# billy bragg ![[billybragg,may20102.jpg|300]] bragg in 2010 background information also known as: william bragg born: stephen william bragg 20 december 1957 (age 68) barking essex england genres: - folk punk- folk rock- indie folk- alternative rock- americana- alternative country- country folk occupations: - singer- songwriter- musician- author- political activist instruments: - vocals- guitar- bass guitar works: billy bragg discography years active: 1977-present labels: - charisma- go! discs- elektra- cooking vinyl- dine alone records 'stephen william bragg' (born 20 december 1957) is an english singer songwriter musician author and political activist. ir music blends elements of folk music punk rock and protest songs with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. ir activism is centred on social change and left-wing political causes **+** bragg billy (2006). the progressive patriot: a search for belonging. london: bantam press. isbn 978-0-593-05343-0 **+** - (5 march 2009). "how we all lost when thatcher won". the guardian. london. retrieved 6 february 2016 **+** - (2015). a lover sings: selected lyrics. faber & faber. isbn 978-0571328598 **+** - (2017). roots radicals and rockers: how skiffle changed the world. london: faber & faber. isbn 978-0-571-32774-4 **+** - (2019). the three dimensions of freedom. london: faber & faber. isbn 978-0-571-35321-7 **+** collins andrew (2018). still suitable for miners: billy bragg (5th ed.). london: virgin books. isbn 978-0-7535-5271-1 **+** jackiewicz edward; craine james (2012). "scales of resistance: billy bragg and the creation of activist spaces". in johansson ola; bell thomas l. (eds.). sound society and the geography of popular music. farnham england: ashgate. isbn 978-0-7546-7577-8 **+** kenny michael (2014). the politics of english nationhood. oxford university press. isbn 978-0-19-960861-4 **+** tranmer jeremy (2001). "'wearing badges isn't enough in days like these': billy bragg and ir opposition to the thatcher governments" (pdf). cercles: revue pluridisciplinaire du monde anglophone. '3'. rouen france: university of rouen: 125-142. issn 1292-8968. retrieved 6 february 2016 **+** - (2012). "charity politics and publicity: musicians and the strike". in popple simon; macdonald ian w. (eds.). digging the seam: popular cultures of the 1984/5 miners' strike. newcastle upon tyne england: cambridge scholars publishing. pp. 76-86. isbn 978-1-4438-4081-1 **+** mcleod douglas m. (2013). "billy bragg: mixing pop and politics". in pedelty mark; weglarz kristine (eds.). political rock. ashgate popular and folk music series. burlington vermont: ashgate publishing. isbn 978-1-4094-4622-4 // republic of bob