I’ve interviewed a lot of big showbiz names over my career, but there are a few favourites who stick out, not because of their huge star power, but because they are smart, lucid and engaging. The English singer-songwriter Billy Bragg is one of them.
I’ve spoken to Billy four times over 20 years – from a hastily convened chat in the the green room at St David’s Hall in Cardiff in 1988 (while Michelle Shocked was on stage) to a telephone chat in 2008 to promote his then-latest album, Mr Love & Justice.
In this extract from that chat, Billy talks about the songs his fans want to hear, his voice and the way he’s become more relaxed over the years.
