Peggy Seeger

Margaret "Peggy" Seeger (born June 17, 1935) is an American folk singer and songwriter. She has lived in Britain for more than 60 years and was married to the singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl until his death in 1989.
One of her brothers was Mike Seeger, and Pete Seeger was her half-brother. Poet Alan Seeger was her uncle. One of her first recordings was American Folk Songs for Children (1955).
In the 1950s, left-leaning singers such as Paul Robeson and The Weavers began to find that life became difficult because of the influence of McCarthyism. Seeger visited Communist China and as a result had her US passport withdrawn. In 1957, the US State Department had opposed Seeger's attending the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow (where the CIA had monitored the US delegation), and was vigorously critical about her having gone to China during that trip, against official "advice".
The authorities had already warned her that her passport would be impounded, effectively barring her from further travel were she to return to the US. She therefore decided to tour Europe – and later found out that she was on a blacklist sent to European governments. Staying in London in 1956, she performed accompanying herself on banjo. There she and Ewan MacColl fell in love. Previously married to director and actress Joan Littlewood, MacColl left his second wife, Jean Newlove, to become Seeger's lover.
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==Links to Peel==
Peggy Seeger did a session for Peel's Night Ride programme in 1969. Peggy Seeger was then the wife of Ewan MacColl. Both were associated with the more doctrinaire faction of the folk scene rather than the beatnik/hippy folk artists Peel favoured, so she is one of the more unlikely Night Ride session guests.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1969-01-13. First Broadcast: 15 January 1969
*My Love And I Are One / The Children / The Song Of Choice / Che Guevara / Fill Up Your Glasses
==Other Shows Played==
*None
== See Also ==
* As I Roved Out: A Century Of Folk Music
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
Category:Artists