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Kirsty MacColl: The One And Only - Karen O' Brien

Description: ISBN 0233000704 / Author: Karen O'Brien / Genre: Biography / Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd

Newest Review: ... the most sought after backing vocalists and songwriters around. This book is broken down into eleven different chapters, ... more

... beginning with "Treachery" which tells us of the relationship between Kirsty's father, Ewan and her mother, Jean. We are told that when Ewan MacColl got Jean Newlove pregnant he already had another child on his way to another woman and it would be many years before he saw his daughter again after visiting her a few days after her birth. Ewan MacColl had fathered Kirsty's elder brother a few years earlier and it would seem that Kirsty's mother was one of several women that Ewan would still have occasional flings...more

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Kirsty MacColl: The One And Only - Karen O' Brien: An unremarkable biography of a remarkable woman (1085 words)
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Kirsty MacColl died tragically on the 18th December 2000 aged just 41 years old. She left behind two teenage sons, but she also left behind a musical legacy far greater than many people realise. "Fairytale of New York" her collaboration with Irish folkband/drunkards, The Pogues had cemented the singers name in many people's minds and this song is now as familiar at Christmastime as Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" but anyone that cares to delve a little bit deeper into the life of Kirsty MacColl will quickly discover that there was a great deal more to this woman than a one hit wonder. Kirsty MacColl - The One and Only is an authorised ... Read the complete review