Skiffle

/skˈɪfə‍l/

/skˈɪfəl/

Skiffle

a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments

Examples

1. take up skiffle?

2. And skiffle becomes that thing for the young men.

3. But everybody else, Chad and Jeremy, the Rolling Stones, the Tremolos, the Animals all have their roots in skiffle.

4. On July 6, 1957, a 15-year-old Paul McCartney watched a local skiffle band called The Quarrymen play.