Peggy Seeger
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Biography
[Edit]The half-sister of Pete Seeger and the widow of Ewan MacColl, singer/songwriter Peggy Seeger continued her family's long history of championing and preserving traditional music, most notably emerging as a seminal figure in the British folk song revival of the 1960s. Born June 17, 1935, in New York City, her mother, Ruth Crawford Seeger, was herself an influential composer and folklorist, as well as the first woman ever awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship Award for Music, while her father, Charles Louis Seeger, was a pioneering ethnomusicologist and the inventor of the melograph, an electronic musical notation instrument. Raised in the company of brothers Pete (widely hailed as the father of the American folk revival of the postwar era) and Mike (also a noted recording artist and the leader of the New Lost City Ramblers), Peggy began playing the piano at the age of seven, and within a few years began transcribing pieces of music. In the years to follow she also learned to play guitar, five-string banjo, autoharp, Appalachian dulcimer, and English concertina, later majoring in music at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA; there she first began performing professionally.
In 1955, Seeger continued her studies in the Netherlands, later traveling throughout much of Europe and even into Africa; that same year, she issued the Folkways 10" Folksongs of Courting and Complaint. In 1959 she settled in London, where she became involved with MacColl, the famed British musician and playwright. In the decades that followed prior to MacColl's 1989 death, the couple toured the world singing, lecturing, and preaching the importance of the British folk song tradition, typically emphasizing the connections between roots music and sociopolitical activism. Over time, Seeger's own original songs adopted an ardently feminist slant; she and MacColl also headed the controversial London Critics Group, producing an annual political theater production titled The Festival of Fools. They also operated and regularly performed at the folk venue the Singers Club and formed their own record label, Blackthorne; most important, however, was their work with BBC producer Charles Parker in developing the radio ballad, a groundbreaking musical documentary form combining field recordings of speech and sound effects with new songs in the folk idiom and complementary instrumental accompaniment.
From the mid-'50s onward, Seeger recorded regularly, cutting both original material and traditional compositions as a solo artist and in collaboration with MacColl as well as artists including Guy Carawan, Ralph Rinzler, and siblings Mike and Penny; among her key LPs are 1961's Two-Way Trip, 1973's At the Present Moment, 1977's Penelope Isn't Waiting Anymore, and the oft-released American Folk Songs for Children, an assembly of material originally collected by her mother. Seeger's best-known original compositions include "Gonna Be an Engineer," which emerged as an anthem of the women's movement, and "The Ballad of Springhill," penned about the Nova Scotia mining disaster. Seeger also wrote music for a number of films, television programs, and radio plays. After MacColl's death, she began working with the traditional Irish singer Irene Scott under the name No Spring Chickens, and together the duo formed a record label, Golden Egg. In late 1994, Seeger moved back to the United States, some four decades after first relocating to the U.K.; a year later, she completed work on the collections The Peggy Seeger Songbook, Warts and All and The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook. Almost Commercially Viable followed in fall 2000. In 2003 Seeger released Heading for Home, the first of three volumes of recordings made with her two sons, Calum and Neill MacColl, in a cottage in rural England. The other two, Love Call Me Home and Bring Me Home, were released in 2005 and 2008, respectively. A live album in honor of Seeger's 70th birthday, Three Score and Ten, arrived in 2007.
Title: First Farewell (Maxi-Single)
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Folk Songs of Courting & Complaint
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids, Contemporary Folk
Title: Songs of Courting and Complaint
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: American Folk Songs for Children
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Mike
Genre: World Music, Country, Kids, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Saturday Night At the Bull and Mouth (Live)
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: From Where I Stand: Topical Songs from America and England
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: 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: Early in the Spring - Peggy Seeger Sings Four Love Songs - EP
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Singing the Fishing (Re-mastered)
Artist: Charlie Parker, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
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: 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: Folkways Record of Contemporary Songs
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: The Velvet Hills of Blenheim - Single
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Three Score and Ten
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Bring Me Home
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Title: Love Call Me Home
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Title: Efdss & 70th Birthday Concert
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Who's Going To Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Swim To the Star/Flowers By the Roadside - Single
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: The Travelling People (Re-mastered)
Artist: Charlie Parker, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Come Along John / American Children Songs (Original Album 1958)
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: Pop
Title: Steam Whistle Ballads
Artist: Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: The Ballad of John Axon (Remastered)
Artist: Charlie Parker, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: The Fight Game (Re-mastered)
Artist: Charlie Parker, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: Song of a Road (Re-mastered)
Artist: Charlie Parker, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Title: On the Edge (Re-mastered)
Artist: Charlie Parker, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Celtic
Collections
Title: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Old Time Rock and Roll - 28 Orginal Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: Joe Meek Recordings
Genre: Rock
Title: Chill Out Singer Songwriter
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Greatest Seasonal Folk
Genre: Folk
Title: Joe Meek: Sound Engineer
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Voice & Vision
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Celtic Heart: 25 Favourite Ballads, Jigs and Reels
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: Washboards And Tea Chests Vol 2
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Traditional British Folk Music
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Bluegrass & More, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Legends of Skiffle, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Of Scotland In Music and Song
Genre: World Music
Title: A Fish That's a Song
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Unfortunate Rake
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Bluegrass & More, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: The Folk Song Tradition
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: The Folk Song Tradition (Remastered)
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Putting On the Style, Vol. 4
Genre: Rock
Title: Coffeehouse Divas
Genre: Folk
Title: Best Folk Country
Genre: Country
Title: Cancion Protesta. Casa De Las Americas / Cuba
Genre: Latin
Title: A Celebration Of Great British Folk (CD1)
Genre: Blues, World Music
Title: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015 (CD1)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: The Best Of American Folk & Blues (CD2)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Appleseed's 21st Anniversary: Roots And Branches (CD2)
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: The Social Power Of Music (CD1)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Folk
Featuring albums
Title: Seeds: the Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3
Artist: Pete Seeger
Title: 3rd Annual Farewell Reunion
Artist: Mike Seeger
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Sing Me the Songs Celebrating the works of Kate McGarrigle
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Volume 3
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
Artist: Dear Jean: Artist Celebrate Jean Ritchie Various
Genre:
Title: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Scottish Drinking and Pipe Songs
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Appleseed's 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic, Folk
Title: Song To A Refugee
Artist: Diana Jones
Genre: World Music, Alternative Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk