Peggy Seeger

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New album First Farewell out now. 5/5 Mojo Magazine

Peggy Seeger is a totally unique artist who has carved a special place in the folk revival of both the UK and the USA. Now in her mid-80s, her light burns as brightly as ever, still touring her legendary live performances that might include an unaccompanied traditional ballad, followed by an anecdote from her remarkable life, before launching into a topical song about drugs, war, hormones, politicians, unions, women, love or ecology.
A multi-instrumentalist (piano, guitar, 5-string banjo, autoharp, English concertina and Appalachian dulcimer), she is lauded for her feminist and political songs. She has made 24 solo recordings and participated in over a hundred more. Her 2021 album ‘First Farewell’ is a collection of 11 new songs written and recorded with family members.
As Ewan MacColl’s partner and muse, she was the inspiration for MacColl’s classic ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ (the title of her much-praised recent memoir) yet this is a woman who has consistently followed her own path with passion and vigour.
“A trailblazer, both in her musical life and in her fiercely independent spirit”
Evening Standard
“Seeger (has) an uncanny ability to dissolve the gap between artist and audience." The Irish Times
"From the moment she steps on stage, Peggy holds every person in that packed auditorium spellbound". Tradition Magazine“Glorious - Peggy is a commanding presence.” The Times
“Peggy Seeger held the audience spellbound - the audience responded with joy, appreciation and admiration.” Daily Express
“Peggy Seeger may be folk royalty ... but there’s still plenty of the mischievous reprobate – not to mention the untamed rebel – about her.” The Guardian
In 2017, her memoir, ‘First Time Ever’ (Faber & Faber) was shortlisted for the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize and made several ‘Books of the Year’ lists, including the Guardian and Sunday Telegraph. The paperback edition was published in September 2018.
“Peggy Seeger’s life is the stuff of a rip-roaring blockbuster . . . an illuminating, witty, revelatory and unflinchingly candid account, presented in vivid vignettes and nonchalant anecdotes, often funny, sometimes shocking”’ Mojo Magazine

Top tracks

09
The Butcher's Boy
Peggy Seeger
Folk Songs of Courting and Complaint
02:20
Composers: Traditional
09
Shanty Man's Life (Album Version)
Dave Van Ronk
Inside Dave Van Ronk
03:24
Composers: Traditional
09
The Shoals of Herring
Ewan MacColl
The New Briton Gazette, Vol. 2
03:27
Composers: Ewan MacColl
03
In the Pines
Dave Van Ronk
Sings Ballads, Blues and a Spiritual
03:08
Composers: Traditional
01
How I Long for Peace
Peggy Seeger
How I Long for Peace
03:12
Writer: Peggy Seeger / Composers: Peggy Seeger
13
John Henry
Dave Van Ronk
Sings Ballads, Blues and a Spiritual
02:28
Composers: Traditional
16
I'm Gonna Be an Engineer
Peggy Seeger
Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics
04:31
Composers: Peggy Seeger
05
Dink's Song
Carolyn Hester
Carolyn Hester
02:58
Writer: B.B. Lomax - J.A. Lomax / Composers: B.B. Lomax - J.A. Lomax
02
I Want to Meet Paul Simon
Peggy Seeger
Teleology
03:16
Writer: Peggy Seeger - Calum MacColl / Composers: Peggy Seeger - Calum MacColl
01
Bed Bug Blues
Dave Van Ronk
Van Ronk Sings
02:46
Composers: Jimmie Davis
03
Teleology
Peggy Seeger
Teleology
02:36
Writer: Peggy Seeger / Composers: Peggy Seeger
01
What Do You Do All Day?
