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Friends and fans celebrate communist singer’s birth
“At local level, it’s different."
EWAN MACCOLL was remembered in song at celebrations at the weekend marking 105 years since the communist songwriter’s birth.
Friends and fans of the folk singer met in front of his commemorative oak tree in Russell Square, central London, on Saturday.
The singing was led by his widow, the pioneering singer and social activist Peggy Seeger.
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