10 things to do this weekend Oct 10, 2008
LISTEN. Half-a-century ago, radio producer Charles Parker joined Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger to create "BBC RADIO BALLADS," a combination of music and stories from everyday people. Mr. Parker's daughter, Sara, comes to the Old Town School of Folk Music to talk about the making of the recordings and play material from her father's archives. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Peggy Seeger Jun 12, 2008
June 14 Like her half-brother Pete, Seeger is among the 20th century's most important folk musicians: a major force in popularizing Southern mountain music; a giant in the British revival with her husband, Ewan MacColl; and a songwriter whose anthems predicted the feminist movement. Linden Tree, 326 Main St., Wakefield. (Boston Globe)
Manchester United (2) 4 Aston Villa (0) 0 Mar 31, 2008
This was a supreme performance played out in the kind of driving, unforgiving Manchester rain that folk singer Ewan MacColl, had in mind when he wrote about the city in Dirty Old Town. From Manchester the team travel this morning to an altogether grander city for an altogether bigger game. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Public radio Oct 6, 2007
Old songs about horse drawn ploughs, handloom weavers, coalface workers and fishing under sail with Dick Gaughan, Christine Kydd, Ewan MacColl, Christy Moore and others. SUNDAY, Oct. 7. (Montana Standard, MT)
Making tracks Aug 5, 2007
It is said that the folk singer Ewan MacColl wrote Dirty Old Town with this place in mind. The Lads Club is one of the few original buildings in the vicinity. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
A toast to The Pogues Jan 21, 2007
From the opening strains of The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn to the anthemic anti-war masterpiece The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, The Pogues crafted an album that was immediate, yet poetic, full of fire, yet with its share of wistful moments such as the Ewan MacColl cover Dirty Old Town and Im a Man You Dont Meet Every Day, which was sung by ORiordan. Ironically ORiordan departed after this masterpiece. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
