Lover Sings: Selected Lyrics (eBook)

Billy Bragg (Autor)

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2015 | 1. Auflage
240 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-32861-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Billy Bragg is one of Britain's most distinctive and accomplished songwriters, whose work has articulated the passions, both personal and political, of Britain during the past five decades. A Lover Sings contains over seventy of his best-known lyrics, selected and annotated by the author. 'Sexuality', 'A New England', 'Levi Stubbs' Tears' - these are unadorned, poetic songs that skilfully interweave everyday observation with much broader concerns: of fairness and outrage, of generosity and love. A Lover Sings reveals a unique sensibility: principled and proudly of the Left, funny, forthright and tender. It is a remarkable collection.

Stephen William 'Billy' 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 span political or romantic themes. His music is heavily centred on bringing about change and getting the younger generation involved in grass-roots activist causes. His book Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World was shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize, and was a Rough Trade, Mojo, and FT Book of the Year 2018. In 2019 he wrote The Three Dimensions of Freedom, a political pamphlet diagnosing the crisis of accountability in Western democracies.

Autor

lt;p>Billy Bragg was born in 1957 in Barking. His albums have included Life's a Riot With Spy Vs. Spy, Brewing Up With Billy Bragg, Talking With the Taxman About Poetry, Workers Playtime and Mermaid Avenue.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.11.2015
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Schlagworte: 1980s • Jeremy Corbyn • Kirsty MacColl • Labour • The Pogues • Wilco • Woody Guthrie
• ISBN-10: 0-571-32861-X / 057132861X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-32861-1 / 9780571328611