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Bands are still loved 50 years after their heyday - This is Kent


Bands are still loved 50 years after their heyday
This is Kent
The Beatles were of course the biggest band on the planet but the British music scene was also buzzing with names like The Shadows, Gerry And The Pacemakers and The Searchers. As you'd expect, many of the sixties bands dissolved years ago but it was a ...

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Album review: Ringo Starr's 'Ringo 2012' - Los Angeles Times


Album review: Ringo Starr's 'Ringo 2012'
Los Angeles Times
He salutes two of his early heroes with a crisp rendition of Buddy Holly's “Think It Over” and a hard-chugging arrangement of Leadbelly's “Rock Island Line,” a touchstone number for UK music fans who grew up with the hit version by '50s skiffle star ...

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The Dodge Brothers and Neil Brand at BIFF 2012 - Creative Boom


The Dodge Brothers and Neil Brand at BIFF 2012
Creative Boom
The Dodge Brothers, cinema fans' favourite country blues, rockabilly and skiffle playing four-piece have been announced as one of the special event headliners at this year's Bradford International Film Festival in Partnership with Virgin Media, ...


'Surrey Delta': 5 Great British Blues Albums - Gibson


'Surrey Delta': 5 Great British Blues Albums
Gibson
But imported American blues records helped shape British rock. Early “skiffle” star Lonnie Donegan, a huge influence on The Beatles, regularly covered Lead Belly songs. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards formed their alliance when the guitarist spotted the ...


Carolina Chocolate Drops Launch US Tour; Preview New Album's Opening Track - Nonesuch Records


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Carolina Chocolate Drops Launch US Tour; Preview New Album's Opening Track
Nonesuch Records
Carolina Chocolate Drops are back in the United States after a week in the UK to launch a months-long US tour at the Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, tonight. The tour will take the band up and down the East Coast and to the Midwest into March, ...

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New CD releases: Leonard Cohen, Lana Del Rey - AZ Central.com


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New CD releases: Leonard Cohen, Lana Del Rey
AZ Central.com
The former Beatle's first new studio release since 2010's "Y Not" includes two covers -- Buddy Holly's "Think It Over" and "Rock Island Line," a song the drummer more than likely first heard done by UK skiffle legend Lonnie Donegan.

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Pop at the pictures: How Humphrey Lyttelton paved the way for pop - The Guardian (blog)


Pop at the pictures: How Humphrey Lyttelton paved the way for pop
The Guardian (blog)
Today this clip looks like the start of postwar British youth culture. The influence of the New Orleans revival during the 1950s was immense: from 20s hot jazz through to skiffle and then contemporary Chicago R&B (the latter two thanks largely to Chris ...


When silence was golden - The Canberra Times


When silence was golden
The Canberra Times
... a ''skiffle'' band featuring Mark Kermode on double bass, accompanying the Soviet silent film The Ghost that Never Returns. The British Film Institute (BFI) will also show newly-restored prints of Hitchcock's silent films, with new scores performed ...

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Wychwood Festival Reveals First Acts - Entertainment Focus


Wychwood Festival Reveals First Acts
Entertainment Focus
Sunday's Big Top welcomes folked-up hip-hoppers Dizareli and The Small Gods, while the cheekily named Thrill Collins return to Wychwood offering up cover versions skewed with their own 'nu-skiffle' twist as part of Sunday's main stage line-up as will ...


Jodie Prenger and Hannah Spearritt Set for Transfer of One Man, Two Guvnors to ... - Playbill.com


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Jodie Prenger and Hannah Spearritt Set for Transfer of One Man, Two Guvnors to ...
Playbill.com
Adapted by Richard Bean from Goldoini's The Servant of Two Masters, the play revolves around Francis Henshall (Arthur), who, after he is fired from his skiffle band, becomes minder to to Roscoe Crabbe… but Roscoe is really Rachel, posing as her own ...
Hannah Spearritt, Jodie Prenger and More Join Owain Arthur in London Hit One ...Broadway.com

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