Billy Bragg

Stephen William Bragg (lahir 20 Desember 1957 ) adalah seorang penyanyi, penulis lagu dan aktivis sayap kiri asal Inggris.[2] Musiknya memadukan unsur-unsur musik foklor, punk rock dan lagu protes, dengan lirik yang banyak mengangkat tema-tema politik atau percintaan. Musiknya sangat berpusat pada perubahan dan keterlibatan generasi muda dalam hal-hal aktivis.[3]

Billy Bragg
Bragg pada 2010
Informasi latar belakang
Nama lahirStephen William Bragg
Nama lainWilliam Bragg
Lahir20 Desember 1957
Barking, Essex, Inggris
GenreFolk punk,[1] folk rock, indie folk, rock alternatif, country alternatif, Americana, country folk
PekerjaanPenyanyi, penulis lagu, musisi, pengarang
InstrumenVokal, gitar, gitar bass
Tahun aktif1977–kini
LabelCharisma, Go! Discs, Elektra, Cooking Vinyl, Dine Alone Records
Artis terkaitThe Red Stars, The Blokes, Riff-Raff, Wilco, Joe Henry
Situs webwww.billybragg.co.uk

Referensi
  1. "Billy Bragg's 'Mao-ist Sing-Along' at SXSW". NPR. 14 March 2008. Diakses tanggal 28 January 2010.
  2. "Billy Bragg pays tribute to folk singer Pete Seeger". BBC News. 28 January 2014. Diakses tanggal 18 July 2019.
  3. Bragg, Billy. "British Rocker Billy Bragg Talks About Music and Unions". WorkingUSA. Diakses tanggal 17 October 2013.

Sumber
  • Collins, Andrew (2018). Still Suitable for Miners: Billy Bragg (edisi ke-5th). 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". Dalam Johansson, Ola; Bell, Thomas L. 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 His Opposition to the Thatcher Governments" (PDF). Cercles : Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone. Rouen, France: University of Rouen. 3: 125–142. ISSN 1292-8968. Diakses tanggal 6 February 2016.
  • — (2012). "Charity, Politics and Publicity: Musicians and the Strike". Dalam Popple, Simon; Macdonald, Ian W. Digging the Seam: Popular Cultures of the 1984/5 Miners' Strike. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. hlm. 76–86. ISBN 978-1-4438-4081-1.

Bacaan tambahan
  • McLeod, Douglas M. (2013). "Billy Bragg: Mixing Pop and Politics". Dalam Pedelty, Mark; Weglarz, Kristine. Political Rock. Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series. Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4094-4622-4.

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