Edel - nuovo singolo “Saffiyah Smiles”

Billy Bragg annuncia "Bridges not Walls", il nuovo mini album a sfondo politico in uscita il 3/11 per Cooking Vinyl/Edel. Nuovo singolo “Saffiyah Smiles” - “Saffiyah Smiles” è il quarto capitolo di una nuova raccolta di singoli a sfondo politico che vede Billy Bragg pubblicare, una volta al mese, un nuovo brano/video. Un totale di 6 brani che diventeranno parte del nuovo mini album “Bridges not Walls” in uscita il 3 novembre 2017 per Cooking Vinyl / Edel

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Billy Bragg

“Bridges not Walls”

Il mini album in uscita il 3 novembre per Cooking Vinyl/Edel

Artista: Billy Bragg

Titolo Album: Bridges not Walls

Release date: 3 Novembre 2017

Etichetta: Cooking Vinyl/ Distribuzione: Edel

Track listing

1. The Sleep Of Reason,

2. King Tide And The Sunny Day Flood

3. Why We Build The Wall, 4. Saffiyah Smiles

5. Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted

6. Full English Brexit

Nuovo singolo “Saffiyah Smiles” (out 6/10/2017) - ascolta “Saffiyah Smiles” in streaming:https://BBragg.lnk.to/BNWAS

Guarda il lyric video di “Saffiyah Smiles” qui: https://www.vevo.com/watch/billy-bragg/saffiyah-smiles-(lyric-video)/GB4111603400

Il brano è stato ispirato dal coraggio di Saffiyah Khan, la ragazza che durante una manifestazione anti-immigranti a Birmingham, ha sorriso in faccia ad un razzista: il leader del gruppo britannico di estrema destra Edl (“English Defence League)

“Saffiyah Smiles” è il quarto capitolo di una nuova raccolta di singoli a sfondo politico che vede e vedrà Billy Bragg pubblicare, una volta al mese, un nuovo brano/video. Un totale di 6 brani che diventeranno parte del nuovo mini album “Bridges not Walls” in uscita il 3 novembre 2017 per Cooking Vinyl / Edel

Billy Bragg, currently in North America for the first leg of his ‘Bridges Not Walls’ tour, released a new single ‘Saffiyah Smiles’ on Oct 6th 2017 on the Cooking Vinyl label. The song is a rousing Hammond-drenched country soul shuffle written by Bragg and was inspired by the bravery of Saffiyah Khan who smiled benignly in the face of the incensed leader of the far right group the English Defence League at an anti-immigrant demonstration in Birmingham (UK) in April ’17; a photo of her action immediately went viral on social media. ‘Saffiyah Smiles’ follows hot on the heels of Billy’s previous single releases ‘The Sleep Of Reason,’ ‘King Tide And The Sunny Day Flood’ and ‘Why We Build The Wall’ which were released in July, August and September respectively, and have gone down a storm on his recent live shows.

On Friday Nov 3rd, the mini album, ‘Bridges Not Walls‘ will be released featuring all of the singles he has released over the summer plus two other gems that stand shoulder to shoulder with every song Billy has written in his 30 year career on the frontline.

Billy Bragg – ‘Saffiyah Smiles’: "Following the shocking scenes of white supremacists marching through the streets of Charlottesville this past summer, my mind went back to an image of a young woman facing down a ranting fascist with nothing but a serene smile. Saffiyah Khan had been taking part in a counter demonstration against the neo-fascist English Defence League in Birmingham, England, in April this year when she saw a woman being surrounded by taunting EDL supporters.

Saira Zafar had been verbally opposing the racists and a number of them had left the demo to turn on her. When the police struggled to protect her, Saffiyah stepped up and got in the face of the loudest aggressor, holding him at bay with nothing more than a smile until police intervened. A press photographer captured the moment and the picture went viral. Local Labour MP Jess Phillips memorably tweeted the image with the caption “Who looks like they have the power here?”

Saffiyah Khan’s selfless act of solidarity is an inspiration to us all and a reminder that sometimes you can confront hatred by calmly making plain how ridiculous its propagators are."

Billy Bragg –‘Bridges Not Walls’: “Life comes at you real fast these days. What’s a singer-songwriter to do when events keep challenging the way that we see the world? Before we’ve had a chance to digest one startling development, along comes another to throw us off balance again. I’ve been grubbing up songs for the past 12 months, but without the time to get an album together due to other projects, so in an effort to keep pace with these chaotic times I decided to start dropping tracks as they became ready across the summer culminating in a mini album. As always, they’re my way of trying to make some sense of what’s going on. And there's been a lot going on.”

Billy Bragg has been a fearless recording artist, tireless live performer and peerless political campaigner for over 30 years. Among the former Saturday boy’s albums are his punk-charged debut Life’s a Riot With Spy Vs Spy, the more love-infused Workers Playtime, pop classic Don’t Try This At Home, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee-timed treatise on national identity England, Half-English, and his stripped-down tenth, Tooth & Nail, his most successful since the early 90s. The intervening three decades have been marked by a number one hit single, having a street named after him, being the subject of a South Bank Show, appearing onstage at Wembley Stadium, curating Left Field at Glastonbury, sharing spotted dick with a Cabinet minister in the House of Commons cafeteria, being mentioned in Bob Dylan’s memoir and meeting the Queen. At their best, Billy’s songs present ‘the perfect Venn diagram between the political and the personal’ (the Guardian).

Billy Bragg has recently added best-selling author/musicologist to his CV with the success of his acclaimed 2017 book ‘Roots, Radicals & Rockers – How Skiffle Changed The World’

Billy bragg’s ‘bridges not walls’ europe tour (november)

3/11 Reykjavik Iceland Airwaves

5/11 BEXHILL De La Warr Pavilion

6/11 LONDON Islington Assembly Hall [Sold Out]

7/11 LONDON Islington Assembly Hall [Sold Out]

8/11 CAMBRIDGE Junction [Sold Out]

10/11 OXFORD O2 Academy [Sold Out]

11/11 BIRMINGHAM Town Hall [Sold Out]

12/11 SHEFFIELD The Leadmill [Sold Out]

14/11 LIVERPOOL Philharmonic Hall

15/11 EDINBURGH The Queen’s Hall [Sold Out]

16/11 NEWCASTLE Wylam Brewery [Sold Out]