Peggy Seeger
Edi Stark meets the extraordinary folk legend and hears about her unconventional life.
Edi Stark meets the extraordinary folk legend, Peggy Seeger. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was written for her by fellow folk revivalist and political activist Ewan McColl, and she explains why her version is the true rendition of the song made famous by Roberta Flack. Real life love for Ewan lasted for 35 years until he died.
In this fascinating programme, Peggy, whose brother was the legendary Pete Seeger, describes an unconventional life growing up with musical parents in New York, coming to Britain, falling in love with Ewan and living with his cantankerous Scottish mother. She tells Edi how she was upended by falling in love with Irene Scott, now her wife.
Peggy Seeger began singing at the age of two, plays piano, guitar, five-string banjo, auto harp, English concertina and Appalachian dulcimer. Now in her eighties, she is still writing and performing, and as you鈥檒l hear in Stark Talk, she is a wonderful storyteller.
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- Sat 22 Oct 2022 18:30成人快手 Radio Scotland
- Sun 23 Oct 2022 07:00成人快手 Radio Scotland
- Sat 29 Oct 2022 06:00成人快手 Radio Scotland
- Tue 27 Dec 2022 06:30成人快手 Radio Scotland
- Sun 9 Apr 2023 07:30成人快手 Radio Scotland
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Stark Talk
Edi Stark with revealing, thought-provoking interviews