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Wednesday, October 08, 2003
I am an unabashed Billy Bragg fan, and the upcoming release of his double-disc, "Must I Paint You a Picture?" collection thrills me. It's already out in the UK, and will be out from Rhino on the 28th. Early purchasers will get a bonus third disc of rarities, and I'll be one of 'em.
Head on over to his UK label website,Cooking Vinyl, for a limited time free mp3 download of the classic, beautiful title track. That song never fails to tug at my heartstrings. Hard to believe it's been twenty years since he started singin', strummin', and poetically protesting. The BBC News marks the occasion with an article. An excerpt... "Over the past 20 years Bragg's career has encompassed everything from post-punk, one-man firebrand to Labour-backing agitator, to lovelorn poet, Woody Guthrie archivist and multicultural-England evangelist.Read the rest here. I'll offer up one of my favorite Billy Bragg lyrics ... "You keep buying these things but you don't need them, but as long as you're comfortable it feels like freedom." - from North Sea Bubble  |
 neil halstead live in cambridge, ma on november 14th, 2008 previously: joy formidable - boston 2011 recent posts on the 'nac...
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