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 ...

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A couple of us went over to the Royal Pheasant recently to catch a show by the Skiffle Minstrels. The plan was to see some good music and talk about planning an event this Summer. Well, nothing got ...

“Skiffle” is a genre of music from turn of the last century New Orleans. It is a conglomerate/derivative form of music that was used to embrace the differnet ...

Lonnie Donegan, a musician whose ” skiffle ” sound inspired John Lennon and Pete Townshend to learn to play guitar, died Sunday in Peterborough, central England, while on a tour of Britain, publicist ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For the past 12 years that the Wahoo Skiffle Crazies have been performing traditional jug band music around New York, their tagline has always been somewhat of a running joke.

Tradition gets a bold, rhythmic twist when the Old Goat Skiffle Band brings their high-energy sound to Madden’s Irish Pub, from 6-9 p.m. June 14. Blending rich harmonies, heartfelt storytelling, and ...

"We want to play with you, instead of just for you," Fran Hendrickson of the Cellmates Skiffle Band told a play-date-age audience last week. The lively group of seniors from the Danbury Senior Center ...

Craziness reigns at Alameda’s Altarena Playhouse, where Richard Bean’s comedy “One Man, Two Guvnors” plays through Sept. 9. Lovers of comedian Benny Hill and physical comedy will be in their element ...

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 ...