The coronavirus pandemic is going to affect our lives in ways we've yet to grasp. In the coming months, most of us will be forced to miss family gatherings, starting with Mother's Day which in the UK falls on this first weekend of isolation. Here's a new song, written in the past few days, that touches on the emotional cost of this crisis. Featuring CJ Hillman on pedal steel Recorded at home 21st March 2020 Engineered and mixed by CJ Hillman Words and music - Billy Bragg Published by Sony/ATV Mu

Billy Bragg Live at Foxboro Stadium Earth Day 1991 with Jackson Browne and Natalie Merchant