http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk The History of British Rock en-us Mon, 08 Mar 2010 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 MinistryOfRock Content Manager janem@ministryofrock.co.uk janem@ministryofrock.co.uk http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/BritishBlues.html It was only really after World War II that people in England began to hear the blues, on records brought back by sailors and mus... http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/PirateRadio.html The BBC had a monopoly on radio broadcasting in Britain, and pop music fans were poorly served by it. There was a limit to the amo... http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/what-is-emo-music.html Emo is one of those terms that’s become so widespread in recent years that it seems to have lost a lot of its meaning. You he... http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/TheNewFolkRevival.html Probably no one expected folk music to rise from the ashes. After all there had been a revival in the 1950s and for a short while... http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/TinPanAlley.html It’s an appealing name, one that came from America, a title given to the area in New York where so many music publishers kept thei... http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/nineties-grunge-rock.html Although grunge came of age at the beginning of the 1990s, the rock subculture actually had its roots in the mid 1980s in Sea... http://www.ministryofrock.co.uk/BritishHipHop.html British hip-hop has had a rough ride not only for acceptance, but to fully establish its voice to distinguish itself from the genr...