Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg is exactly the kind of artist I gravitate toward, one who picks up a guitar to say something. The Barking-born songwriter fuses folk, punk and protest, treating love songs and political anthems with the same conviction. His decades of left-wing activism and that Free Speech Award show an artist whose beliefs are inseparable from his music. I'll always take a singer with something at stake over a merely pretty voice. Bragg writes books, marches, and sings songs meant to move people to act. He engages with the world honestly and without polish, and that earns my lasting respect.

Name (English)

Billy Bragg

Name (Japanese)

ビリー・ブラッグ

Reading

びりー・ぶらっぐ

Born

December 20, 1957 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Origin

Barking, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer-songwriter / songwriter / guitarist / writer / singer

Awards & achievements

• 2016 "Spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award

• Official sitehttps://www.billybragg.co.uk/
• Xhttps://x.com/billybragg
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Bragg
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q508412

Tags

• singer-songwriter
• songwriter
• guitarist

Last updated

2026-06-17

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