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Billy Bragg Takes Bonus Campaign to Bank's HQ

Billy Bragg is taking his protest against excessive banking bonuses to the headquarters of RBS in ... Read More »

Watson Twins Appreciate Jenny Lewis, Spontaneous Dance-Offs

Touring alongside and collaborating with acclaimed artists has been the norm for California ... Read More »

Rosanne Cash on Johnny Cash, Country Covers and Supergroups

When Rosanne Cash was 18, her father Johnny Cash gave her a hand-written list entitled '100 ... Read More »

Billy Bragg to Perform in Play in London

Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg is to create and perform new songs in collaboration with director Mick ... Read More »

Billy Bragg Threatens Tax Boycott Over Bank Bonuses

Singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg has announced that he is to refuse paying his ... Read More »

Cymbals Eat Guitars Frontman Celebrates 21st Birthday With Wilco and Flaming Lips

While most people ring in their 21st birthdays downing enough booze to forget that the celebration ... Read More »

End of the Road for 'Justice for Kirsty' Campaign

After years of tireless work, the campaign seeking justice over the death of singer Kirsty MacColl ... Read More »

Saharan Nomads Beat Wilco and Bob Dylan to Album Prize

Tinariwen, the North African collective whose music has become a cult sensation across Europe, have ... Read More »

R.E.M. and Pearl Jam Call for Guantanamo Closure

US President Barack Obama's call for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba has ... Read More »

Carl Barat Says Libertines Reunion Won't Happen in 2010

Despite Pete Doherty's recent announcement that the Libertines will reunite for an album and tour ... Read More »

Lily Allen Bumps Heads With Fellow Musicians Over Music Piracy

Not only is Lily Allen against illegal file-sharing, she'll get into the ring with anyone who ... Read More »

Justin Adams, Lu Edmonds and Ben Mandelson Get Downright Triabolical

Hard not to look at the choice of 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' for the lone cover on ... Read More »

Billy Bragg Reunites Clash Members for Prison Charity

Two of the three surviving members of the Clash -- guitarist Mick Jones and drummer Nicky "Topper" ... Read More »

Lily Allen Calls for Tougher Stance on Music Piracy

Singer Lily Allen has hit out at what she calls "the dangerous effect" internet piracy is having on ... Read More »

Marshall Crenshaw Brings All-Star Cast to 'Jaggedland'

It was a Top 40 hit 27 years ago, but 'Someday, Someway' is still alive and kicking and so is its ... Read More »

Potent Quotables: Bragg-ing About Barack

"[His win] is good for America, it's good for the world and it's good for rock 'n' roll." --Billy ... Read More »