For his cutting-edge shows in America, the British folks-punk songwriter Billy Bragg is trying out a new format. Rather than barnstorming across the u . S . A . One gig at a time, he’s settling in to select venues for three-night time residencies. He’ll play a profession evaluate the first nighttime, followed with the aid of units drawn from specific phases of his discography the opposite two nights.
For the first time on tour, he says, he’ll be able to awaken within the equal bed 4 mornings in a row. He’ll also have a bit of time to discover the cities he’s traveling. In mid-September he turned into in Washington, D.C., where he deliberate to peer the National Museum of African American History & Culture. He also was hoping to poke round in a few bookstores, in search of a reliable records of the War of 1812.