New songs by Billy Bragg, Bruce Springsteen, and Lady Gaga supporting the people of Minnesota

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapoliswww.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW…

Billy Bragg (@billybragg.bsky.social) 2026-01-26T22:42:27.311Z

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.Stay free

Bruce Springsteen (@brucespringsteen.net) 2026-01-28T17:02:08.994Z

Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis.youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?…

Dee Chan (@deechan17.bsky.social) 2026-01-29T19:16:37.891Z

“It’s ok to judge and have some hate for people / if you base it on their ethics and not their ethnicity.”youtu.be/sU6s6VEJxrU?…

David M. Perry (@lollardfish.bsky.social) 2026-02-01T19:21:55.556Z

Posts on Bob Weir

I really like Bob Weir’s’ solo album Ace (1972). It’s a lot like Grateful Dead albums from that time but a lot livelier.

Netflix has a good biography of Weir.

Bob Dylan writing about Bob Weir in The Philosophy of Modern Song

Ray Padgett (@raypadgett.bsky.social) 2026-01-11T00:34:46.684Z

The Empire State Building honors Bob Weir.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2026-01-11T02:13:04.635Z

A documentary worth the watch. The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob WeirI see it's streaming on Netflix. Not sure where else.www.imdb.com/title/tt3692…

(@zzorgon.bsky.social) 2026-01-11T00:37:07.025Z

What to make of Lynyrd Skynyrd?

I didn’t like Lynyrd Skynyrd back in the 1970s. Their use of the Confederate flag really turned me off (and still does).

However, I reassessed them in the 2010s, thanks to a series of great reissues (with bonus tracks and notes) of their outstanding albums. The music is great. I still don’t know what to think overall.

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Inside the Band’s Complicated History With the South

Interview with Rickey Medlocke