Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World Book

A Rough Trade, Mojo and FT Book of the YearSHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZEEmerging 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.Read More

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  • 0571327753
  • 9780571327751
  • Bragg, Billy
  • 5 April 2018
  • Faber & Faber
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 448
  • Main
  • Book
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