Peggy Seeger

Peggy Seeger was born in New York City in 1935 into a family where music and social awareness were part of the air. Her father was folk singer Pete Seeger, and her mother was concert pianist Toshi Aline Ohta. She started performing with her father in the early 1950s and put out her first album in 1956.

Her song 'Butchers Boy' became a folk standard, but she also recorded other traditional material like 'Jellon Graeme' and 'Child Waters.' She wrote 'Springhill Mine Disaster' about a mining accident, which shows how her music often touched on social issues.

In the 1960s, she faced industry blacklisting during the McCarthy era but kept performing. She never stopped writing and recording, and her work has stayed connected to folk traditions while speaking to contemporary concerns.