Billy Bragg Stories

Friday Album Reviews | Six Records You Need To Know

By: Alex WoodAs every Friday brings new music, Tomorrow's Verse brings you our top picks. Here's our favorite albums from 11/3.Blitzen Trapper Wild and RecklessPortlands Blitzen Trapper continue their journey through the depths of Americana music with Wild and Reckless, a record packed with Southern imagery, twangy guitars and folk-rock arrangements. The record largely came...

Newport Folk Festival | Stream Sets From Wilco, Fleet Foxes, Drive-By Truckers & More

Newport Folk Festival brought Wilco, Fleet Foxes, John Prine, The Avett Brothers, Jim James and more to Rhode Island for a weekend of music at the end of July.Thanks to NPR, fans can now hear full sets from a number of the performers, including Wilco, Fleet Foxes, Drive-By Truckers and more.  Nine sets...

Setlist / Photos / Recap: Billy Bragg @ City Winery 9/12/14

Two Guitars & A Mug Of Tea - Billy Bragg @ City Winery 9/12/14Photos: Heidi Peters | Additional Reporting: Des PetersThe last time Billy Bragg played Chicago's City Winery he brought along his band. This time, he arrived with just two guitars and a mug of tea.Bragg bounded on to stage and after a brief How...

Good Ol' Grateful Dead & Polyphonic Neil Young

Rhino Records is launching a series of short music related ebooks called "Single Notes" -- the first round features Grateful Dead and Beastie Boys materialStrap yourself in -- Dave's Picks Volume 3 has been announced and it's a Chicago show from 1971I simply love the AV Club's AV Undercover and this Polyphonic Spree take on Neil...

Summer 2012 at the Old Town School: Taj Mahal, Billy Bragg, Bad Plus, Square Roots and More

It's always exciting to get the Old Town School of Folk Music concerts flier in the mail. One of the cities most intimate and eclectically programmed rooms sees a number of Barn favorites graces the stage from April to August. Highlights include:The Bad Examples' Ralph Covert plays two shows with his Ralph's World children's...