Billy Bragg pins market crisis on Thatcher's 80s attack on miners

Billy Bragg opines in the Guardian that Maggie Thatcher's attack on the miners set in motion the calamity that has beset global financial markets today. It's worth a read -- and includes a fascinating BBC video...

Cat Power to Issue New Covers EP

Cat Power, the smoke and honey-voiced songs of the ever-enigmatic Chan Marshall, is planning to release a new EP of covers that will include renditions of classics by Otis Redding, The Pogues, Aretha Franklin,...