Music is often cyclical but not always chronological, which was certainly the case when the man who helped put skiffle on the map (and was a fundamental influence on the future Beatles) died in 2002, ...

The Beatles and many other bands headed to the USA in the 1960s and penetrated the music industry. This was a major thing, and it was duly named the British Invasion. While their music was inspired by ...

Beatles fans across the globe will remember John Lennon today, on the 40th anniversary of his death at the hands of Mark Chapman. The singer-songwriter started out in a skiffle group, known as The ...

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, ...