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Billy bragg is an english alternative rock musician who blends elements of folk music. It starts of with the internationale with multiple vocal lines and orchestrated instruments, and then goes into i dreamed i saw phil ochs last night which is a capella. Billy bragg biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Concerts in the live music archive are available for download and streaming in formats including flac, mp3.
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