WHAT: The boutique, family-friendlier self-answer to Field Day WHY: High quality handpicked music, plus comedy, art, magic and a food market WHEN: 3rd June WHERE: Victoria Park HOW: £35 WHO: Scritti Politti, Billy Bragg, Josh T Pearson, Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, Adam Ant & The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse, Beth Jeans Houghton, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Penguin Café, Marques Toliver, Noah & The Whale, Jamie N Commons, Gaz Coombes, Lianne La Havas, Stornoway, Marcus Foster

Turner">Frank Turner ’s Australian tour rolled into Perth this week, bringing with him friends old and new. If you doubt the power of rock and roll, you should really come to a Turner">Frank Turner gig. An undeniably charismatic performer, Turner is able to successfully bring together such seemingly disparate music lovers. There aren’t too many gigs you can go to where a Bob Dylan song will segue into a punk song over the speakers. A Turner">Frank Turner audience is always an interesting mix, and the Perth audience was no different. Fresh from his headline show at ...

Musicians have swarmed online to discuss Manchester City's incredible title win yesterday. Perennial under-achievers, Manchester City have matched their spell in the shadows with a reputation for being a team followed by musicians, by creatives. So when the club finally snatched success in the most dramatic of fashion yesterday (May 14th) it was cause for some famous faces to celebrate. Currently in South America, Noel Gallagher watched his beloved Manchester City win their first top flight title in 44 years at a bar in Santiago. Speaking to the BBC , he revealed some of the emotions he was feeling during ...

Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue – The Complete Sessions (Nonesuch) The unrecorded songs of the folk legend Woody Guthrie have been [...]

ArtsBeat interviews Alison Bechdel about her new graphic novel, Are You My Mother?. You say that your mother referred to this project as a "meta book." Agree? Well, it's a memoir about writing a memoir. That's pretty meta. And it's...

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Originally released in 1998, "Mermaid Avenue" is a stunning collaboration between English folk singer/songwriter Billy Bragg and the American roots rock juggernaut Wilco that found the artists setting unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics to music. The initial release was so well received that a second disc of songs from the Mermaid Avenue Sessions was released in 2000....

Bridgetown ex-pat and folk chanteuse, Emily Barker , returns with Almanac , her latest record with The Red Clay Halo . Barker has been making the rounds for a few years now, and has made considerable inroads. Her song "Nostalgia" from 2008’s Despite the Snow was used as the theme song for the series "Wallander", starring Kenneth Brannagh. She has also recently found herself playing Wembley Stadium along the likes of Billy Bragg and Turner">Frank Turner . Folk music has been going through somewhat of a revival of late. Artists like Mumford and Sons and Laura Marling have brought the genre closer ...

Today's Mix/Cover/Live includes Billy Bragg, Glen Hansard and Death Grips.

A lot of thought and planning, that's what. Allan Glen explains the clout behind Sunderland's progress towards becoming music's new Liverpool or Manchester What is it that transforms an area's local musical landscape into a national credible scene? Wearside acts The Futureheads , Field Music, Hyde & Beast, and Frankie and the Heartstrings may have achieved critical success in recent years but that is merely part of the story of how a city regenerates its music industry beyond geographical borders. Behind the NME features and music press hyperbole many others in Sunderland have been working tirelessly over the ...

Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions Nonesuch Records [2012] Fire Note Says: If you thought that Billy Bragg and Wilco were really into Woody Guthrie before wait until you get your ears on this new release, The Complete Sessions , which brings the total output up to 47 tracks. Album Review: It is hard to believe that it has been 14 years since Billy Bragg and Wilco gorgeously created music for previously unheard lyrics from legend Woody Guthrie in the original release Mermaid Avenue [1998] . It not only contained one of the best Wilco songs to date in "California ...

Last Saturday was Record Store Day, and a time to celebrate everything that is great about pressing music to wax, committing it to tape or burning it to cd. It was also about all of the independent stores, from a strange local emporium, run by an equally strange beard-stroking muso whose knowledge of Japanese import-only 80’s electro is more extensive than is considered healthy, to the big-city boutiques that played host live sessions by the likes of Mr.Scruff and Billy Bragg. Audiophiles of all ages were able to pick up exclusive 7” pressings of new releases, but also ...

The most-read stories published in April 2012: 1. The illustrated Friends 2. Joni Mitchell retires and fights the nano-bugs 3. The illustrated Friends: Charles Hawtrey 4. Capital Radio still pouting over One Direction 5. Krissi Murison quits NME 6. Courtney Love apologises. A bit 7. John Lydon would like you to look at this single, but not buy it 8. Man stabbed at Jessie J/Blackberry aftershow 9. Gordon Smart warns George Michael his house is full of vampire ghosts 10. RIP: Dick Clark The interesting releases: Death Grip - The Money Store Download The Money Store Actress - RIP Download RIP ...

Here's the best party for Guthrie's 100th birthday.

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , RPM Larry Busacca, Getty | AFP Skrillex , Iron Maiden , Norah Jones , Lauryn Hill , Mastodon , LMFAO and Alice Cooper are some of the artists confirmed for this year's RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest in Ottawa, Ontario from July 4-15. According to the official Bluesfest site , which has dubbed this year's festival "Electrofied," other acts slated include John Mellencamp , Seal , Billy Bragg , David Gray , Bettye Lavette , Erykah Badu , Snoop Dogg , the Hold Steady and Young the Giant . Canadian content consists of Metric , K'naan , Nickelback , Arkells , Blue Rodeo , City and Colour , Sam Roberts and buzz act ...