Amah-Rose Abrams
, May 19th, 2021 10:18
In this week's Baker's Dozen, Peggy Seegar guides Amah-Rose Abrams through favourite records from Paul Simon, Norah Jones, Tom Paxton.. plus! Flanders & Swann!
Peggy Seeger’s life as a songwriter, singer and vital part of the history of folk music spans well over half a century, from her debut album
Folksongs Of Courting And Complaint in 1955 to this year’s record
The First Farewell. As part of the Seeger folk music dynasty, Seeger’s life and family are steeped in musical history. In addition to her many solo records, she also released collaborative albums with then-husband Ewan McColl, who famously wrote the classic song ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ about her. Together they created the Radio Ballads, a radical folk music reportage series of BBC Radio documentaries that gave musical voice to the working classes on the BBC for the first time.