FOLKWAYS RECORDS

Maccoll,Ewan / Seeger,Peggy Popular Scottish Songs CD1. The Barnyards of Delgaty 2. The Highland Muster Roll 3. Wee, Wee German Lairdee 4. Friendless Mary 5. The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie 6. Roy's Wife 7...

Maccoll,Ewan / Seeger,Peggy Saturday Night At The Bull And Mouth CD1. Blackleg Miner 2. Rambling Man (Child No. 279) 3. Young Peggy 4. John J. Curtis 5. John Hardy 6. Willie's Lyke-Wake 7. The Ballad...

Maccoll,Ewan / Seeger,Peggy Songs Of Two Rebellions: The Jacobite Wars CD1. Ye Jacobites By Name 2. Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation 3. Will Ye Go to Sheriffmuir 4. Wae's Me for Prince Charlie 5...

Released in 1964, Traditional Songs and Ballads is just one of the many joint recordings made by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. Both grew up in musical families (Peggy is half-sister to famed folk...

Two of the most influential figures of the 1960's British and American folk music revival, married couple Ewan MacColl (1915-1989) and Peggy Seeger (1935-) collaborated for decades to promote and...

This second volume (see Folkways FW03043, Broadside Ballads, Volume 1) continues Ewan MacColl's exploration of English broadside ballads. It features songs about the exploits of women, from a woman...

In his liner notes, Ewan MacColl writes, "In the days before TV, radio, and newspapers, the broadsides helped both to mould and reflect public opinion; their authors acted as political commentators,...

The "Child Ballads" are a large collection of 305 songs from England and Scotland compiled by Francis James Child in the late 19th century. Here, Ewan MacColl presents 13 of these songs, sung without...

Political themes run powerfully through this 1978 recording, written and performed by husband and wife Ewan MacColl (1915-1989) and Peggy Seeger (b. 1935). Songs cover apartheid, domestic abuse, and...

Before photography, painted panoramas were often the only images the general public saw of distant lands. One such panorama from 1848, of "wondrous scenes of whaling and faraway islands," inspired a...

Robert Burns (1759-1796) is generally considered the national poet of Scotland, not only for his poems but for his songs. He avidly collected traditional melodies and composed lyrics to them if these...

Maccoll,Ewan The Singing Streets: Childhood Memories CD1. Home, Family, Neighbors, Streets ; Oaths 2. Siging Games and Ring Games 3. Skipping Rope, Bouncing Ball and Counting Rymes 4. Street Songs,...