The word skiffle dates from the 1920s - although it is a cause of some argument as to who coined it and how it stuck to the music it now describes. Some say it came from a 1929 track, authors unknown, ...

Skiffle is the music that time forgot, and Billy Bragg thinks it’s high time we knew a lot more about it. He’s been a big fan for years, and now he’s written a lively history of this neglected genre - ...

Skiffle might well be the most influential genre of music you've never heard of. After gaining popularity in the US during the 1920s and '30s, it was all but dead until a sudden revival in 1950s ...

Skiffle reached its apogee in 1957. The blandness of a hit parade dominated by crooners and novelty songs was disrupted not just by Lonnie Donegan’s several successful follow-ups to “Rock Island Line” ...

Translated as “may skiffle resound”, the _Kihveli Soikoon _festival has been an annual summer highlight in the small Central Finnish locale. Celebrated since 1996, the festival is the only known ...

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