"The founding fathers of British Rock: (l to r) Ken Colyer, Alexis Korner, Lonnie Donegan, Bill Colyer (seated) and Chris Barber play together in Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group, 1953." From Roots, ...

When World War II ended for Britain, so did the trappings of a traditional working-class identity. Full employment coupled with expansive welfare provisions diluted a historical class consciousness ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bob Wooler, the former disc jockey credited with helping to launch the Beatles, has died. He was 76. Wooler died Friday at the Royal Liverpool Hospital after a long illness, his friend Allan Williams ...

It has also seen him anointed as an heir to Woody Guthrie, the late great journalist and song-maker, the Dust Bowl balladeer who, more than half a century ago, wrote a song about a little-known ...