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How old-timey ‘skiffle’ music liberated British rock

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Billy Bragg on the music that influenced his unique blend of folk music and protest songs.

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 and blues-inspired genre that helped propel a generation of British rockers. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Bragg to discuss his new book, “Roots, Radicals and Rockers.”

08/23/2017

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