Siobhan MacGowan
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Siobhan MacGowan was born in Brighton, England in 1963. She is the sister of Shane MacGowan, lead singer of the Irish group the The Pogues.
When the Pogues started out as "Poguemahone" in the early l980s, she designed the posters to advertise their gigs, which the band also used as hand-outs. She worked at the Kent & Sussex Courier (Associated Press) as a journalist and a copywriter for their advertising pages. She freelanced in journalism for various London and Kent based advertising agencies and wrote articles for 'Smash Hits', 'Record Mirror', and FSM Monthly. She also worked for the Phillip Hall Press Agency in London in the 80s. In l988 she worked for the Pogues, editing and writing their fanzine, 'Ordnahone', before moving to Dublin and forming her own band, 'The Frantic'. The Frantic performed Siobhan's songs around such venues as The Rock Garden, The Baggot Inn and the Olympia Theatre. She also supported Hazel O'Connor (Breaking Glass) on an Irish tour and supported Mary Coughlan at the Mean Fiddler in London. In l992, her video, 'Chariot', was shown on MTV on Christmas day. She worked as Van Morrison's personal assistant from l992-1994, travelling USA and Europe with him. In l994, she moved to Co. Tipperary (Ireland) and worked for Tipperary NR Council, Arts office, as part of a team coordinating an arts festival in charge of logos, posters and press. She also oversaw writing, songwriting competitions. In l997, she recorded her critically acclaimed album, 'Chariot', for Murgatroid Records, Limerick, which was released in Ireland and the UK in April l998. She performed at the Point Theatre, Dublin with the Dubliners and Shane MacGowan in Christmas, l998. She has acted in Patrick Bergin's Yeat's trilogy, 'Countess Kathleen'. She works as a freelance journalist and has written for the Irish Times, the Sunday Times, the Irish Mirror and Mizz Magazine. She has a copywriting business, 'The Write Way', and does art commissions, celtic, funky art, under the registered business name of 'Cat MacZebedee'. She completed her first novel for children, 'Etain's Dream', in August 2006. More information is available at: http://www.myspace.com/siobhanmacgowan
