Skiffle Fever! With Billy Bragg

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The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond. This week, Mark and guest Billy Bragg revisit the 1950s 'skiffle boom', which inspired countless musicians to pick up acoustic instruments and discover folk music. Seventy years ago this week, Lonnie Donegan's version of Rock Island Line hit the UK chart and supercharged a scene that introduced many people to folk music. Many skiffle songs had folk roots. Billy Bragg shares insights from his book - Roots, Radicals & Rockers: How Skiffle Changed The World - and we hear how some of Britain's key folk artists cut their teeth in skiffle. Produced by Pomona Audio in Salford for BBC Radio 2