Articles 2001 and later

 

NEWSWIRE

Sarah Jessica Parker and her impeccably dressed friends on HBO's Sex and the City' were suiting up for another evening of action in the opening scene of the HBO comedy's third season. Playing in the background was the saucy Latin swing of In These Shoes?. She would have loved the moment. Sadly, MacColl, who died in a boating accident in Mexico in December, wasn't around to see it.

David Bauder, Newswire, 2001 [Read the full article]

 

My First Year in London

"We got together a band with all the immigrants, called Raices Cubanas, and Kirsty MacColl volunteered to front us, because she wanted to support Cuba. I had never heard of her. But she was brilliant. I had to sleep in the car when I came down to London, but she gave me the key to her house so I could stay in the spare mom any time I wanted. Staying in Kirsty's spare room wasn't a bad way to end my first year in freezing Britain."

Omar Puente, The Observer 2001 [Read the full article]

 

Music Pals Hope MacColl's Voice not Forgotten

After she died in December 2000 in a boating accident in Mexico, MacColl was recalled by obituary writers as running pop music's version of the Algonquin round table, a reference to the New York hotel where some of the leading wits of the 1930s and 40s gathered to discuss their writing.

Aleksandrs Rozens, Reuters, 2001 [Read the full article]

 

That's my Lost Photo!

By chance, Tony heard from a friend that it had shown up on the internet auction web site eBay and was about to go under the hammer. The 37-year-old had just an hour and a half to get to a computer, log on and stop the precious item of memorabilia being sold to a rival fan. 

Catherine Hendrick, Birmingham Evening Mail, 2001 [Read the full article]