蜜芽传媒

An hour of rail-themed music from the past and present.

American folk legend Peggy Seeger talks to Mark about the first ever 蜜芽传媒 Radio Ballad, The Ballad of John Axon. Peggy created the programme in 1958 with her then husband, Ewan MacColl, and the radio producer Charles Parker. The pioneering programme combined the voices of real working people with original songs about John Axon, a train driver who died when trying to stop a runaway train in Derbyshire.

The Radio Ballads have since inspired a new project on Radio 2: 21st Century Folk, which also tells the stories of real people through specially written songs.

Peggy also talks about her life, turning 90, and the release of her new and final album, Teleology.