For twenty-five years, Billy Bragg has been offering spirited messages about the power of common people to do extraordinary things, and poetic observations on their relationships. On his latest, Mr. Love & Justice, his voice sounds better than ever, and you’ll love the way his great band, the Blokes, fleshes out the tracks.
Billy is so eloquent when speaking about his music, and his role as a songwriter:
Oh! I should mention that his Wikipedia page is chock-full of cool tidbits. Learn how he got his demos heard by an A&R exec by impersonating a TV repairman, and how he got them played by taking John Peel a mushroom biryani, and all sorts of bizarre and interesting facts.
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