Billy's other spaces on the net

Buzznet
billybragg.buzznet.com

Eventful.com
Demand a live show!

Facebook
facebook[at]billybragg[dot]co[dot]uk

Hi5.com
billybragg.hi5.com

iLike.com
Add Billy to your list of favourite artists, and see who else has done the same.

Jail Guitar Doors
Billy's initiative, launched in March 2007, to help provide musical instruments for UK jails, to reduce re-conviction rates.

Last.fm.com
Billy's spot on the social music website.

Myspace.com/billybragg
MySpace revised their terms and conditions for musicians after lobbying by Billy.

Reverbnation.com/billybragg
Marketing and promotion for musicians across the digital realm.

Secondary Mandate
Billy's own site with details of his proposed reforms for the British House of Lords.

Vote Dorset
Billy's site set up to encourage voters in two Parliamentary constituencies in South-West England to vote tactically and unseat the Conservative MPs in the 2001 British General Election.

Friends and associates

Anti Nazi League
Home of the long-running campaign against neo-Nazi and white supremacist organisations in the UK. See also Love Music Hate Racism.

Anti- Records
Billy's US label for new releases.

Attila The Stockbroker
Official site of the ranting rebel poet.

Blue Midnight
MySpace site for Bragg producer Grant Showbiz's very own folk-dub band. Listen to tracks, find out about gigs.

Lorraine Bowen
Backing vocalist and instrumentalist who appears on England, Half English, Don't Try This At Home, and The Internationale, and who also performs her unique brand of comedy/electronica/lounge music as the Lorraine Bowen Experience. See also MySpace.

Control Arms
Campaign backed by Oxfam, Amnesty International, and International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) lobbying governments to control the spread of arms. Includes the Million Faces online petition to persuade governments to sign a worldwide Arms Trade Treaty.

Cooking Vinyl Records
Billy's UK record label, reissuing his album back catalogue, with bonus material, in 2006.

Côr Cochion Caerdydd (Cardiff Reds' Choir)
The Welsh choir with whom Billy has recorded.

Detroit Newspapers Strike
The strike is over, but there is still a RealAudio recording of live music by Billy Bragg and others from the 1998 LaborFest in Detroit on the site. (You can read about the outcome of the strike here.)

De Valero Design
Interior designers based in Dorset, England, specialising in hotels, clubs, and private residences. The business of Juliet de Valero Wills, Billy's partner.

Bob Egan
Steel guitar player for Canada's Blue Rodeo and former member of Mermaid Avenue collaborators Wilco.

Hanns Eisler
Site devoted to the political composer and Bertolt Brecht collaborator who was the subject of the Woody Guthrie/Billy Bragg song, Eisler on the Go, which appears on the Mermaid Avenue album and the Mermaid Avenue Tour official bootleg CD.

Ethical Threads
Not-for-profit organisation, launched during Billy Bragg and The Blokes' 2002 UK tour, which has been set up by trades union and other bodies to provide ethically-sourced (non-sweatshop labour) T shirts and clothing in the UK.

Folk Roots
Respected source of all things folk, with regular coverage of Billy, including an archived article in which Billy interviews three UK Members of Parliament about Englishness and traditional music.

Friends Of The Earth
All about the worldwide federation of national organisations campaigning on environmental issues and to preserve ecological, cultural and ethnic diversity. Currently using Billy's song NPWA to promote its corporates campaign section.

GMB
Official site of the London region of the British trade union which has sponsored several of Billy's UK tours.

Sid Griffin
The home page of the performer, writer and producer who has performed with Billy, most recently with Western Electric.

Woody Guthrie
This site offers an insight into the life and legacy of American folk musician Woody Guthrie whose rediscovered lyrics formed the basis of the Mermaid Avenue project. Contains information on the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives and biographical details, collections databases, and more.

Hard-Fi
Mutual respect and a love of The Clash saw Richard Archer invite Billy to support them during their five sold-out nights at Brixton Academy in 2006.

