Billy Bragg
Born: Dec 20, 1957 in Barking, Essex, England
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Genre: Folk
Styles: Urban Folk, British Folk, Contemporary Folk, British Folk Rock, Folk Rock, Europe, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, Alternative, Pop, Rock
Biography: Finding inspiration in the righteous anger of punk rock and the socially conscious folk tradition of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg was the leading figure of the anti-folk movement of the '80s. For most of the decade, Bragg bashed out songs alone on his electric guitar, singing about politics ...Read full biography
Don't Try This at Home
Released: 1991
Label: Go! Discs/Elektra
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After dipping his toes in the notion of using backing musicians on Talking With the Taxman About Poetry, Billy Bragg finally dove in headfirst with Worker's Playtime, but Don't Try This at Home was where ...Read full review
Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
Released: 1986
Label: Liberation
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The cover to Billy Bragg's Talking With the Taxman About Poetry features the subtitle "the difficult third album," and while it's obviously meant as a joke, there's also a certain truth to the statement ...Read full review
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