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Talkin' about a revolution: hungry for politically charged music? Listen up to a new generation of protest songs
It was really two songs that got me started thinking about the power of peace music. First was the plaintive wail of Bob Dylan in his 1964 classic, "The Times They Are A-Changin'." The se...(Continue Reading) Billy Bragg: not a time for writing love songs - Interview - Biography
Billy Bragg has seen many things since he was first inspired by The Clash: a brief period as a soldier (he'd fancied driving tanks); years on the road ......(Continue Reading)William Blake: the Creation of the Songs: from Manuscript to Illuminated Printing. - book review
by Michael Phillips. London: The British Library and Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. Pp. xi + 180.72 color plates, 37 black-and-white ......(Continue Reading)LL Cool J: turns up the heat and talks about love, marriage and why he gave up `the naked look' - Biography
USING one of those tiny forks, LL Cool J digs deep into the king crab leg on his plate, completely unaware of the cocktail sauce running down the side ......(Continue Reading)Southern comfort: Grease with a country twist? Alex Gibbons is charmed by the Beautiful South's latest album
Having perfected its own brand of inoffensive pop music over ten albums, the Beautiful South has finally decided to do something new: cover versions....(Continue Reading)
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