Latest Release
- 27 NOV 2023
- 40 Songs
- Blow Boys Blow · 1960
- Classic Scots Ballads · 1961
- Black and White · 1990
- Black and White · 1990
- The King Has Landed · 2002
- Blow Boys Blow · 1960
- An Introduction to Ewan Maccoll · 2018
- Blow Boys Blow · 1960
- Classic Scots Ballads · 1961
- Classic Scots Ballads · 1961
- 2019
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016
Live Albums
About Ewan MacColl
Archivist, playwright, and songwriter Ewan MacColl is one of the most important figures in the revival of traditional Irish and English folk songs. Like his mentor and associate, Alan Lomax, MacColl approached traditional folk from an academic standpoint as well as a musical one. He had a long-standing creative and romantic relationship with folksinger Peggy Seeger, and is nearly synonymous with her career. While MacColl was a prolific songwriter, his two most well-known numbers are certainly "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and the modern standard "Dirty Old Town." MacColl died in 1989; his musical legacy was kept alive by his daughter, singer Kirsty MacColl, until her tragic death in 2000.
- HOMETOWN
- Broughton, Salford, England
- BORN
- 25 January 1915
- GENRE
- Singer/Songwriter