Articles 1995

 

At home with Lauren, margarita and me

I blame it all on Talking Heads. In the sleeve notes to her just-released Best Of album, ... Chris Franz and Tiny Weymouth of Talking Heads wrote: "When you hear these songs of Kirsty's, you're going to want to hang out with her, too." And my fate was sealed. Genius that drinks! Doomed.

Caitlin Moran, The Times, 1995 [Read the full article]

 

From Pop Songs and Punk, to Poets and Pogues

Nothing Kirsty writes comes as a surprise anymore, having proven herself equally comfortable in styles as diverse as rock, pop, country and Latin jazz. Her forays into country and Brazilian samba, sung with her soft English accent, are completely natural and unaffected, revealing her sensitivity for the musical spirit at the heart of each.

Muse magazine, 1995 [Read the full article]

 

Pussy Galore

Little did we know that, over the course of the next decade, Kirsty would take on the identity of pop's very own Zelig, being strangely present at all the most vital moments in 80s pop

Peter Paphides, Time Out, 1995 [Read the full article]

 

Hymn to Her

"I was very naïve when I started. When I had my first single out in 1979 the record company wrote a press release without telling me. The first time I did an interview, somebody started asking me about my dad and I said, ‘How do you know who my father is?’ and they said, ‘It’s in your press release.’"

Karen O'Brien, Hymn to Her (Virago), 1995 [Read the full article]