Tell Us The Truth: Billy Bragg and Hip-Hop Artist Boots Riley On Music, War and the Media Democracy Now! interviews British singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg and Boots Riley, rapper with the Oakland hip-hop group the Coup. They joined other musicians to kick off the Tell Us The Truth Tour at the opening session of the National Conference on Media Reform last Friday. Listen to the segment Watch a 128k stream Watch a 256k stream
Britain isn’t cool you know, its really not that great It's not a proper country, it doesn’t even have a patron saint It's just an economic union that’s passed its sell-by date -Billy Bragg
Not that I don't appreciate his efforts, but I wish Billy Bragg would spend half as much time writing really bad ass songs.
I'm not sure he has that many left in him. A songwriter's like an athlete, right? Has a 10-15 year prime and then everything's downhill from there.
Difford and Tilbrook are still rocking and writing. At least they were a few years back. Them and Johnny Cash.
Cash-ing in? You so don't listen to NPR. I heard that his last hit was written for his wife that passed before him. True?