Some only recall Kirsty MacColl as the other voice duetting with Shane MacGowan
on the classic 1987 Christmas hit Fairytale Of New York, but by then she'd
already established herself as one of Britain's most original songwriters and
accomplished singers; whether delivering delicious, quirky pop or indulging her
love of Cuban music. The daughter of folk legend Ewan MacColl, she was signed to
Chiswick Records as a result of her backing vocals with punk band Drug Addix and
had an airplay hit with her first single They Don't Know (which later charted in
the US and was a hit for Trace...