#ewanmaccoll — Public Fediverse posts

"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk-pop singers, including #theKingstonTrio, #WeFive, #TheChadMitchellTrio, #GordonLightfoot, and #PeterPaulAndMary. It became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8_fLu2yrP4

https://www.europesays.com/ie/287255/ Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly splutter over e-scooters – The Irish Times #BrendanFraser #CiaraKelly #CiaraDoherty #DonaldTrump #Éire #Entertainment #EwanMaccoll #IE #Ireland #JDVance #KieranCuddihy #NewstalkRadio #NigelFarage #PatKenny #PeggySeeger #PeteSeeger #RickOShea #RyanTubridy #ShaneColeman

"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk-pop singers, including #theKingstonTrio, #WeFive, #TheChadMitchellTrio, #GordonLightfoot, and #PeterPaulAndMary. It became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-T9rRBTEU

The Father's Song A timely message for Father's Day... and other things. Germane when I wrote it 12 years ago, I had no idea how much more relevant it would soon be. rustyring.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-... #DickGaughan, #EwanMacColl, #fathers, #justice, #music, #responsiblity, #Scotland, #video

The Father's Song

The Father's Song A timely message for Father's Day... and other things. Germane when I wrote it 12 years ago, I had no idea how much more relevant it would soon be. rustyring.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-... #DickGaughan, #EwanMacColl, #fathers, #justice, #music, #responsiblity, #Scotland, #video

The Father's Song

The Father's Song A timely message for Father's Day... and other things. Germane when I wrote it 12 years ago, I had no idea how much more relevant it would soon be. rustyring.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-... #DickGaughan, #EwanMacColl, #fathers, #justice, #music, #responsiblity, #Scotland, #video

The Father's Song

The Father's Song A timely message for Father's Day... and other things. Germane when I wrote it 12 years ago, I had no idea how much more relevant it would soon be. rustyring.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-... #DickGaughan, #EwanMacColl, #fathers, #justice, #music, #responsiblity, #Scotland, #video

The Father's Song

The Father's Song A timely message for Father's Day... and other things. Germane when I wrote it 12 years ago, I had no idea how much more relevant it would soon be. rustyring.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-... #DickGaughan, #EwanMacColl, #fathers, #justice, #music, #responsiblity, #Scotland, #video

The Father's Song

The Father's Song

A timely message for Father's Day... and other things. Entirely germane when I wrote it 12 years ago, I had no idea how much more relevant it would soon be.

https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-fathers-song.html

#DickGaughan, #EwanMacColl, #fathers, #justice, #music, #responsiblity, #Scotland, #video

The Father's Song

A timely message for Father's Day... and other things. Entirely germane when I wrote it 12 years ago, I had no idea how much more relevant it would soon be.

https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-fathers-song.html

#DickGaughan, #EwanMacColl, #fathers, #justice, #music, #responsiblity, #Scotland, #video

The Father's Song

A timely message for Father's Day... and other things. Entirely germane when I wrote it 12 years ago, I had no idea how much more relevant it would soon be.

https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-fathers-song.html

#DickGaughan, #EwanMacColl, #fathers, #justice, #music, #responsiblity, #Scotland, #video

The Father's Song

A timely message for Father's Day... and other things. Entirely germane when I wrote it 12 years ago, I had no idea how much more relevant it would soon be.

https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-fathers-song.html

#DickGaughan, #EwanMacColl, #fathers, #justice, #music, #responsiblity, #Scotland, #video

This is an interesting BBC R4 documentary about Dirty Old Town by Ewan MacColl, the various interpretations and the recordings of the song by the likes of the Dubliners and the Pogues.

Ewan MacColl apparently said: "I don't know what the Irish are going to do with it because they are famous for making any song their song.' I can't imagine what he meant. 😂

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0020xjr

#Salford #EwanMacColl #FolkMusic #IrishMusic #TheDubliners #ThePogues

Last SpaceAce Sunday, we took a listen to the first album that SpaceAce submitted to this project. We had a sort of surrogate spotlight on the second one back in March, pointing to SpaceAce’s own post on that album,* so here we jump to the third.

In memory of our dearly missed friend, let’s raise a glass and take a listen to number 479 in The List. This one is a collection of traditional sea shanties, and one of the many collaborations between Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd, both key in the British folk revival of the 1950s and 60s.

Thanks, friend.

• Songlink: Ewan MacColl, A. L. Lloyd – Blow Boys Blow (Songs of the Sea)
  • Note: CW for lyrics in the title track.**
• Discogs: Ewan MacColl, A. L. Lloyd – Blow Boys Blow (Songs of the Sea)

*SpaceAce’s piece on Forest’s The Full Circle is on the Digital LoFi blog. While our surrogate spotlight simply links to his post, you may want to check it out – in a weird tech glitch/gift, though SpaceAce’s use of the autodelete setting on Mastodon means that his comment on the Mastodon side has long disappeared, it remains on the blog side, complete with his cartoon avatar and signature ALL CAPS joy.
**I questioned pointing this out, but I feel like SpaceAce would’ve said something about it. The title track has a racist word in a lyric describing an antislavery ship; the song appears to have originated during the slave trade. There’s a discussion of the song and its various versions including this one here. The same site has an ultra-detailed discussion of each song on Blow Boys Blow and of both Ewan MacColl’s and A. L. Lloyd’s entire discographies, if you’re interested.

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/08/11/spaceace-sunday-ewan-maccoll-a-l-lloyd-blow-boys-blow-songs-of-the-sea-1958-uk/

#1001OtherAlbums #1950s #ALLloyd #BertLloyd #BritishFolk #EwanMacColl #folk #folkMusic #seaShanties #SpaceAceSunday

#EwanMacColl – Ballads 2cd on #TopicRecords 2009
http://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mfKiClWDqrIqNj_b5CU-wEIE80WkNWzrY