Peggy Seeger
Different Therefore Equal
08:30
Composers: Peggy Seeger
01
Sing About These Hard Times
Peggy Seeger
Teleology
03:50
Writer: Peggy Seeger / Composers: Peggy Seeger
01
The Ballad of Accounting
Peggy Seeger
Folkways Record of Contemporary Songs
02:43
Composers: Ewan MacColl
06
Winin' Boy
Dave Van Ronk
Sings Ballads, Blues and a Spiritual
02:38
Composers: Jelly Roll Morton
10
If You Leave Me, Pretty Mama
Dave Van Ronk
Down in Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
03:09
Composers: Dave Van Ronk
01
I Know Where I'm Going
Odetta
I Know Where I'm Going
02:05
Composers: Hughes
11
Yas, Yas, Yas
Dave Van Ronk
The Folkways Years, 1959-1961
02:08
Composers: Dave Van Ronk
05
Backwater Blues
Dave Van Ronk
Down in Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
03:04
Composers: Bessie Smith
16
Snake Baked a Hoecake
Peggy Seeger
Animal Folk Songs for Children
01:06
Composers: Traditional

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  • Discography
Albums
℗ 2025 Peggy Seeger licensed to Red Grape Music
02-05-2025
Teleology
01
Sing About These Hard Times
Peggy Seeger
Teleology
03:50
Writer: Peggy Seeger / Composers: Peggy Seeger
02
I Want to Meet Paul Simon
Peggy Seeger
Teleology
03:16
Writer: Peggy Seeger - Calum MacColl / Composers: Peggy Seeger - Calum MacColl
03
Teleology
Peggy Seeger
Teleology
02:36
Writer: Peggy Seeger / Composers: Peggy Seeger
04
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Peggy Seeger
Teleology
03:48
Writer: Ewan MacColl / Composers: Ewan MacColl
05
Slow
Peggy Seeger
Teleology
03:44
Writer: Peggy Seeger - Calum MacColl / Composers: Peggy Seeger - Calum MacColl
06
Through the Clouds
Peggy Seeger
Teleology
02:45
Writer: Peggy Seeger - Kate St. John / Composers: Peggy Seeger - Kate St. John
07
Sit Down
Peggy Seeger
Teleology
02:20
Writer: Peggy Seeger / Composers: Peggy Seeger - Maurice Sugar
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℗ 2021 Peggy Seeger
09-04-2021
First Farewell
01
Dandelion and Clover
Peggy Seeger
First Farewell
02:57
Writer: Peggy Seeger / Composers: Peggy Seeger
02
The Invisible Woman
Peggy Seeger
First Farewell
03:41
Writer: Peggy Seeger - Neill MacColl / Composers: Peggy Seeger - Neill MacColl
03
Lubrication
Peggy Seeger
First Farewell
02:27
Writer: Peggy Seeger / Composers: Peggy Seeger
04
All in the Mind
Peggy Seeger
First Farewell
03:25
Writer: Peggy Seeger - Calum Maccoll / Composers: Peggy Seeger - Calum Maccoll
05
We Are Here
Peggy Seeger
First Farewell
03:26
Writer: Peggy Seeger - Calum Maccoll / Composers: Peggy Seeger - Calum Maccoll
06
The Puzzle
Peggy Seeger
First Farewell
02:14
Writer: Peggy Seeger / Composers: Peggy Seeger
07
Lullabies for Strangers
Peggy Seeger
First Farewell
03:35
Writer: Peggy Seeger - Kate St. John / Composers: Peggy Seeger - Kate St. John
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2014 Rapier Music
19-05-2014
Johnny Lad - Scottish Ballads
01
The Trooper and The Maid
Peggy Seeger
Johnny Lad - Scottish Ballads
03:55
02
Johnny Lad
Peggy Seeger
Johnny Lad - Scottish Ballads
02:30
03
Lord Thomas And Fair Annie
Peggy Seeger
Johnny Lad - Scottish Ballads
05:40
04
The Monymusk Lads
Peggy Seeger
Johnny Lad - Scottish Ballads
02:16
05
The Banks Of The Nile
Peggy Seeger
Johnny Lad - Scottish Ballads
04:11
06
Hughie Grame
Peggy Seeger
Johnny Lad - Scottish Ballads
04:09
07
The Gairdener Chyld
Peggy Seeger
Johnny Lad - Scottish Ballads
04:40
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17-10-2013
Folksongs & Ballads, 1957
01
The Mermaid (Child)
Peggy Seeger
Folksongs & Ballads, 1957
02:59
02
A Rich Old Miser
Peggy Seeger
Folksongs & Ballads, 1957
02:23
03
The Rambling Gambler
Peggy Seeger
Folksongs & Ballads, 1957
02:59
04
Johnson Jinkson
Peggy Seeger
Folksongs & Ballads, 1957
02:30
05
I Married Me a Wife
Peggy Seeger
Folksongs & Ballads, 1957
01:59
06
The Trooper and the Maid (Child)
Peggy Seeger
Folksongs & Ballads, 1957
03:35
07
Equinoxial and Phoebe
Peggy Seeger
Folksongs & Ballads, 1957
01:57
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2012 Appleseed Recordings
24-04-2012
Live
01
Moonlight Sonata (spoken word)
Peggy Seeger
Live
01:54
02
I Been A Bad Bad Girl
Peggy Seeger
Live
02:52
03
Make Love Not War (spoken word)
Peggy Seeger
Live
00:52
04
Mountaineer's Courtship
Peggy Seeger
Live
02:42
05
Everyone Knows
Peggy Seeger
Live
02:57
06
Country Blues
Peggy Seeger
Live
04:05
07
I'm Gonna Be An Engineer
Peggy Seeger
Live
05:14
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2011 Appleseed Recordings
22-03-2011
Fly Down Little Bird
01
Old Bangum
Mike Seeger
Fly Down Little Bird
02:52
02
The Dodger Song
Mike Seeger
Fly Down Little Bird
03:00
03
Cindy
Mike Seeger
Fly Down Little Bird
03:42
04
Blood-Stained Banders
Mike Seeger
Fly Down Little Bird
02:16
05
Big Bee Suck the Pumpkin Stem
Mike Seeger
Fly Down Little Bird
01:59
06
Where Have You Been, My Good Man?
Mike Seeger
Fly Down Little Bird
01:51
07
Little Willie's My Darlin'
Mike Seeger
Fly Down Little Bird
03:23
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2008 Appleseed
22-01-2008
Bring Me Home
01
Peacock Street
Peggy Seeger
Bring Me Home
01:48
02
Hang Me
Peggy Seeger
Bring Me Home
04:30
03
Wagoner's Lad
Peggy Seeger
Bring Me Home
03:48
04
Napoleon
Peggy Seeger
Bring Me Home
03:43
05
Molly Bond
Peggy Seeger
Bring Me Home
02:45
06
Roving Gambler
Peggy Seeger
Bring Me Home
04:05
07
Newlyn Town
Peggy Seeger
Bring Me Home
03:48
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2007 Appleseed Recordings
27-03-2007
Three Score And Ten
01
Introduction
Peggy Seeger And Mike Harding
Three Score And Ten
02:12
02
Hangman
Peggy Seeger
Three Score And Ten
04:33
03
Fiddling Soldier
Peggy Seeger
Three Score And Ten
04:30
04
Logan County Jail
Peggy Seeger
Three Score And Ten
04:37
05
Che Guevara
Peggy Seeger
Three Score And Ten
03:58
06
Lowlands Of Holland
Peggy Seeger
Three Score And Ten
05:27
07
Different Therefore Equal
Peggy Seeger
Three Score And Ten
03:39
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2005 Appleseed Recordings
26-04-2005
Love Call Me Home
01
Sing About These Hard Times
Peggy Seeger
Love Call Me Home
03:22
02
Poor Ellen Smith
Peggy Seeger
Love Call Me Home
02:37
03
Hangman
Peggy Seeger
Love Call Me Home
03:53
04
Careless Love
Peggy Seeger
Love Call Me Home
04:11
05
Love Is Teasing
Peggy Seeger
Love Call Me Home
02:59
06
Rynerdine
Peggy Seeger
Love Call Me Home
04:14
07
London Bridge
Peggy Seeger
Love Call Me Home
02:31
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2003 Appleseed Recordings
07-10-2003
Heading For Home
01
Heading For Home
Peggy Seeger
Heading For Home
04:42
02
Country Blues
Peggy Seeger
Heading For Home
03:50
03
Jackie Rover
Peggy Seeger
Heading For Home
02:59
04
Dear Companion
Peggy Seeger
Heading For Home
03:49
05
Oma Wise
Peggy Seeger
Heading For Home
04:21
06
John Gilbert Is The Boat
Peggy Seeger
Heading For Home
04:00
07
John Riley
Peggy Seeger
Heading For Home
03:34
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2000 Appleseed Recordings
22-08-2000
Love Will Linger On
01
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Peggy Seeger
Love Will Linger On
03:13
02
Autumn Wedding
Peggy Seeger
Love Will Linger On
03:11
03
Down By The Flowing River
Peggy Seeger
Love Will Linger On
02:41
04
Mysterious Lover
Peggy Seeger
Love Will Linger On
02:49
05
My Joy Of You
Peggy Seeger
Love Will Linger On
04:54
06
Fiddling Soldier
Peggy Seeger
Love Will Linger On
03:48
07
Swallow And Trout
Peggy Seeger
Love Will Linger On
02:26
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℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
19-03-1996
An Odd Collection
01
Wonderful World
Peggy Seeger
An Odd Collection
04:39
Composers: Peggy Seeger
02
Housewife's Alphabet
Peggy Seeger
An Odd Collection
04:53
Composers: Peggy Seeger - Traditional
03
Leftwing Wife
Peggy Seeger
An Odd Collection
01:14
Composers: Peggy Seeger
04
Sellafield Child
Peggy Seeger
An Odd Collection
03:09
Composers: Peggy Seeger
05
If You Want A Better Life
Peggy Seeger
An Odd Collection
02:55
Composers: Peggy Seeger
06
Emily
Peggy Seeger
An Odd Collection
06:45
Composers: Peggy Seeger
07
Love Unbidden
Peggy Seeger
An Odd Collection
01:09
Composers: Peggy Seeger
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℗ 1992 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
01-11-1992
Animal Folk Songs For Children
01
Raccoon And Possum
Mike Seeger
Animal Folk Songs For Children
02:39
Composers: Traditional
02
Mister Rabbit
Peggy Seeger
Animal Folk Songs For Children
02:06
Composers: Traditional
03
Peep Squirrel
Mike Seeger
Animal Folk Songs For Children
01:54
Composers: Traditional
04
A Squirrel Is A Pretty Thing
Peggy Seeger
Animal Folk Songs For Children
01:37
Composers: Traditional
05
Cross-Eyed Gopher
Peggy Seeger
Animal Folk Songs For Children
00:43
Composers: Traditional
06
Muskrat
Mike Seeger
Animal Folk Songs For Children
03:06
Composers: Traditional
07
Old Ground Hog
Mike Seeger
Animal Folk Songs For Children
02:38
Composers: Traditional
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(P) 1992 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
21-05-1992
Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics
01
Pretty Saro
Peggy Seeger
Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics
03:43
Composers: Traditional
02
Lady, What Do You Do All Day?
Peggy Seeger
Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics
03:46
Composers: Peggy Seeger
03
Broomfield Hill
Peggy Seeger
Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics
02:55
Composers: Traditional
04
The Squire and the Colic
Peggy Seeger
Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics
04:16
Composers: Traditional
05
Jellon Graeme
Peggy Seeger
Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics
05:36
Composers: Traditional
06
Going to the West
Peggy Seeger
Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics
03:49
Composers: Traditional
07
Jane Jane
Peggy Seeger
Folkways Years, 1955-1992: Songs of Love and Politics
01:32
Composers: Traditional
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℗ 1989 Rounder Records., Distributed by Concord.
01-01-1989
American Folk Songs For Christmas
01
Stars In The Heaven
Mike Seeger
American Folk Songs For Christmas
01:11
Composers: Traditional
02
Oh, Watch The Stars
Mike Seeger
American Folk Songs For Christmas
02:17
Composers: Traditional
03
Great Big Stars
Mike Seeger
American Folk Songs For Christmas
00:57
Composers: Traditional
04
Shine Like A Star In The Morning
Mike Seeger
American Folk Songs For Christmas
02:23
Composers: Traditional
05
Bright Morning Stars Are Rising
Mike Seeger
American Folk Songs For Christmas
03:05
Composers: Traditional
06
Rise Up, Shepherd And Follow
Mike Seeger
American Folk Songs For Christmas
02:16
Composers: Traditional
07
Shepherd, Shepherd
Mike Seeger
American Folk Songs For Christmas
01:03
Composers: Traditional
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