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Peggy Seeger concert in aid of Wren Trust
Okehampton Times
WREN Music will present renowned American folksinger Peggy Seeger live in concert this weekend to raise money for the charity. Seeger will perform at Exeter's Northcott Theatre on Sunday May 27. Proceeds from the event will benefit the work of Wren ...
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First lady of folk set to play at the Plough
This is North Devon
PEGGY Seeger's musical pedigree speaks for itself: she is the daughter of composer and folk-song collector Ruth Crawford-Seeger; the half sister of Pete Seeger; and partner to Ewan McColl. It was for her that Ewan wrote the longingly beautiful The ...
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Songs and shows against Amendment 1
The Independent Weekly
In late March, Greensboro musician Laurelyn Dossett saw the songwriter and activist Peggy Seeger perform twice. Seeger is part of American folk music royalty, if such a thing can exist. The half-sister of Pete Seeger, she not only grew up in a family ...


 
North Devon Gazette
Musical May variety
North Devon Gazette
PLOUGH ARTS CENTRE, TORRINGTON: Anglo-American folk legend Peggy Seeger is at The Plough. She is a multi instrumentalist well known for her excellent renditions and activist song-writing. 8pm. Tickets and info from 01805 624624.

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House Playlist: Passion Pit, The Flaming Lips & Erykah Badu, & Eternal Summers
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It's said that Ewan MacColl, who originally penned "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" for a young Peggy Seeger, found every version of this song, including covers by Elvis Presley and Roberta Flack (whose 1969 version became a hit a few years later ...

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Mixed bag of delights
This is North Devon
Musical treats in store this month at the Northcott are jazz and blues legend Georgie Fame (Sunday, May 13) and Peggy Seeger (Sunday, May 27). There's comedy with Never Mind The Buzzcocks star Simon Amstell (Friday, May 25). TWO imaginative reworks of ...