Singer/songwriter Billy Bragg gained fame as a punk rock and folk musician in the 1980s. Now nearing 60, he’s still singing songs of protest and passion, but also singing the gospel of skiffle, a folk ...
Most people with even a cursory interest in popular music could name the king of rock 'n' roll and the king of pop, but ask them who the king of skiffle was and you might get a blank stare, perhaps ...
Lonnie Donegan, who pioneered skiffle music, crucially altering British popular music and significantly influencing the Beatles, died Sunday Nov. 3 after collapsing while on tour in England. He was 71 ...
From early days in skiffle bands to being a member of one of the most influential rock outfits of all time, Ringo Starr has amassed a career that has spanned over 60 years. CelebrityNetwork.com counts ...
Lonnie Donegan, the “king of skiffle” music, died Sunday in Peterborough, England, at the age of seventy-one. Although the exact cause of death is not known, Donegan had suffered several heart attacks ...
It should come as no surprise that Van Morrison has made an album inspired by skiffle. Van Morrison's love of skiffle dates back to his childhood. He would hang out at the famed Belfast record store ...
It has also seen him anointed as an heir to Woody Guthrie, the late great journalist and song-maker, the Dust Bowl balladeer who, more than half a century ago, wrote a song about a little-known ...
Sam Hall -- Kevin Barry -- Charlie is my darling -- My Bonnie lies over the ocean -- I know where I'm going -- The Derby ram -- Liverpool blues -- The ash grove -- She was poor but she was honest -- ...