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Matt McGinn
12+ albums
Scottishfolkcelticpoliticalmale vocalists
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There are at least three artists with this name: 1) Matt McGinn (born 1928 - died 1977) was a Glasgow singer songwriter and poet who came to prominence in the 1960's with his prolific catalogue of folk songs. 2) Matt McGinn (b1978 - ) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Hilltown, Co. Down in the Mourne Mountains who has released his debut album Livin'. 3) Matt McGinn is the guitarist for Rosita. 1. Matt McGinn was one of the most important singer songwriters of the folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He was born on 17th January 1928, in Ross Street, Glasgow, next to the famous "Barras " market. Matt's life would have followed the typical steps of the other poor kids that lived in the Calton; petty theft and crime, if it hadn't been for the fact that, after spending two years in approved school for stealing, a friend introduced him to left-wing politics. He was later to win a trade union scholarship to study Economics and Political Science at Ruskin College, Oxford, which was quite something for a man that had ended his formal schooling at the age of 12. While at Oxford he won a newspaper prize for "Best Folk Song" and this encouraged him to write more; indeed he was known to write five or six songs a day. He had a natural talent for rhyme and writing and he wrote songs, poems, jokes, books, plays and even a pantomine. He was first and foremost a political man who identified most with communism. Throughout his life he fought injustice and inequality, through his songs and p
top songs
albums
The Return of The Two Heided Man
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The Best of...
The Best of Matt McGinn
Matt McGinn
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Border Lands: The Best of Scottish Folk
Matt McGinn Again
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Bubblegum
The End of the Common Man
Honesty Is Out Of The Fashion
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Honesty Is Out of the Fashion (feat. Allan Taylor, Pete Stanley & Brian Golbey)
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Little Tricks of Time
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The Best of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine