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Film, Video Billy Bragg: Roots, Radicals & Rockers

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Title

  • Billy Bragg: Roots, Radicals & Rockers

Summary

  • The roots of skiffle as a musical genre and its influence on popular music is discussed in this book talk presented by singer and guitarist Billy Bragg. In his book, "Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World," Bragg examines the moment in history following World War II when British teens transformed the country's pop music from a jazz-based musical form into the guitar-led sound that changed the world of music.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2017-07-21.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  music, skiffle, rock, Billy Bragg

Notes

  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  Billy Bragg.
  • -  Recorded on 2017-07-21.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021690570

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Billy Bragg: Roots, Radicals & Rockers. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-21, 2017. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690570/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2017) Billy Bragg: Roots, Radicals & Rockers. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-21. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690570/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Billy Bragg: Roots, Radicals & Rockers. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-21, 2017. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021690570/>.