My Crucial Track for 21 April 2026 - “Famine” by Kate Nash

What is your favourite cover song?

“Famine” by Kate Nash

This is certainly my favourite new cover song. It’s Kate Nash (who had a hit with Foundations and was in Glow on Netflix) doing Sinead O’Connor.

The instrumentation is different, and there’s an added verse, and it’s great. I thought Sinead O’Connor was marvellous, and it’s nice to have her work re-interpreted.

Nash makes points in the video about how English people are ignorant about Irish history….guilty as charged, really.

“Famine” by Kate Nash on Apple Music

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