The Folk Music - part 1
Seamus Cater, Viljam Nybacka and Fritz Welch at DNK Amsterdam - 14 September 2009 Seamus Cater - vocals, Rhodes and re-tuned harmonica Viljam Nybacka - ukelele, drums, vocals and turntable Fritz Welch - percussion and vocals Excerpt from 'The Folk Music, the Whale and the Sea'. The vinyl excerpt is 'The Spermwhale Fishery' sung and played by Shirley Collins, followed by Seamus Cater's 'The Folk Music', a song biography of Ewan MacColl which becomes a fictional account of a whaler.
About Ewan MacColl
James Henry Miller, better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was a British folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in England to Scottish parents, he was one of the originators of the 1960s folk revival and wrote such songs as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Dirty Old Town".
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