Jazz Articles about Allen Austin-Bishop

Allen Austin-Bishop: No One Is Alone

by Chris Mosey
August 20, 2018

Possibly the best love song ever written, Ewan MacColl composed “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" for Peggy Seeger in 1957. She was in America. He was in England. Then, in those far off days before the IT revolution, when transatlantic calls cost a small fortune, he sang the song to her over the telephone. It's a short number, remarkable for a lyrical intensity that conjures up visions of eternity: The first time, ever I ...