British rock has changed the world. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, punk, dance music, and the pop of recent years have all gone global and influenced everything musical.
But there's been no history of British music from its skiffle roots to the present day....[more about us]

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Festivals have been part of the summer musical landscape in Britain since the start of the 1970s...

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Shoegazing was an introverted and introspective (and self-indulgent) style of rock that was created...