Latest Release
- 27 OCT 2023
- 13 Songs
- Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy (30th Anniversary Edition) · 1983
- Workers Playtime · 1988
- Don't Try This at Home · 1991
- Mermaid Avenue · 1998
- Talking with the Taxman About Poetry · 1986
- Talking with the Taxman About Poetry · 1986
- Back To Basics · 1987
- Talking with the Taxman About Poetry · 1986
- Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy (30th Anniversary Edition) · 1983
- Mermaid Avenue · 1998
Essential Albums
- 1998
- 2013
- 2008
- 1998
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- The folk-punk troubadour who merged the personal and the political.
- Hidden expressive depths from a very honest voice.
- Rousing rhetoric, political clarity and splenetic rage.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Compilations
- 2006
- 2006
About Billy Bragg
Finding inspiration in the righteous anger of punk rock and the socially conscious folk tradition of Woody Guthrie, Billy Bragg bashes out songs (mostly) solo with his electric guitar, singing about politics and love with equal amounts of skill and passion. He was the leading figure of the British anti-folk movement of the '80s and his early releases boast melodies just as strong and memorable as his lyrics are bitingly intelligent. As the decade turned, his sonic horizons expanded; 1991's Don't Try This at Home is a successful effort to balance politics and pop and 1998's Mermaid Avenue finds Bragg teaming with Wilco to set unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics to music. 2008's Mr. Love & Justice reflects a greater maturity without compromising his vision, and 2021's The Million Things That Never Happened is a country-influenced paean to resilience in hard times.
- HOMETOWN
- Barking, Essex, England
- BORN
- 20 December 1957
- GENRE
- Alternative