In 1983, Billy Bragg released "A New England," a young man's song that began with the lyrics: I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long People ask ...

Billy Bragg has been outspoken about political and societal ills for 30 years now as a performer, but he told Reuters that new album Tooth & Nail – his first in five years – will be more of a ...

Billie Joe Armstrong has covered Billy Bragg. Credit: Getty Images Throughout the coronavirus lockdown, Armstrong has taken on a wide range of new covers every week. READ MORE: Billy Bragg on ...

For a guy from England, musician Billy Bragg keeps a close and informed ... our narrator is down but not out. The new Bragg version was a revelation, if only because the song’s concerns seemed ...

Although Billy Bragg is in some ways the archetypal modern ... was in some way already a political statement. "New England" is from his very first solo release, the 1983 EP "Life's a Riot ...

"Basically, there was this guy from Oklahoma and he inspired Bob Dylan and Bob Dylan inspired the Clash and the Clash inspired me," says Billy ... of how Bragg, a punk folkie from England ...

As Billy Bragg makes the rounds to promote his new album at the South by Southwest ... plug in and play." Renowned in England for righteous, politically charged protest songs and what he calls ...

Rocker Billy Bragg has long mixed jokes, pop and politics into his songs about life, work, love, football thugs and the changing face of his beloved England ... bonus CDs of new material ...

British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg decided to celebrate his 40 years of music with ... Bragg ended his set with the crowd favorites — “A New England” and “There is Power in a Union” — earning ...

Billy Bragg has announced his new album The Million Things That Never ... The album was recorded at Eastbourne, England’s Echo Zoo with producers Romeo Stodart and Dave Izumi.

“I love this song penned by Billy Bragg. Also a great version by Kirsty MacColl.” As well as learning a host of new covers, Armstrong has also been using his time in quarantine to work on ...