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Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, author and political activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His activism is centred on social change and left-wing political causes.
Oct 2, 2023 · Things heated up last week when Bragg criticised a young musician called Louise Distras who had had the nerve to appear in the Daily Mail talking about how she had been cancelled by the ...
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Jan 31, 2022 · The answer came when his wife, Juliet De Valero, was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer. Her condition inspired Bragg to write “I Will Be Your Shield,” a nod to Britain’s National Health Service and a metaphor for protecting loved ones in the face of adversity.
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Recently viewed. Billy Bragg. Soundtrack: Paper Towns. Billy Bragg - the so-called 'Bard of Barking' - came to widespread attention as a sort of one-man Clash, busking around Britain, with a guitar and portable amp.
- December 20, 1957
Nov 18, 2023 · In 1983, when he released A New England, Billy was angry and he was loud. He was operating within a youth culture, straining against ageing ideas of adulthood, charged by radical politics,...
Feb 23, 2001 · The Internationale (1990) seemed to signal a return to full-blooded left-wing politics, but in reality it was a death-rattle and a lament; Billy's beloved Labour Party had abandoned him.
Oct 6, 2024 · Billy Bragg (born December 20, 1957, Barking, Essex, England) is a British singer, songwriter, guitarist, and author who became a critic’s darling and a champion of populist activism in the mid-1980s as he fused the personal and the political in songs of love and conscience.
