Billy Bragg on the towering giant of folk music ... "Tall, thin and ancient, Pete Seeger towers over folk music like a giant redwood. Throughout his career, he has embodied a pioneer spirit, clearing a path through the cultural landscape that has been followed by generations of rock musicians ... "Before Dylan hitchhiked to Greenwich Village, Pete had travelled America with Woody Guthrie. He was among the first to write songs questioning the Vietnam war, only to be banned from performing them
Nearly 100 musicians attended yesterday's meeting to support Lily Allen's fight against digital piracy , then greeted the U.K. pop star with cheers when she decided to pay a surprise visit ...
More great dancing around the kitchen music from DJ Bob Dylan's radio show, cannily compiled into a second double CD with scholarly annotations by a mystic-sounding Billy Bragg ...
The home secretary's job is often called the toughest in the cabinet. It doesn't get easier when Paul Mardles is asking about Duran Duran ... It is less than 24 hours since G20 protesters clashed with the police and, in her sizable central London office, the home secretary is considering which member of Duran Duran she fancied the most. "Hmmm," says Jacqui Smith, self-consciously, resting her head on the back of her chair, "I guess my favourite was Simon Le Bon." Does that hold true today,
Billy Bragg has told NME.COM he is taking part in today's (April 1) G20 protests as it's the only way to convince the Government to make radical changes to the economy ...
Folk legend Pete Seeger is having a birthday party at Madison Square Garden. The fact that the environmentalist crusader and pioneer of protest music is turning a spry 90 is a big reason to celebrate on its own, but when the guest list includes Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp, Ben Harper, Billy Bragg and Emmylou Harris, to name just a few of the 50+ artists scheduled to pay their respects on stage, it's time to kick up your heels and grab a ticket. ...