Ewan MacColl
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Biography
[Edit]Ewan MacColl may well have been the most influential person in the British folk song revival. From his early manhood until his death in 1989, he remained passionately committed to folk, though not exclusively; he was also a poet, playwright, organizer, activist, songwriter, husband, and father. MacColl was born James Henry Miller in Salford, England in 1915. His father was a lowland man who spoke Scots English, his mother a highlander who spoke Gaelic. Both of his parents were singers. MacColl left school at 14 to busk and act in the streets, and was quickly discovered by the BBC. Soon he was not only singing, but also writing programs for the radio. He founded the first folk club in England, the Ballads and Blues Club, as well as the Critic's Group, an influential early singing group that included such singers as Frankie Armstrong, Anne Briggs, and John Faulkner.
MacColl was one of the foremost interpreters of traditional songs ever recorded. The most ambitious project he undertook was to record a representative sampling of Professor Francis James Child's English and Scottish popular ballads. While his early repertoire was mainly of street songs and traditional material, he was also an important songwriter. Most impressive was his competence in producing expressions that had an appeal to all levels of society; his songs have been covered by performers as diverse as Dick Gaughan, the Pogues, Roberta Flack, and Elvis Presley, and many have been collected in several versions from the oral tradition. They range from savage political satire to tender love songs, and are supremely effective at producing the desired emotions.
Beyond his activities as a singer and songwriter, MacColl was an actor and a playwright. In 1947, George Bernard Shaw commented, "Apart from myself, MacColl is the only man of genius writing for the theater in England today." His playwriting and songwriting joined seamlessly in his "radio ballads," radio plays that bordered on ballad operas. Many of his most lovely and best-remembered songs were written for these plays, some of which have been released in album form.
MacColl was married to Peggy Seeger, herself a singer of folk songs (and half-sister to American icon Pete Seeger). Together MacColl and Seeger, sometimes accompanied by their children, also skilled musicians and singers, recorded quite a few albums as well. Many of MacColl's albums are out of print products of long-defunct record companies. Some, however, are readily available. All, like MacColl himself, are important factors in the history of the folk revival, to be cherished by all who encounter them. This great singer made many, many albums over many years. All of them are recommended for fans of great singing, though some may be a bit specialized (i.e., unaccompanied singing in broad Scots dialect) for some listeners.
Title: Saturday Night At the Bull and Mouth (Live)
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: New Briton Gazette, Vol. 2
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: The Big Hewer (Re-mastered)
Artist: Charlie Parker, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: The Body Blow (Re-mastered)
Artist: Charlie Parker, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1 (London, 1600-1700)
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Singing the Fishing (Re-mastered)
Artist: Charlie Parker, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: The Real MacColl
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Title: The Manchester Angel
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Songs of Robert Burns
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Chorus From the Gallows
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Title: Two-Way Trip
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Classic Scots Ballads (Remastered)
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Traditional Songs and Ballads
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Scottish Drinking and Pipe Songs
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Bothy Ballads of Scotland
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Title: New Briton Gazette, Vol. 1
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: The Ballad of John Axon
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Title: Popular Scottish Songs
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Classic Scots Ballads (Digitally Remastered)
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Country, Alternative Country, Folk
Title: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Vol. 1 - Child Ballads
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music
Title: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Vol. 2 - Child Ballads
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music
Title: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Child Ballads, Vol. 2
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: British Industrial Folksongs: Master of Mid Century Folk Music
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Folkways Record of Contemporary Songs
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Child Ballads, Vol. 3
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Vol. 3 - Child Ballads
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music
Title: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Vol. 3 - Child Ballads
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music
Title: Songs
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Classic Scots Ballads
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Title: Efdss & 70th Birthday Concert
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Ballads & People
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Singing the Fishing
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: The Big Hewer
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Title: The Fight Game
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Title: The Body Blow
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Title: Song Of A Road
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Title: On The Edge
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic, Folk
Title: Black and White
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: The Travelling People (Re-mastered)
Artist: Charlie Parker, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: The Travelling People
Artist: Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Collections
Title: Old Time Rock and Roll - 28 Orginal Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: Rare Folk Gems
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Chill Out Singer Songwriter
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Classic Celtic Love Songs
Genre: World Music
Title: Discover Folk Country
Genre: Country
Title: The Greatest Seasonal Folk
Genre: Folk
Title: Folk Masters: Singers
Genre: Folk
Title: Folk Masters: Guitarists
Genre: Folk
Title: Greatest Folk Duets
Genre: Folk
Title: Voice & Vision
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Folk Got Soul
Genre: Folk
Title: Music of the World's Peoples, Vol. 3
Genre: World Music
Title: A Celtic Celebration
Genre: World Music
Title: The Mega Irish Collection Vol. 2
Genre: World Music
Title: Celtic Heart: 25 Favourite Ballads, Jigs and Reels
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: English & Scottish Folk Ballads
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Classic Celtic Music from Smithsonian Folkways
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: The King Has Landed
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Irish Fever
Genre: Folk
Title: Traditional British Folk Music
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: The Ship In Distress Vol 2
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Folk Roots - The Sound of Americana
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Best Of Scotland In Music and Song
Genre: World Music
Title: A Beginners Guide To Traditional Celtic Music
Genre: World Music
Title: Three Score & Ten - A Journey Back In Time
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Beginers Guide To Scotland
Genre: World Music
Title: Round Cape Horn
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Unfortunate Rake
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Blow the Man Down
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Ship In Distress, Vol. 1
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Bluegrass & More, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: All Time Sea Songs
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Folk Song Tradition
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: The Folk Song Tradition (Remastered)
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: 50 Best of Scotland
Genre: World Music
Title: The Folk Song Tradition
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: A Beginners Guide To Celtic Singers
Genre: World Music
Title: Songs of the Sea, Vol. 1
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Great British Tea Party, Vol.3
Genre: Country
Title: A Celtic Celebration (Remastered)
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Coffeehouse Divas
Genre: Folk
Title: Best Folk Country
Genre: Country
Title: The Acoustic Folk Box (Disc 1)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Pop
Title: The Rough Guide To Scottish Folk
Genre: World Music
Title: Anthology Of English Folk
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music
Title: The Beginners Guide To English Folk (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Country
Title: A Celebration Of Great British Folk (CD1)
Genre: Blues, World Music
Title: A Celebration Of Great British Folk (CD2)
Genre: Blues, World Music
Title: Troubadours Of British Folk, Volume One
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Cooking Vinyl 1986-2016 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Indie Rock
Title: The Social Power Of Music (CD1)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Folk
Title: Manhattan Oldies 2022
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: English and Scottish Folk Ballads
Artist: A. L. Lloyd Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Scottish Drinking and Pipe Songs
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist