In the annals of pop and folk music, there are few sagas stranger than that of Anne Briggs. An awesomely talented singer of traditional English folk music, possessing of as pure and breathtakingly beautiful a voice as one could hope to have, she was the single most important influence on a group of female British folk singers that includes Sandy... [+] Read More

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Ewan MacColl may well have been the most influential person in the current British folksong revival. From his early manhood until his death in 1989, he remained passionately committed to folksong, though not exclusively; he was also a poet, playwright, organizer, activist, songwriter, husband, and father. MacColl was born in Scotland in 1915.... [+] Read More

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Celtic folk-rock band the Ploughman's Lunch formed from the ashes of the Pittsburgh punk band Carsickness, assembling frontman Karl Mullen, bassist Michael Michalski, saxophonist Don Roehlich, and drummer Dennis Childers. The group debuted in 1993 with the cassette Whiskey From the Field, followed a year later by Sodom and Begorrah! With 1996's... [+] Read More

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