If you've heard the 1987 single Fairytale of New York by the Pogues, then you know Kirsty MacColl's voice. This year the late singer-songwriter would have turned 60. Political singer and activist ...

Next Sunday in Soho Square, central London, a group of people will gather around a park bench. On that bench is a metal plaque with the words: Kirsty MacColl 1959-2000 "One Day I'll be Waiting There/ ...

Kirsty MacColl's legacy continues to resonate each Christmas, and the tragic circumstances of her death and the management of her estate remain subjects of fascination more than two decades later. OK!

Last March, Kirsty MacColl released Tropical Brainstorm, a witty, wise and acerbic work widely hailed as the best album of her career. At the time, she said that “whenever I go into a studio, I ...

Deemed ‘difficult’ in the 80s music industry, the Pogues’ vocal foil never quite found the audience she deserved. As a box set is released, collaborators gather to recall her wistful, witty ...

“Fairytale of New York” is a drunken hymn for people with broken dreams and abandoned hopes. It is, therefore, a perfect contrast to some of the perkier perennial favourites we wheel out each ...

Born James Miller (he changed it to the legendary MacColl later), Ewan MacColl was not just a noted British traditional folk songwriter; he was also a labor activist, playwright, poet, actor and ...