About Billy Bragg

Stephen William Bragg is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music is heavily centred on bringing about change and involving the younger generation in activist causes.

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The Internationale

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Billy Bragg Goes to Moscow & Norton, Virginia Too

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Way of the Morris

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Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl

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The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan

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Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl

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Days Like These

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Last Shop Standing

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Where Are You, Jay Bennett?

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Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand

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Freedom Beat

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Urban Hymn

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Beyond Barricades

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Call Me Lucky

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Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

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Billy Bragg Live at the Union Chapel London

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Beyond the Maypole

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Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

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Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock

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The Big Meeting

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Woody Guthrie: Three Chords and the Truth

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Billy Bragg: Tooth and Nail

From Russia with Rock

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Let's rock-n-roll

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From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985

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Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council

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Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song

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A World Without Beethoven?

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Kirsty MacColl at the BBC

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Walking and Talking

Music

Safe

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Linger

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