Billy Bragg signs to Anti-

Long-running English singer/songwriter and pioneering "anti-folk" hero Billy Bragg has signed with
Anti- Records.

Additionally, Anti- has posted an MP3 from Bragg titled "Bush War Blues," describing it as:

[A] provocative MP3 that is a commentary and attack on the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war situation.

The song is an adaptation of a 1938 Leadbelly recording titled "Bourgeois Blues," which was penned by Leadbelly in response to the racism he had to endure on a trip to Washington D.C. to record with Alan Lomax.

You can check it out by clicking here: "Bush War Blues."

Bragg will soon start work on a new full-length, slated for a release on the label in 2007.

In the meanwhile, the Yep Roc label has been in the process of reissuing Bragg's back catalog in both CD and box set formats. This past year has seen the respective re-releases of Brewing Up with Billy Bragg and Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy thus far.

Bragg's last proper effort was 2002's Elektra-released England, Half English.