy Bragg and Darren Hanlon @ 930 Club, (9-19-2010) here Fitz and the Tantrums @ Rock and Roll Hotel(9-20-2010) here Virgin FreeFest 2010 @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (9-25-2010): Day (Jimmy [...]
Where to even start with this Billy Bragg guy. Well... I'll start with the opening act. It was very great to see Darren Hanlon again (and you can see him in Louisville soon enough). Last time I caught him he was singing about squash down at SXSW , and this time he was telling tales about his adoration of pinball. He's placed top five in the world, mind you, so let me know where I need to take him for some pinball in town. Darren's songwriting style is incredibly clever, and his stories and banjo [...]
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