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Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg

Born: 1957-12-20 • Barking, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC poster
Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
2024 • Self (archive footage)
Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl poster
Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
2021 • Self
Where Are You, Jay Bennett? poster
Where Are You, Jay Bennett?
2021 • Self
Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council poster
Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council
2020 • Self
Beyond Barricades poster
Beyond Barricades
2020 • Himself
A World Without Beethoven? poster
A World Without Beethoven?
2020 • Self
The Big Meeting poster
The Big Meeting
2019 • Self
Woody Guthrie: Three Chords and the Truth poster
Woody Guthrie: Three Chords and the Truth
2019 • Himself
Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock poster
Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
2019 • Himself
Urban Hymn poster
Urban Hymn
2015 • Himself
Call Me Lucky poster
Call Me Lucky
2015 • Self
A Curious Life poster
A Curious Life
2014 • Self (voice)
Billy Bragg Live at the Union Chapel London poster
Billy Bragg Live at the Union Chapel London
2014 • Himself
Billy Bragg: Tooth and Nail poster
Billy Bragg: Tooth and Nail
2013
Last Shop Standing poster
Last Shop Standing
2012 • Self
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke poster
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
2012 • Himself
Way of the Morris poster
Way of the Morris
2011 • Himself
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune poster
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011 • Self
Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand poster
Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand
2005 • Self
Freedom Beat poster
Freedom Beat
2003 • Self
Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song poster
Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song
2002 • Self
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl poster
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
2001 • Self
The Internationale poster
The Internationale
2000 • Self
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan poster
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan
1997 • Self
Beyond the Maypole poster
Beyond the Maypole
1991 • Himself
Billy Bragg Goes to Moscow & Norton, Virginia Too poster
Billy Bragg Goes to Moscow & Norton, Virginia Too
1990 • Himself
Let's rock-n-roll poster
Let's rock-n-roll
1989 • himself
From Russia with Rock poster
From Russia with Rock
1988 • himself
Days Like These poster
Days Like These
1986 • Self
Think of England poster
Think of England
Strummerville poster
Strummerville
— • Self