kirsty maccoll - 'don't come the cowboy with me sonny jim'

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My all-time favourite Kirsty MacColl song.

kirsty maccoll - 'a new england'

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Haven't heard this in a long time.

kirsty maccoll - walking down madison (6am ambient mix)'

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I'd quite forgotten that the video to the original tune was quite so hip-hop. Check it out for yourself. This is a rather lovely laidback version that suits my mood perfectly right now. Kirsty MacColl, gone but never forgotten.

autumn girl

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It's a couple of days until what would have been Kirsty MacColl's 52nd birthday. I still feel bitter about the circumstances and consequences of her death but I fear that the full truth will never be revealed. She was undoubtedly one of our greatest female songwriters who was never afraid to express her true feelings in her songs. Her lyrics were at times biting, other times funny but always wonderfully expressed. She was undoubtedly a woman that pissed off a lot of people in the music industry (and quite rightly too) because she never compromised her art for gimmicks that record companies considered appropriate for female singers. 

I don't know if the timing is deliberate (I suspect so) but Brighton's finest dream pop exports, Paisley and Charlie, have released a cover of her song Autumn Girl Soup and have more than done it justice. I know they adore Kirsty as much as anyone and they've poured a lot of love into this interpretation. 

...and here's one from Kirsty too. If you get the chance, pop over to Soho Square on the anniversary of her birthday on 12th October where you will find like-minded people celebrating the life of one of Britain's finest.