Crosstown presents: Edwyn Collins

From a career spanning over 40 years, here’s some of the highs and lows: In 1980, in Glasgow, formed Postcard Records of Scotland with Alan Horne. Home of Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, Josef K and the Go-Betweens. In 1985, after four albums, disbanded Orange Juice and began a solo career. In 1995, Edwyn’s third solo album, Gorgeous George, spawned his biggest hit record, A Girl Like You. A global smash, indeed. After 12 years of making and producing records for himself and many other artists in his West Heath Studios in London, in 2005 Edwyn suffered a serious brain haemorrhage which hospitalised him for six months and necessitated a rehabilitation period lasting several years. Alongside language and mobility restrictions, as a result of the loss of use of his right arm, Edwyn could no longer play the guitar as he had.

In January 2025 Edwyn Collins announced both the details…