Hello, Billy Bragg has been around at least a decade and a half. He's just doin' it his way...carrying on the tradition of folk/rock protest. When he first started, he was bringing it to the disaffected youth of England, but now, what with political climate change and all, I'm not sure who the audience is (besides those of us who remember him from before). This man will never sell out. Personally, I liked Mermaid Avenue, and conceptually, I couldn't think of a better person to do it.