Ewan Maccoll News

Ewan MacColl, the celebrated folk musician and father of singer Kirsty, was tracked by the security services for more than 20 years on the grounds he was a dangerous radical.

PEGGY Seeger ranks as one of the most important people to grace and shape the folk scene, and her brother Pete Seeger, who has just celebrated his 90th birthday, is seen as the father of the American folk revival.

LOCAL hero Jon Christos is breathing new life into a legendary song about Salford.

Neal Keeling FOLK legend Ewan MacColl once upset Salford council by writing the song Dirty Old Town.

U.S. folk icon Peggy Seeger is saying goodbye to North America once more as life in Britain beckons her.

It's been a busy week and I haven't had time to really dig into any albums this week.

What's an American folk festival without a Seeger in it? OK, this year's version of the Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival, which runs Sunday and Monday in Island Park in downtown Geneva, doesn't include the most famous folk-singing Seeger.

The Peggy Seeger Folk Song Collection was recently purchased by Special Collections and Archives division of Merrill-Cazier Library at Utah State University.