JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD – Happy 53 To The Manic Street Preacher

21 February 2022


(photo by Turn Up The Volume – Belgium, 2019)

JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD was born on
21 February 1969 in Pontypool, Wales.

Happy 53 to the singer/guitarist
of Manic Street Preachers, one
of my all-time favorite bands.

There’s no way better to celebrate JDB’s birthday than
with the Manics’ 1996 masterstroke A Design For Life

JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD: Facebook

Tribute to VICTOR JARA – Manic Street Preacher JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD Released Second Solo Album ‘EVEN IN EXILE’

16 August 2020

Artist: James Dean Bradfield  (Wales)
Album: Even In Exile
The manic street preacher’s second solo LP
Released: 14 Augustus 2020
Info: A collection of songs tracing the life and
death of Chilean poet-singer-activist Victor Jara.

NME says: “A tribute to Chilean revolutionary Victor Jara, this solo record steers clear of hackneyed music homage in favour of propulsive guitar tunes… It’s a deft, heartfelt and above all personal record that pays fitting tribute to Jara’s immense legacy, all the while providing a platform for some of Bradfield’s finest songwriting in recent years.” Full review here. Score: 4/5

VICTOR JARA: Biography

Clips: Without Knowing The End (Joan’s Song) /
The Boy From The Plantation / There’ll Come A War

– WITHOUT KNOWING THE END (JOAN’S SONG) –

– THE BOY FROM THE PLANTATION –

– THERE’LL COME A WAR –

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Full album…