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skiffle |
(n): a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
(n): any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
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Ska always makes me think of Skiffle, not because of the music but because of the association with the Beatles and beat music and because the names are somewhat similar. See Free Association.
John Lennon's high school band, The Quarrymen, was a skiffle band.
Skiffle is a type of folk music with a jazz and blues influence, usually using homemade or improvised instruments such as the washboard, tea chest bass, kazoo, cigar-box fiddle, musical saw, comb and paper, and so forth, as well as more conventional instruments such as acoustic guitar and banjo. Skiffle and jug band music are closely related...The Oxford English Dictionary states that skiffle was a slang term for "rent party"...Originally, skiffle groups were referred to as spasm bands.