Tag: Billy Bragg

2020 on Fire

2020 on Fire

Sound Salvation

Sound Salvation takes on current events with a playlist addressing the current fight for racial and social justice in America and the battles playing out in the streets in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.

John McCutcheon

Music Reviews

To Everyone In All The World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger (Appleseed Productions). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Last Shop Standing

Screen Reviews

A documentary following the collapse and rebirth of the private records shop in the UK. Carl Gauze feels a bit misty.

Kirsty MacColl: The One & Only

Print Reviews

A new book shows a good part of why the late singer/songwriter was so much more than “The token daughter and the token wife” she ironically declared herself in song. It’s not as good as a new Kirsty album, but what would be? Ben Varkentine’s got a personal stake in this one.

Ian McLagan

Interviews

From Howlin’ Wolf to the Small Faces to Billy Bragg. One man has made the Hammond B-3 hoot and holler with all three – Steve Stav introduces us to the many faces of Ian McLagan.

Dropkick Murphys

Interviews

Dropkick Murphys’ bassist Ken Casey talks with Rob Walsh about nearly eight years of giving a voice to the man on the street.

Vic Chesnutt

Interviews

Athens icon Vic Chesnutt discusses his brilliant new CD, Silver Lake, with devoted fan Steve Stav.

The Waifs

Interviews

Australian folk-pop trio The Waifs are working hard to get their charming and honest music heard in the rest of the world. Stein Haukland catches up with singer / guitarist Donna Simpson at the start of the band’s US tour.

Paul Kelly

Event Reviews

Paul Kelly at the Crocodile Café in Seattle, WA on March 20, 2002. Concert review by Steve Stav.

Discount

Event Reviews

Discount’s very last shows ever! With the Mercury Program on August 18, 2000, at the Heritage Center in Vero Beach, FL, and with True North on August 19, 2000, at the Market Street CafŽ. The end of an era documented in words and pictures by Andrew Chadwick.

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Swans

Swans

Event Reviews

40 years on, Michael Gira and Swans continue to bring a ritualistic experience that needs to be heard in order to be believed. Featured photo by Reese Cann.

Eclipse 2024

Eclipse 2024

Features

The biggest astronomical event of the decade coincides with a long overdue trip to Austin, Texas.

Sun Ra

Sun Ra

Music Reviews

At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976/1977 (Jazz Detective). Review by Bob Pomeroy.