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MacColl collected hundreds of traditional folk songs, [3] including the version of "Scarborough Fair" later popularised by Simon & Garfunkel, [4] [5] and released dozens of albums with A.L. Lloyd, Peggy Seeger and others, mostly of traditional folk songs.
Jun 28, 2020 · Its pollution levels may have dropped even more dramatically since Covid-19 quietened its thoroughfares, but Ewan MacColl’s “Dirty Old Town” wasn’t just about the smog of his hometown. It was...
May 31, 2024 · Ewan MacColl (born Jan. 25, 1915, Auchterarder, Scot.—died Oct. 22, 1989, London, Eng.) was a British singer, songwriter, and playwright. MacColl’s parents were singers and taught him many folk songs.
Ewan MacColl is known to most people as a songwriter and singer, but he was also of significant influence in the worlds of theatre and radio broadcasting. He was a committed socialist all his life and his political sensibilities underpinned all his creative activities.
Ewan MacColl was born James Henry Miller in Salford, Lancashire, on January 25 1915. His father, William Miller, was an iron-moulder, militant trade-unionist and communist who had left his native Stirlingshire in his mid-twenties.
Nov 19, 2020 · If you’ve ever been moved by MacColl’s singing, touched by a lyric of his or inspired to action by his righteous political anger, come down to Russell Square on 25 January to raise a glass and strike up a song with the rest of us. The Ewan MacColl memorial takes place at noon on 22 October and 25 January in Russell Square Gardens ...
Apr 21, 2020 · An introduction. Jimmie Miller aged 12. Ewan MacColl was the adopted name of Jimmie Miller who was born in Salford, Lancashire of Scottish parents. 'My relationship with Salford', he said in a 1985 TV interview, 'has been a love-hate one.
Ewan MacColl (b. James Henry Miller, 25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989) was that rare combination of traditional and revival singer at one and the same time.
Oct 9, 2015 · Ewan MacColl was a chronicler of times and this wistful song, from The Big Hewer, an album about starting a coal miner's life, captures the end of childhood. 'Schooldays over, come on then John...
Oct 29, 2015 · T hat controversial pioneer of the British folk revival, the late Ewan MacColl, was born in 1915, and the centenary is being marked by reminders that he was a bravely original songwriter.
