Colin Irwin (journalist)
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Colin Irwin | |
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Born | Colin Lester Irwin 19 May 1951 Chertsey, Surrey , England |
Died | 3 November 2022 | (aged 71)
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Years active | 1973–2022 |
Colin Lester Irwin (19 May 1951 – 3 November 2022) was a British music journalist.
Biography
He was born in
He reviewed music for
Irwin presented music programmes on BBC Radio 2. His play The Corridor has been performed in Surrey and Yorkshire. Other plays he wrote which have been performed on stage in different parts of the country include One of Us Is Lying, When Barry Met Cally and I Am the Way. In 2017, his theatrical music show, She Moved Through the Fair: The Legend of Margaret Barry, co-written with Irish singer Mary McPartlan, debuted at Glasgow's Tron Theatre as part of the Celtic Connections festival.
Irwin died from a suspected heart attack on 3 November 2022, at the age of 71.[5][1]
Bibliography
- Dire Straits (Orion Books, 1994)
- Abba: The Name of the Game (with Andrew Oldham and Tony Calder) (Pan, 1996)
- The Rough Guide to World Music (contributor)
- In Search of the Craic: One Man's Pub Crawl Through Irish Music (2004)
- In Search of Albion: From Cornwall to Cumbria – A Ride Through England's Hidden Soul (2005)
- Sing When You're Winning: Search for the Soul of Football (2006)
- Legendary Sessions: Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (2007)
- Neil Young: A Life in Pictures (2012)
- Leonard Cohen: Still the Man (2015)
Albums compiled by Colin Irwin
- The Very Best of Celtic (Various artists) (2004)
References
- ^ a b c Schofield, Derek (13 November 2022). "Colin Irwin obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "US musicians rally round the flag". BBC. 2 April 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ Bowden, David (20 April 2012). "So long Ceefax, I shall miss you". Spiked. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "The Colin Irwin Column". Spiral Earth. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
External links
- Profile at Rock's Back Pages