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Billy Bragg is a musician, author, broadcaster and left-wing activist who fronted the 1980s,

notorious famous Red Wedge movement, a collective of musicians who attempted to engage young people

with politics and indeed did successfully jammer in there. And all his music blends elements of

folk punk rock and protest songs with lyrics centered on bringing about change and getting the

younger generation involved in activist causes. His new book Roots, Radicals and Rockers,

How Skiffle Change the World, explores how Skiffle paved the way for the new era of

guitar-led music from the likes of the Beatles and Rolling Stones. It's wonderful to have you

a guest on this show. Thank you. One of the things that like, you might wonder people,

I don't know, I suppose you do know, but like sort of you'll be when, you know,

and I don't want to preempt it. When you die, I think people will really acknowledge the

significance of you as a figure that's spanned. I've got an important period of time and has been an

important voice in activism and an important, I suppose, exemplify of folk culture and the

power of working people to creatively express dissent. I think this is something that may not

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