Art

In Part 2 of a two part interview with Billy Bragg, Billy and Pete tackle issues that confront musicians today, including copyright, relationships with record labels, booking agents and managers. They speak candidly of their personal experiences in the Music Industry and the strong bonds they formed with each other over their 25 years working together.  The first part aired last week.

On November 27th, legendary musician and activist Billy Bragg sat down with Ethan Osland from Black Mask to talk about Billy's songwriting, his musical passion, and the many projects he is currently involved in. They were joined by Pete Jenner, Billy's longtime Manager, who has also worked with Pink Floyd, the Clash and many other socially relevant artists.

Norman Nawrocki was in Winnipeg this week.  The spoken word, cabaret, news, poetry, fiction, and sex show performer gave readings from his new book, Lunch for Insurgents.  Black Mask brings you one of the pieces he performed, along with an interview discussing politics and art, anarchism in Canada over the past few decades, and some of his upcoming work.

An interview with poet, letter carrier and Canadian Union of Postal Workers member Ron Romanowski on his new book of poetry, Insurrection, a commemorative anthology of poems dealing with the legacy of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike.  In 1919, Winnipeg shook the world with an event that polarized the city forever and touches the lives of Canadians to this day.  In this, his third poetry collection, Ron uses the imagery of spring and its symbolism of change and resistance to create a lyrical representation of the Strike's impact and a gateway to common experience with the strikers