Nov 26th, 2008 · Making his third appearance on Mountain Stage, Billy Bragg is best known in America for teaming up with Wilco to set some newly unearthed Woody Guthrie lyrics to music on 2000's Mermaid Avenue. But in his native England, Billy Bragg is highly regarded as an egalitarian songsmith who sings for the working class.
May 28th, 2007 · Organizers of Fort Bragg, N.C.'s All-American Week, a series of events honoring troops there, canceled all of this year's activities except for one: a memorial for fallen members of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Apr 25th, 2007 · Officials at Fort Bragg, N.C., met Tuesday with the families of paratroopers killed a day earlier in Iraq. A truck bomb claimed the lives of nine members of the Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division, based at Fort Bragg.
Apr 24th, 2007 · Suicide bombers killed nine U.S. paratroopers in Iraq Monday. All of those troops came from Fort Bragg in North Carolina. James Brisson, a chaplain at Fort Bragg, notes the impact of the news on that community.
Oct 14th, 2006 · The rocker has released a two-volume set of recordings. Volume one was out in February, with material from the 1980s. Volume two includes four albums he turned out between 1988 and 2002 and four bonus CDs of new material.
Jul 4th, 2006 · President Bush spent part of his Fourth of July at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, using the holiday as an opportunity to talk about the war in Iraq. Bush told troops that he would not settle for anything less than victory. Mr. Bush was back at the White House in time for Tuesday night's fireworks in the nation's capital.
Apr 20th, 2006 · Billy Bragg has been one of England's most politically active singer songwriters since the early 1980s. He now celebrates his long career with a comprehensive box set, Billy Bragg Volume 1.
Mar 20th, 2006 · British songwriter Billy Bragg is best known in the United States for setting Woody Guthrie lyrics to music on the Mermaid Avenue CDs. Like Guthrie, Bragg is a populist, and often political, songwriter. His music from the 1980s is featured in a new boxed set.