Billy Bragg Releases ‘Why We Build The Wall’ Single

Billy Bragg, who will play Rivfest in Warrington this weekend before heading out to North America for the first leg of his Bridges Not Walls tour, has released a new single, Why We Build The Wall, today, Sept 1st 2017, on the Cooking Vinyl label. Why We Build The Wall was written by American singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell, as part of her 2010 ‘folk opera’ Hadestown, the song has taken on a whole new contemporary resonance with Donald Trump’s vow to build a wall between the US and Mexico.

You can download Why We Build The Wall here view the lyric video here