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Tastemaker: Peggy Seeger on music, taking risks and staying alive

Folk legend Peggy Seeger released her latest album, First Farewell, in 2021. It’s her 25th solo album, and she begins a 14-day Irish tour in June – at the age of 86

Peggy Seeger, the folk music icon, is just about to begin a 14-day Irish tour at the age of 86. ‘Humans have invented the idea of an afterlife. It’s the height of species entitlement,’ she said. Picture: Joby Sessions

Peggy Seeger never intended to make music for a living, but she couldn’t keep herself away from the stage. “For me, it was a natural thing to go to folk music, even though I swore as a child that I wouldn’t,” she told the Business Post Magazine.

“I loved making the music too much. I didn’t want to spoil it by having to do it when I didn’t feel like it. But for the most ...