Listen again to the BBC Radio 2 series first broadcast in early 2001.

Something else to keep your spirits up 🙂

Mark E. Smith (The Fall) and Kirsty MacColl as guest reviewers on Night Network, The Video View.   January 16th 1988. Along with presenter Mick Brown, they are reviewing new singles releases for that week.  We haven’t seen this for ages, so let’s run it.

Stop Making Sense?  Andrà tutto bene!

For all of you out there self-isolating, join the club and listen to Kirsty to keep sane!

On St. Patrick’s Day in 1988, Kirsty was coaxed on to the stage to sing with the almighty Pogues.  Fairytale wasn’t always just dragged out at Christmas you know.  Sláinte!

March 1985 saw Polydor issue the ‘Kirsty MacColl’ album – basically a rehash of the real first album ‘Desperate Character’ but fiddled around with a bit. ‘Annie’ was supposed to appear on ‘The Real MacColl’ 2nd album but that never showed up either.

Remembering Kirsty’s appearance on Scottish Television’s Boxed Set – today in 2000.  Another “Album That Should Exist“.

In ‘My Tribute To Kirsty MacColl’, Karen J White brings to the stage the songs of an underrated pop icon, reports the scenestr.com website in Australia.

Full story and video footage at https://scenestr.com.au/music/karen-j-white-remembers-kirsty-maccoll-at-2020-adelaide-fringe-20200229

“For me, it’s simply about her varied style that I really love,” Karen says of what draws her to Kirsty and her music.

“I was nicknamed ‘the queen of quirk’ up in Port Douglas where I first started singing in public, and it was partly because I sang a lot of comedy songs but it really came about because I like to sing such a variety of songs.

“I like to make people laugh, I like to make them cry, I like to put stars in their eyes. I like the whole gamut, and particularly I like putting some raunchy stuff in the show as well,” she laughs, “and Kirsty did that as well.

“She sang sad songs, happy songs, gentle love songs and ‘I’ve been cheated on’ songs, and some really quite naughty ones, which I thoroughly enjoy.”

because it’s gorgeous.  One of the best of Kirsty’s side projects.

https://youtu.be/M4eD4X9kkXE

March 1990 saw the release of ‘Cowboy’.  What more need be said?