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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.

Roots Radicals and Rockers

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    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 05/04/2018
    ISBN13: 9780571327751, 978-0571327751
    ISBN10: 0571327753
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    Description

    Book 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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