My Crucial Track for 17 February 2026 - “The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right” by Lisa O’Neill

How do you discover new music, and what’s the latest gem you’ve found?

“The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right” by Lisa O’Neill

It’s a mixture of collaborations, compilations, algorithms, books and websites, and podcasts, and the occasional Shazam.

This song is a case in point. I’m not sure how I originally heard of Lisa O’Neill, but I played her LP, then lost touch a bit, and then saw her sing with the Pogues. Then I read that an old punk-rock school chum had picked this as his favourite record of last year (here…and I listened more carefully to this particular song.

imho, it’s a masterpiece

“The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right” by Lisa O’Neill on Apple Music

This is from Crucial Tracks. My profile is here.