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 | |
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 Bragg pada 2010 | |
| Informasi latar belakang | |
| Nama lahir | Stephen William Bragg |
| Nama lain | William Bragg |
| Lahir | 20 Desember 1957 Barking, Essex, Inggris |
| Genre | Folk punk,[1] folk rock, indie folk, rock alternatif, country alternatif, Americana, country folk |
| Pekerjaan | Penyanyi, penulis lagu, musisi, pengarang |
| Instrumen | Vokal, gitar, gitar bass |
| Tahun aktif | 1977–kini |
| Label | Charisma, Go! Discs, Elektra, Cooking Vinyl, Dine Alone Records |
| Artis terkait | The Red Stars, The Blokes, Riff-Raff, Wilco, Joe Henry |
| Situs web | www |
Referensi
sunting- ^ "Billy Bragg's 'Mao-ist Sing-Along' at SXSW". NPR. 14 March 2008. Diakses tanggal 28 January 2010.
- ^ "Billy Bragg pays tribute to folk singer Pete Seeger". BBC News. 28 January 2014. Diakses tanggal 18 July 2019.
- ^ Bragg, Billy. "British Rocker Billy Bragg Talks About Music and Unions". WorkingUSA. Diakses tanggal 17 October 2013.[pranala nonaktif permanen]
Sumber
sunting- 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
sunting- 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.
Pranala luar
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Media tentang Billy Bragg di Wikimedia Commons
Kutipan tentang Billy Bragg di Wikikutip
Karya tulis oleh atau tentang Billy Bragg di Wikisource- Situs web resmi
- Billy Bragg di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- Billy Bragg collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
