CELEBRATORY: Peggy Seeger and Paul Robeson performing in Trafalgar Square in 1960
HENRY BELL is fascinated by the underlying curiosities and contradictions of one of the great poets of the Mediterranean
DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world
JONATHAN TAYLOR is fascinated by the philosophical problems that permeate the art of life-writing
GORDON PARSONS steps warily in between the lines of Britain’s most famous diarist
SIMON DUFF recommends a recording of Arvo Part that takes the listener on a pilgrimage through seemingly distant times and events of the Bible
AT THE age of 85 and with a lifetime of singing and campaigning for progressive causes, Peggy Seeger has just released her latest album and it has been described as “probably” her final one.
Yet the songs and the themes explored in First Farewell demonstrate that she is as committed as ever to using music to express both life and hope in these particularly challenging times.
Composed of entirely new songs and with support from sons Calum and Neill MacColl and daughter-in-law Kate St John, the album reflects on growing older as well as developing further concerns such as peace, the environment and feminism that Seeger has had throughout her career.
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