Billy Bragg is to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Music honour at the 2013 AIM Awards.

An icon in British Independent Music, it's been 30 years since Bragg's debut mini-album Life’s A Riot became a Top 30 hit.

This year he release 12th studio album Tooth And Nail that he recorded in just five days.

Besides recording and performing, Bragg has been a tireless campaigner on a range of issues including the rights of fellow musicians and artists as an ...