Peggy Seeger: 'Folk is full of raunchy songs, but they're not often sung'

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The American folk musician and activist on playful lyrics, older women and her late stepdaughter, Kirsty MacColl

, 85, has been working and touring non-stop since she was 17. In 1958 she wed a friend so that she could stay in the UK with her already-married lover, Ewan MacColl. She and MacColl went on to make more than 40 albums together, marry and have three children. Seeger’s partner of the past 30 years is the traditional singer Irene Pyper-Scott, who lives in New Zealand; Seeger lives in Iffley, Oxford. She has just released her 24th solo album,How has the pandemic been for you?.

 

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