Neill MacColl's family is a virtual who's who of the 20th Century folk music revival. His father was
Ewan MacColl and his mother,
Peggy Seeger (for whom Ewan wrote the song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"), is also a noted singer, but her half-brother
Pete Seeger is somewhat better know. Neill's half-sister is the late
Kirsty MacColl.