Roots, Radicals and Rockers - How Skiffle Changed the World

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.

Product details

• Authors: Billy Bragg
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780571327751
• ISBN: 978-0-571-32775-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, Pop Music, Popular Music