Train tracks! With folk legend Peggy Seeger
Rail-themed songs and an interview with folk legend Peggy Seeger.
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.
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Music Played
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Simon & Garfunkel
蜜芽传媒ward Bound
- Columbia Records.
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The Dubliners
Paddy On The Railway
- Major Minor Records.
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Chris While and Julie Matthews
The Waiting Room (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk)
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Dave Goulder
I'd Like To Be a Lengthman
- Requiem For Steam.
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Peggy Seeger
Sing About These Hard Times
- Red Grape Records.
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Peggy Seeger
Apple Tree
- Red Grape Records.
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Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
Song of the Iron Road
- Topic Records.
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Muireann Bradley
Freight Train
- Decca.
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Findlay Napier
Firecracker (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk)
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Richard Thompson
Siggy's Song (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk)
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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee with Coyal McMahan
The Midnight Special
- Folkways.
Broadcast
- Wed 30 Jul 2025 21:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 2