Phil Colclough

Phil Colclough (11 January 1940 - 23 September 2019[1]) was an English contemporary folk singer and songwriter.

His best known works, co-written with his wife, June Colclough (1941 – 12 October 2004), are "A Song for Ireland" and "The Call and the Answer".

Phil had been a navigator in the Merchant Navy,[2] which provided source material for some of his songs.

In 1966, they moved to London, where they were members of the Critics Group led by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger; they eventually left the group due to bitter disputes stemming from MacColl's "authoritarian tendencies".

Described as a "modern classic",[5] it has been recorded by numerous artists, including Dick Gaughan, Luke Kelly, Mary Black, Ralph McTell, Celtic Spirit, The Dubliners, Brendan Hayes, Damien Leith, and Scott Appel.