PEGGY SEEGER TO RECIEVE SPECIAL ‘WOMEN IN MUSIC AWARD FOR CREATIVE INSPIRATION’.

Folk singer, songwriter, activist and muse, Peggy Seeger, is to be honoured by the UK music industry and will receive the inaugural 'Women In Music Award for Creative Inspiration' at a ceremony in London this month - a special award, in aid of the Nordoff Robins charity

PEGGY SEEGER TO RECIEVE SPECIAL ‘WOMEN IN MUSIC AWARD FOR CREATIVE INSPIRATION’.

AFTER THE RELEASE OF HER LATEST ALBUM ‘EVERYTHING CHANGES’, pEGGY SEEGER ANNOUNCES MAJOR TOURS OF usa AND uk 2015.

“A revelation. Folk legend Seeger returns to form, her limber vocals and experimental approach enhancing some of the year's best songs” – 5 stars The Guardian

“deserves her own place in folk's great pantheon and she shows in ‘Everything Changes’ that she can keep up with the times.” – The Telegraph

‘this wonderfully evocative, beautifully performed solo album reflects on her life less ordinary with wit, passion and serenity” – The Sun

Folk singer, songwriter, activist and muse, Peggy Seeger, is to be honoured by the UK music industry and will receive the inaugural 'Women In Music Award for Creative Inspiration' at a ceremony (supported by Music Week and AIM, Association of Independent Music) in London on 14th November. This special award, in aid of the Nordoff Robins charity, will be presented to Peggy by fellow musician and campaigner Billy Bragg.

Earlier this year, at the age of 79, Peggy Seeger released ‘Everything Changes’, her 22nd album which many consider her finest yet and remarkably, the first album on which she has worked with co-writers and a band. In her 80th year, Peggy will embark on 2 major tours, starting in the US and followed by 15 dates in the UK. She’ll be accompanied on stage by sons Calum and Neill MacColl.

As a songwriter and performer, Peggy has positively relished breaking taboos and going near the knuckle. Songs about life, death, sex, drug addiction and tragedy sit surprisingly comfortably alongside humour and irony. Despite the fact (or perhaps because) she is an older woman in world that doesn’t like its heroines to get old, she continues to innovate and experiment and it is these qualities in particular that make her an especially fitting recipient of this new award.

‘One of the seminal figures of the British folk revival..’- Daily Telegraph

UK TOUR DATES JUNE 2015

3rd Shoreham, Rope Tackle Arts Centre

4th Harpenden, Public Halls

5th Bromsgrove, The Artrix

6th London, Queen Elizabeth Hall

10th Milton Keynes, The Stables

11th Bury St Edmunds, The Apex

12th Kendal, Brewery Arts Centre

13th Liverpool, The Capstone

18th Manchester, Band On The Wall

19th Sheffield, Greystones