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skiffle
(redirected from Skiffle bands)

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skif·fle  (skfl)
n.
Jazz, folk, or country music played by performers who use unconventional instruments, such as kazoos, washboards, or jugs, sometimes in combination with conventional instruments.
[Origin unknown.]
skiffle1
n
(Music, other) a style of popular music of the 1950s, played chiefly on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
[of unknown origin]
skiffle2
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Ulster dialect a drizzle a skiffle of rain
[from Scottish skiff, from skiff to move lightly, probably changed from skift, from Old Norse skipta shift]
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Noun1.skiffle - a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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skiffle
n → Skiffle m; skiffle group → Skifflegroup f
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I should know - I've been playing in skiffle bands for over 20 years, plying my trade from street corners to concert halls, scorning 'modern popular music' and putting my faith instead in the enduring power of cat-gut and glue.
My 20-year love affair with the joy of skiffle by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Like many skiffle bands, The Ramblers immediately morphed into a rock 'n' roll band, when that new music began to dominate youth culture.
Nostalgia: Duo ramble from skiffle to rock by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
But, in Liverpool, hundreds of skiffle bands had been formed as a prelude to Merseybeat and these played the lunchtime sessions in the cellar.
Cavern full of memories: The Bird Man of Liverpool; Death of a ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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