• (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was an English folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist...
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    Kirsty Anna MacColl (/məˈkɔːl/, mə-KAWL; 10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer-songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl. She recorded...
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    Britain for more than 60 years and was married to the singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl until his death in 1989. Seeger's father was Charles Seeger (1886–1979)...
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  • revival – and to give a measure of her importance, the other three were Ewan MacColl, A. L. Lloyd, and Alan Lomax". She was a respected and popular folk music...
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    Dirty Old Town (category Songs written by Ewan MacColl)
    "Dirty Old Town" is a song written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 that was made popular by the Dubliners and the Pogues. The song was written about Salford, then...
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  • Lloyd was rarely seen in anything other than a suit (and a wide grin). Ewan MacColl is quoted as describing Lloyd affectionately as "a walking toby jug"...
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  • Allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 October 2022. LLoyd, A.L. "Ewan MacColl's Discography". ewan-maccoll.Info. Retrieved 9 October 2022. "Scarborough Fair". Smithsonian...
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  • without CamelCase, i.e. as "Maccoll". The surname 'MacColl' has its origin in a Scottish clan by the name of Clan MacColl, which had a historical association...
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  • 1934, where she met folksinger Jimmie Miller, who later became known as Ewan MacColl. After joining his troupe, Theatre of Action, Littlewood and Miller soon...
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  • The Manchester Rambler (category Songs written by Ewan MacColl)
    and "The Rambler's Song", is a song written by the English folk singer Ewan MacColl in 1932. It was inspired by his participation in the Kinder trespass...
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    surname, as in Clan MacEwen. Ewan Christian (1814–1895), British architect Ewan MacColl (1915–1989), British folk singer-songwriter Ewan McGregor (born 1971)...
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  • The Shoals of Herring (category Songs written by Ewan MacColl)
    by Ewan MacColl for the third of the original eight BBC Radio ballads Singing the Fishing, which was first broadcast on August 16, 1960. Ewan MacColl writes...
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  • First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", which was written by Neill MacColl's father, Ewan MacColl. They met up in May 2007 to write and record 21 songs for the...
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    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (category Songs written by Ewan MacColl)
    singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his third wife. At the time, the couple were lovers, although MacColl was still married...
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  • Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl is a compilation and tribute album to Ewan MacColl by various artists, released by Cooking Vinyl Records in the...
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  • Traditional except "Springhill Mine Disaster".: 20  which was written by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger following the 1958 disaster and "The Wind That Shakes...
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    Rothman claimed it was between 600 and 800, and poet and folk singer Ewan MacColl, who participated in the walk and wrote a song sung by the walkers, remembered...
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  • The radio ballad is an audio documentary format created by Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, and Charles Parker in 1958. It combines four elements of sound:...
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    including the MacGowan compositions "A Pair of Brown Eyes", "Sally MacLennane", and "The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn", as well as versions of Ewan MacColl's "Dirty...
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  • The folk revival was under way in England: at the centre of it was Ewan MacColl who scripted a radio programme called Ballads and Blues. A revival in...
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  • Fishing (Ewan MacColl) 1962: The Body Blow (Ewan MacColl) 1963: The Iron Muse (A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl, Anne Briggs) 1964: The Fight Game (Ewan MacColl) 1965:...
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  • The Fishing" (Ewan MacColl) 1961 "Scottish Choice" (The Galliards) 1962 "The Body Blow" (Ewan MacColl) 1963 "On The Edge" (Ewan MacColl) 1964 "The Travelling...
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  • changes. Ewan MacColl included a version of "Fitba' Crazy" in a collection of songs called Scotland sings published in 1953, and Personal choice by Ewan MacColl...
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    A-Changin'". Mainlynorfolk.info. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2016-06-16. "Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd, Peggy Seeger: Whaler Out of New Bedford". Mainlynorfolk...
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  • MacColl. It was released by Metro in 2001 and reached No. 34 on the UK Budget Albums Chart. The compilation features fourteen tracks from MacColl's recording...
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    Ballads Of Peckham Rye album (2014) "Alone" - Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl album (2015) Beyond The Serenade - Alex Cornish album (2015) "I Can Hold...
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  • The Pogues cover of "Dirty Old Town", a song written by Salford local Ewan MacColl. The club was founded in 1940 as Salford Central, named after a Salford...
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    MacColl, nephew of singer Kirsty MacColl and grandson of folk singers Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger) and de Saram (son of Sri Lankan cellist Rohan de Saram)...
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  • Ref 1955 The Singing Sailor Vinyl, LP Topic Records TRL3 Credited to: Ewan MacColl, A. L. Lloyd, Harry H. Corbett 1962 Junk Shop / The Isle of Clerkenwell...
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    ("The Right to Live in Peace"). Pete Seeger wrote "Teacher Uncle Ho". Ewan MacColl produced "The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh" in 1954, describing "a man who is...
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