Mr Bragg's many accomplishments and activities are comprehensively documented on his Wikipedia page. On his own website he tells us 'Musician Billy Bragg has been awarded the Roots Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. He won it in recognition of his outstanding contribution to folk music from a grass roots level upwards. Mr Bragg told BBC Radio 5 live why folk awards were so different to rock ones, adding that he was unimpressed to find out who some of his political fans are. '