Ewan MacColl - The Real MacColl

(July 2008) : Ye Jacobites By Name * Johnny Cope * Cam Ye O'er Fra France * Haughs O' Cromdale * Such A Parcel O' Rogues In A Nation * Farewell To Sicily * Derek Bentley * Johnny O' Breadiesley * Go Down Ye Murderers * Van Diemen's Land * Minorie * Sheep Crook And Black Dog * The Bramble Briar * One Night As I Lay On My Bed * The Grey Cock * The Blantyre Explosion * The Gresford Disaster * Four Loom Weaver * Song Of The Iron Road * Dirty Old Town.

Whether as an interpreter of ancient ballads or as a writer of new songs, MacColl influenced almost everyone involved in folk music in the 50s to 70s.

Many of his own songs, such as Dirty Old Town, have passed into the common currency of folk music.