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"A New England" is a song written and recorded by Billy Bragg, included on his album Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy, released in 1983. It remains a signature song from the early years of Bragg's recording career. [1] In 1985, a cover version by Kirsty MacColl became a hit single.
The album was released in March 2008, the second Bragg album to be named after a book by Colin MacInnes after England, Half-English. [42] [43] The same year, during the NME Awards ceremony, Bragg sang a duet with British solo act Kate Nash. They mixed up two of their greatest hits, Nash playing "Foundations", and Bragg redoing "A New England". [44]
Kirsty Anna MacColl (/ m ə ˈ k ɔː l /, mə-KAWL; 10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was a British singer-songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl.She recorded several pop hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and cover versions of Billy Bragg's "A New England" and the Kinks' "Days".
Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy is Billy Bragg's first album, released in 1983. All songs on the original album consisted of Bragg singing to his electric guitar accompaniment. The original album played at 45 rpm rather than the more usual 33⅓ rpm, contained only seven songs and lasted for only 15 minutes and 57 seconds.
Billy Bragg has released a musical response to country singer Oliver Anthony’s controversial hit, “Rich Men North of Richmond”.. Anthony’s track has amassed 30 million views on YouTube in ...
The discography of British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg includes 13 studio albums (including two with Wilco and one with The Blokes), six live albums, 12 compilation albums, five extended plays, and 20 singles.
The Roaring Forty (1983–2023) is a compilation album by English singer Billy Bragg, released on 27 October 2023 through Cooking Vinyl.It was released in several versions: one with 40 tracks; a "standard" edition with 13 tracks; and a 14-disc box set containing all of Bragg's studio albums, the live album Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad as well as a disc of ...
The Internationale is a 1990 album by Billy Bragg.Originally released on Bragg's short-lived record label, Utility Records, it is a deliberately political album, consisting mainly of cover versions and rewrites of left-wing protest songs.