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Peggy Seeger

American singer, banjo player, songwriter, traditional ballad interpreter, political campaigner. Peggy Seeger is one of folk music's most iconic figures. From a famous family of folklorists (father Charles Seeger was a musicologist, mother Ruth Crawford was a composer, while her elder brothers Pete and Mike Seeger also became important folk singers), Peggy was entrenched in America's folk heritage almost from the day she first drew breath. Some of the music's most legendary figures - including Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Alan Lomax and Rambling Jack Elliott - made regular visits to...