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Ewan MacColl

Folk
Folk

Ewan MacColl is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Peggy Seeger, Pete Seeger and Sixteen Tons. Those roots explain a lot about how Ewan MacColl arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Stan Rogers, Pete Seeger, The Pentangle, Luke Kelly and Bert Jansch, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dave Swarbrick, Kirsty MacColl, Rod Stewart, The Pogues and Luke Kelly, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Ewan MacColl, reaching back through Peggy Seeger and forward to Dave Swarbrick. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ewan MacCollPeggy SeegerPete SeegerSixteen TonsDave SwarbrickKirsty MacCollRod StewartThe PoguesLuke KellySimon & GarfunkelRoberta FlackThe SpinnersStan RogersPete SeegerThe PentangleLuke KellyBert JanschBilly BraggKate RusbyThe Wolfe Tones

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Ewan MacColl connections

Ewan MacColl grew out of Peggy Seeger, Pete Seeger and Sixteen Tons, shares an orbit with Stan Rogers, Pete Seeger, The Pentangle and Luke Kelly, went on to shape Dave Swarbrick, Kirsty MacColl, Rod Stewart and The Pogues. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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