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Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World

Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World

by Billy Bragg (Author), Billy Bragg (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

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Synopsis

A Rough Trade, Mojo and FT Book of the Year SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE Emerging from the jazz clubs of the early 1950s, skiffle - a uniquely British take on American folk and blues - caused a sensation among a generation of kids who had grown up during the dreary post-war years. Teenagers were looking for a music of their own in a culture dominated by crooners and mediated by a stuffy BBC. Against a backdrop of Cold War politics, rock and roll riots and a newly assertive working-class youth, Billy Bragg charts - for the first time in depth - the history, impact and legacy of a movement that sparked a revolution and shaped pop culture as we have come to know it.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 448
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 05 Apr 2018
ISBN 10: 0571327753
ISBN 13: 9780571327751
Book Overview: Billy Bragg charts the history, impact and legacy of skiffle - Britain's first indigenous pop movement.

Author Bio
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 mostly span political or romantic themes. Billy's music is heavily centred on bringing about change and getting the younger generation involved in activist causes. For the entirety of Bragg's 30-year-plus recording career he has been involved with grassroots political movements, and this is often reflected in his lyrics. Bragg said in an interview: I don't mind being labelled a political songwriter. The thing that troubles me is being dismissed as a political songwriter.