Independent Media Center
A collective of independent media organisations and journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. A 'democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth' is how they describe themselves.

Jobs With Justice
Campaigns for worker's rights and economic justice in the USA.

League Against Cruel Sports
Web site of the UK campaign to end hunting with dogs and other blood sports.

Kirsty MacColl
Site devoted to the late, great singer who often worked with Billy and had a big chart hit with her version of his song, A New England. Kirsty's family is still campaigning for a full investigation into her death in Mexico. However they need support and money to do so. Please see www.justiceforkirsty.org/

Ian McLagan
Member of The Blokes and former member of the Small Faces and Faces, has his own web site, at where you can buy CDs (including Best of British, which features BB) and his biography. Official fan site is at http://www.ianmclagan.com

Medical Foundation For The Care Of Victims Of Torture
Charity supported by Billy who donated his winnings from the 'celebrity' version of The Weakest Link television quiz. At Womad 2006 Billy spoke on behalf of the charity about the need for Britain to recognise the plight of asylum seekers, and for a written constitution to protect the rights of all.

The Mekons
Semi-official fan site about English art-punk-anarchists The Mekons, whose guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Lu Edmonds is a current member of The Blokes.

Kate Nash
The two singer-songwriters have shared the stage at the Union Chapel in London, Kate's shows in Australia 2008, and the Big Day Out festivals Australia 2008.

NetAid
Information on NetAid's campaign to relieve debt and end hunger via the Internet.

No Sweat
UK-based campaign against sweatshops.

John Peel
The late, legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ, who helped launch Billy's solo career, thanks to a curry.

Rock & Roll Library
A not-for-profit organisation attempting to document and archive huge amounts of rock and roll history. It relies on contributions, so please take a look and consider offering your support.

Rock The Vote
An organization in the USA that aims to get more young people engaged in the political process.

Searchlight Magazine
Long-running anti-fascist/anti-Nazi campaign in the UK.

Shriekback
For information on the critically-acclaimed art-funk group which featured many of Billy's current band, The Blokes, including Martyn Barker, Lu Edmonds, Simon Edwards and Ben Mandelson. See also
http://www.shriekback.com/

Jamie T
Another of the new generation of singer-songwriters kind enough to acknowledge Billy's influence, Jamie T has covered A New England.

3 Mustaphas 3
Hunting for information on the mysterious 3 Mustaphas, who include two members of Billy's band, The Blokes, under different guises?

Mick Thomas
Former member of Weddings Parties Anything, who recorded on Billy's Utility Records label and toured with him, has a solo career and his own web site.

Transworld Publishers
Publishers of The Progressive Patriot by Billy Bragg. Hardback imprint: Bantam Press. Paperback imprint: Black Swan.

Caroline Trettine
Another ex-Utility Records artist who also toured with Billy. All the latest on her album releases and tours.

KT Tunstall
The lovely KT - occasional musical collaborator (Talking Bob Dylan Blues tribute, Barbican, London, April 2006; Q Magazine Best of British joint in-store HMV Oxford Street, London, February 2008; iTunes Live: London Sessions February 2008) - who also presented Billy with the Q Magazine Classic Songwriter Award 2007.

War On Want
UK charity campaigning to eradicate world poverty. Invited Billy to be a panellist at its fringe meeting during the 2002 Labour Party conference.

Wiggy
For news on where to find Wiggy, Billy's friend, former neighbour and musical collaborator, who these days is producing records. See also Words on this site.

Wilco
Partners in the Mermaid Avenue and Mermaid Avenue Volume II albums.

Dave Woodhead
Trumpet master on many of Billy's studio recordings and live performances, Dave can also be heard playing South African pennywhistle jive with The Positively Testcard.

The Working Class Movement Library
National collection of British and Irish radical/labour/socialist movements with archives dating back to Thomas Paine in the 1790s.

World Social Forum
Get all the latest news from the anti-globalization movement in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Yep Roc Records
Billy's US record label, reissuing all his back catalogue, with bonus material, in 2006.