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Biographical Note - Peggy Seeger
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1935 June 17 | Margaret (Peggy) Seeger born in New York City |
| 1953 September-1954 June | Attended Radcliffe College as a music major |
| 1954 | Recorded first album, Folksongs of Courting and Complaint |
| 1955 September | Moved to Holland |
| 1956 March 27 | Met Ewan MacColl at audition for the Ramblers in London |
| 1957 | Toured Russia, China, Poland, and much of Europe Albums Animal Folksongs for Children, American Folksongs Sung By the Seegers, and American Folk Songs for Christmas (with Barbara and Penny Seeger) released by Folkways Records |
| 1957-1964 | Conducted research and created songs and arrangements of music for radio ballads "The Ballad of John Axon," "Singing the Fishing," "The Big Hewer," "The Fight Game," and "The Song of the Road" on the BBC National Home Service |
| 1958 | Albums Our Singing Heritage and Folksongs and Ballads; America at Play and We Sing America (with Guy Carawan); Folksong Saturday Night (with Guy Carawan and Alan Lomax); Origins of Skiffle (with Isla Cameron and Guy Carawan); and Matching Songs of Britain and America (with Ewan MacColl) released by various record labels |
| 1959 | Became a British subject Birth of son Neill MacColl |
| 1959-1970 | Wrote music and directed musicians in the studio for a number of TV programs and films, including Before the Mast, Singing the Fishing, The Fight Game, Coventry Kids, Trio in the Sun, and Jackie Stewart |
| 1960 | Began domestic partnership with Ewan MacColl Released "Ballad of Springhill" with Ewan MacColl on Folkways album New Briton Gazette Vol. 1 |
| 1961-1992 | Appeared as a resident performer at the Singers Club |
| 1963 | Birth of son Calum MacColl |
| 1964 | Met Irene Pyper-Scott in Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 1968-1985 | Published the New City Songster |
| 1971 | Wrote "I'm Gonna Be an Engineer" for 1971's Festival of Fools; became one of her best-known songs |
| 1972 | Birth of daughter Catroina (Kitty) MacColl |
| 1977 January 25-1989 October 22 | Married to Ewan MacColl (1915-1989) |
| 1983-1989 | Performed regularly with Irene Pyper-Scott as a duo |
| circa 1990 | Formed the duo No Spring Chickens with Irene Pyper-Scott Created Golden Egg Productions |
| 1992 | Released No Spring Chickens album, Almost Commercially Viable |
| 1994 | Moved to the United States, ultimately settling in Asheville, North Carolina |
| 1996 | Released An Odd Collection |
| 1998 | Published Peggy Seeger Songbook: Forty Years of Songmaking Released Period Pieces |
| 2000 | Released Love Will Linger On |
| 2001 | Published The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook: Sixty Years of Songmaking Released Peaceful Woman, Fighting Hard, the first in her "Timely" series |
| 2003 February 14 | Opened Pyper's Place coffee house in Ashville, north Carolina, with Irene Pyper-Scott |
| 2006 June | Moved to Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, with Irene Pyper-Scott |
| 2006 December 15 | Registered a civil partnership with Irene Pyper-Scott (1947- ) in England |
| 2007 Fall | Taught "Some Perspectives on the Art of Songwriting" at Northeastern University |
| 2008 | Released Bring Me Home, Crazy Quilt, and "Obama Is the One For Me" |
| 2008 February-March | Toured Australia with Irene Pyper-Scott |
| 2008 May | Toured England with Irene Pyper-Scott, Martin Carthy, and the Watersons |
| 2009 | Nominated for Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Folk Album category for Bring Me Home; lost to Pete Seeger's At 89 Toured the United States |
| 2010 | Returned to England to live in Oxford |
| 2011 | Released Fly Down Little Bird, recorded with Mike Seeger Received honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Salford |
| 2014 | Released Everything Changes Received Women in Music Inspirational Artist award from "Music Week" (first such award given) |
| 2015 | Given Folk Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award Received Best Original Song award from BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for "Swim to the Star" with Calum MacColl |
| 2017 October | Published First Time Ever: A Memoir and released an accompanying 2 CD album of the same name Released Songs in the American Tradition featuring Tom Paley |
| 2020 | Released Love Unbidden: Love Poems For Irene |
| 2020 April 19-2021 April 11 | Broadcast "Peggy @ 5 on Sunday" concert series from her home |
| 2021 April | Released First Farewell |
| 2021-2024 | Toured with son Calum MacColl throughout England, Ireland, and Scotland |