Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World

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Product ID:	9780571327751
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Roots, Radicals and Rockers
Subtitle:	How Skiffle Changed the World
Authors:	Author: Billy Bragg
Page Count:	448
Subjects:	Popular music, Rock & Pop music
Description:	Select Guide Rating 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. *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.
Imprint Name:	Faber & Faber
Publisher Name:	Faber & Faber
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2018-04-05

Weight	364 g
Dimensions	198 × 130 × 28 mm