By the time the 1960s rolled around, British bands were taking the blues and making it the bedrock of the most dominant musical trend between the end of WWII and the late part of the 20th century.

Now the 83-year-old British blues legend is releasing his 66th album ... Mayall added his daring artistic spirit and amped-up wattage to his own band, the Bluesbreakers. The seminal group became ...

Skiffle emerged as a popular genre. It was a British take on American jazz, blues and folk music. One of the most famous skiffle artists was Lonnie Donegan. The Beatles also began as a skiffle ...

performing and talking about the music of the early sixties British invasion that reintroduced the blues sound to America. During the 1960s, the UK was the location for a vibrant social revolution.

Back in the Bar-Mitzvah days of the drug culture the British music scene was shaken by what came to be known as The Blues Boom. Beginning with a small corps of dedicated musicians in the early ...