Another time: ‘Kite’ at 30
Kirsty MacColl’s ‘Kite’ turns 30 on 8 May 2019. The resurgent singer and songwriter corralled a career-peaking Johnny Marr, David Gilmour and a coterie of stellar collaborators to create a perfect set of songs plotting a way through early adulthood. Here’s what it’s meant to me. “Another…?”“Time.”“Another…?”“Day.”“Another…?”“Baby on the way.” My best friend Paul used […]
Writing/Song/Writing: ‘Half a Double Act’
Some songs mean more than just their chords: how one of our most poignant tunes came to be.