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.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571327751Number of pages: 448Weight: 353 gDimensions: 197 x 128 x 27 mmEdition: Main
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