Ewan MacColl (1915-1989)
Ask many an American or British folk music enthusiast over 40 to name prominent folksingers of the mid-20th century, and they'll probably name Ewan MacColl and his wife, Peggy Seeger.
Peggy Seeger's website offers a wealth of information about both of them. Here's the link for Ewan MacColl.
'Whittaker' will be mentioning Ewan (briefly) at a lecture to some of our Scottish music students this morning. Specifically, there'll be reference to his The Singing Island published collection (1960), and a setting of one of his songs in a brand new Faber folksong compilation, The Language of Folk (2013). Both in the Whittaker Library collection, naturally.
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