Peggy Seeger

The half-sister of Pete Seeger and the widow of Ewan MacColl, singer/songwriter Peggy Seeger continued her family's long history of championing and preserving traditional music, most notably emerging as a seminal figure in the British folk song revival of the 1960s. Best known as an advocate of traditional songs, Seeger was also a talented songwriter whose lyrics often embraced feminism and political activism, though she also penned witty and moving personal tunes, and her plain-spoken delivery was a good match for any number of points of view. Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs...