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Kirsty MacColl. (Briefly Noted).
Kirsty MacColl. Tropical Brainstorm. Instinct INS 557-2, 2001.
In folk-music terms, Kirsty MacCoIl was a child of royal birth. The daughter of the great British singer Ewan MacCoIl (composer of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face") and Peggy Seeger (of the New York Seegers), MacCoIl was born to folk music and, perhaps inevitably, turned her back on it. Instead of following in her parents footsteps, she embarked on a pop music career that never resulted in gold records or chart hits, but did garner her a reputation for wit, melodic sense, and stylistic eclecticism. Tropical Brainstorm followed an eight-year recording hiatus and is, in many ways, a heartbreaking album; MacColl died in Mexico in ...
- SINGER KIRSTY MacCOLL DIES.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) December 19, 2000 700+ words
...Reporters SINGER and songwriter Kirsty MacColl has died in an accident in Mexico...whose biggest hit Fairytale of New York was with The Pogues in 1987...died in a boating accident. Kirsty MacColl was daughter of folk singer Ewan...
- KIRSTY MacCOLL SET FOR U.S. PROMO TOUR ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCES
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 10, 1995 700+ words
NEW YORK, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire...acclaimed singer/ songwriter Kirsty MacColl will soon embark on a two...tour will include stops in New York; Charleston, W.Va...acoustic performances at Fez in New York City on Jan. 24 and in...
- Kirsty's death should never have happened; After pop star Kirsty MacColl was...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) Sheffield, Emily February 5, 2003 700+ words
...producer Steve Lillywhite, flew from New York to Mexico to bring the boys home. They...favourite was, of course, Fairytale of New York; I'll never forget 1987 when she appeared...is why I have set up the Justice for Kirsty MacColl Fund. Kirsty's friends, such as Shane...
- The BIG razz interview : If you do Fairytale Of NewfNew York,you have to...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) November 25, 2005 700+ words
...Shane MacGowan has revealed he didn't even sing it with Kirsty MacColl until long after the single was made. Instead, Kirsty recorded...he said. "I danced with her lots. If you do Fairytale Of New York, you have to dance with me." Spider added: "She became...
- Kirsty MacColl breaks boundaries
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff March 21, 1995 700+ words
KIRSTY MacCOLL With Fossil At: The Paradise, Sunday night It's a typical, second...to close with a soft thank-you-and-goodbye song. That seemed Kirsty MacColl's intention Sunday at the Paradise; then came the Ramones' "I...
- Kirsty MacColl.(People, Places, Miscellany)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Sing Out! January 1, 2005 700+ words
...truth behind the death of her daughter, singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl. The child of Newlove and folk-singer Ewan MacColl...s wealthiest businessmen in December, 2000. Who Killed Kirsty MacColl, directed by Olivia Lichtenstein, features new evidence...
- Tears as friends say farewell to Kirsty MacColl.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The People (London, England) January 21, 2001 700+ words
...wept openly yesterday during a memorial service for singer Kirsty MacColl. The Dubliner, dressed all in black, wiped away tears...were some fragments of my life that have been imbued by Kirsty MacColl." Her mother Jean MacColl told the congregation that she...
- First Night: Mature show; Kirsty MacColl, Warwick Arts centre.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) Banks, Martin October 30, 2000 700+ words
SHE burst onto the scene all those years ago as a fiery haired, sharp-witted youngster. But Kirsty MacColl has come a long way since There's A Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis, her first major hit in 1981. This performance...