The Key » Billy Bragg http://thekey.xpn.org Discover Philly's Best Local Music Sat, 25 May 2013 14:33:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Copyright WXPN, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Photo recap: Billy Bragg played the Keswick Theatre and Main Street Music for Record Store Day http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/04/22/photo-recap-billy-bragg-played-the-keswick-theatre-and-main-street-music-for-record-store-day/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/04/22/photo-recap-billy-bragg-played-the-keswick-theatre-and-main-street-music-for-record-store-day/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:21:52 +0000 Bruce Warren http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=76828 braggrsd1 braggrsd2 braggrsd4 braggrsd6 braggrsd7 braggrsd8 braggrsd9 braggrsd10 keswickbragg5 keswickbragg3 keswickbragg1 keswickbragg6 keswickbragg7 keswickbragg8 keswickbragg10
Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg was a busy guy this past Saturday. He did an in-store performance at Main Street Music in Manayunk for Record Store Day, and played the Keswick Theatre in the evening. All photos by Chris Sikich; check out his website here.

]]> http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/04/22/photo-recap-billy-bragg-played-the-keswick-theatre-and-main-street-music-for-record-store-day/feed/ 0 Tonight’s Concert Picks: Billy Bragg at the Keswick, Bleached at The Fire, Ladyfest Benefit at Little Berlin http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/04/20/tonights-concert-picks-billy-bragg-at-the-keswick-bleached-at-the-fire-ladyfest-benefit-at-little-berlin/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/04/20/tonights-concert-picks-billy-bragg-at-the-keswick-bleached-at-the-fire-ladyfest-benefit-at-little-berlin/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:30:57 +0000 Julie Miller http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=76342
Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg


Garage-punk Los Angeles natives Bleached headline The Fire tonight. Signed to Dead Oceans, Bleached released their debut album Ride Your Heartearlier this month. Tickets and information for tonight’s 21+ show with Hunters, Omar and Catnaps can be found here. Watch the video for Bleached’s “Next Stop” below.

The Ladyfest Philly benefit concert presented by Girls Rock Philly is happening tonight at Little Berlin.  With sets by Bad Braids, Cayetana, and Girls Rock Philly bands Wrong Castle and Barracuda Club House Band, the event was organized by participants in the after school program who are learning the ins and outs of putting on a DIY show.  Ladyfest, a summer festival celebrating women in arts, culture and activism, will take place at The Rotunda on June 7-9.  Tickets and information for tonight’s benefit show can be found here.  Stream “Clover” off of Bad Braids’ forthcoming LP Supreme Parallel below.

British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg performa at The Keswick Theatre tonight. A political activist and influential folk musician, Bragg released his first studio album of original material in five years last month with Tooth & Nail. Tickets and information for tonight’s show can be found here.  At noon today, Bragg will be performing at Main Street Music in Manayunk for Record Store Day. Below, watch Bragg’s video for “No One Knows Nothing Anymore.”

Also:
WXPN Welcomes Graham Parker and The Rumour at World Cafe Live at the Queen in Wilmington, Delaware.
Work Drugs at Buzz Ware Village Center in Arden, Delaware.

]]> http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/04/20/tonights-concert-picks-billy-bragg-at-the-keswick-bleached-at-the-fire-ladyfest-benefit-at-little-berlin/feed/ 0 Just Announced: Billy Bragg returning to The Keswick Theatre in April http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/16/just-announced-billy-bragg-returning-to-the-keswick-theatre-in-april/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/16/just-announced-billy-bragg-returning-to-the-keswick-theatre-in-april/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:10:45 +0000 John Vettese http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=65858 Boy oh boy do wish the news this afternoon was that urban folksinger and activist Billy Bragg was performing at The Keswick Theatre amplified only by a pair of speakers and microphone strapped to his shoulders as he used to in the olden days. Alas it’s just a regular concert tour. Which is fine – Bragg’s populist sensibilities lend him an engaging onstage persona, whether he’s backed by a full band or simply by his own dang self. Tickets for the April 20th show go on sale this Friday, January 18th, at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. Below, watch Bragg perform the classic “To Have and To Have Not” (from 1983′s Life’s a Riot With Spy vs. Spy) in Bochum, Germany on May 30, 1985.

]]> http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/01/16/just-announced-billy-bragg-returning-to-the-keswick-theatre-in-april/feed/ 0