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James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), [1] better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was a British folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in England to Scottish parents, he is known as one of the instigators of the 1960s folk revival as well as for writing such songs as " The First ...
Kirsty Anna MacColl (/ m ə ˈ k ɔː l /, mə-KAWL; 10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was a British singer-songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl.She recorded several pop hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and cover versions of Billy Bragg's "A New England" and the Kinks' "Days".
In 2011, Seeger edited The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook. Her introduction gave a detailed account of her life with MacColl. She expressed some difference of political perspective between her and Ewan. [11] As a budding eco-feminist, I find the subject matter of many of the songs in this book very hard to deal with. A developed eco-feminist ...
Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl is a compilation and tribute album to Ewan MacColl by various artists, released by Cooking Vinyl Records in the UK and Compass Records in the USA on September 18, 2015. [1] [2] [3] The album was assembled and produced by MacColl's sons Calum and Neill. [4]
"School Days" has been recorded many times over the years. Byron G. Harlan was an early recording star who made it a hit. [4] Billy Murray and Ada Jones also sang it as memorable duet, referenced decades later by Tiny Tim on one of his albums, in which he sang both parts, using his famous falsetto voice.
Three Score and Ten: A Voice to the People is a multi-CD box set album issued by Topic Records in 2009 to celebrate 70 years as an independent British record label.. The album consists of a hardback book containing the seven CDs and a paper insert detailing the Topic release list, complemented by a card insert to balance the release list.
"The Manchester Rambler", also known as "I'm a Rambler" and "The Rambler's Song", is a song written by the English folk singer Ewan MacColl in 1932. It was inspired by his participation in the Kinder trespass, a protest by the urban Young Communist League of Manchester, and was the work that began MacColl's career as a singer-songwriter.
The radio ballad is an audio documentary format created by Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, and Charles Parker in 1958. It combines four elements of sound: songs, instrumental music, sound effects, and, most importantly, the recorded voices of those who are the subjects of the documentary.