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….
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Posts
- Another time: ‘Kite’ at 30 May 5, 2019
- Thank you, Shirley Hughes July 16, 2017
- My Writing Process July 23, 2014
- Writing/Song/Writing: ‘Half a Double Act’ May 27, 2014
- Postcard 3: In which nothing happens. I think. September 27, 2012
- It’s a wonderful life* June 1, 2012
- This is what happens when you say ‘yes’ January 24, 2012
- Going places September 30, 2011
- Toil and trouble June 30, 2011
- My sense of scale is a bit off July 18, 2010
- The comeback king July 14, 2010
- Duncan Symonds, frontman January 7, 2010
- Postcard 2: The inaugural caravan outing October 31, 2009
- Does it make it all right? May 25, 2009
- Calvinball March 4, 2009
- Famous first words February 15, 2009
- Drumming for the Jasmine Minks July 7, 2007
- Epiphanies February 10, 2006
- Postcard 1: The disused slate mine December 20, 2003
- The Birthday Cake February 20, 2003