Billy Bragg
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English singer-songwriter and left-wing political activist
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Billy Bragg - A People's History
- Bob Marley
- Las tres dimensiones de la libertad
- Reasons to Be Cheerful
- The Three Dimensions of Freedom
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1957-12-20
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 651,048
- Total plays
- 14,395,423
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Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, Barking, Essex, England, 20 December, 1957) is an English singer, songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes. In 1977, Bragg formed the punk rock/pub rock band Riff Raff, and toured London's pubs and clubs. The band released a series of singles, which did not receive wide exposure. He also worked in Guy Norris Records in Barking. <a href
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- NIA‐AA Research Framework: Toward a biological definition of Alzheimer's disease
· 2018 · cited 9,283x
- Macromolecular structure determination using X-rays, neutrons and electrons: recent developments in
<i>Phenix</i>
· 2019 · cited 7,248x
- The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues
· 2020 · cited 5,062x
- Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
· 2015 · cited 4,219x
- Real-space refinement in
<i>PHENIX</i>
for cryo-EM and crystallography
· 2018 · cited 3,607x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Our enemy really isn't capitalism, it's cynicism. That's one the things I learned from Woody … Not to be cynical … That cynicism … It destroys you, it rots you away from the inside. So that sense of optimism and humanity … which 20 years ago I would have called socialism but now I'll call compassion … You know, that idea is still out there and alive and if you can plug into that and encourage that it makes it all worth while.”
- “A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.”
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.billybragg.co.uk
- Image
- Billy Bragg, May 2010 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Billy Bragg
- date of birth
- 1957-12-20
- Commons gallery
- Billy Bragg
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- social media followers
- 40100
- birth name
- Stephen William Bragg
- name in native language
- Billy Bragg
- Commons Creator page
- Billy Bragg
Sources (8)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Billy Bragg, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
