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Peggy Seeger

Folk
Folk

Peggy Seeger is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Rhiannon Giddens, The Weavers and Paul Robeson. Those roots explain a lot about how Peggy Seeger arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pete Seeger, Cisco Houston, Connie Converse, Tia Blake and Judy Collins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kate McGarrigle, Kirsty MacColl, Ewan MacColl, Luke Kelly and Dave Swarbrick, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Peggy Seeger, reaching back through Rhiannon Giddens and forward to Kate McGarrigle. 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
Peggy SeegerRhiannon GiddensThe WeaversPaul RobesonKate McGarrigleKirsty MacCollEwan MacCollLuke KellyDave SwarbrickPete SeegerCisco HoustonConnie ConverseTia BlakeJudy CollinsRamblin' Jack ElliottLoudon Wainwright IIIJoan Baez

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Peggy Seeger connections

Peggy Seeger grew out of Rhiannon Giddens, The Weavers and Paul Robeson, shares an orbit with Pete Seeger, Cisco Houston, Connie Converse and Tia Blake, went on to shape Kate McGarrigle, Kirsty MacColl, Ewan MacColl and Luke Kelly. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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