So sang Mary Cigarettes, fittingly described as ‘one of the great unsung heroes of Irish rock and pop’, on his track ‘Rocket Science’. Sadly last week, the 59 year-old Northern Irish singer-songwriter AKA Gregory Gray passed away after a short illness at his Hertfordshire home.

He would have felt uneasy about this compliment, however. Not out of pomposity, but because he disliked ‘best of’ lists, was suspicious of ‘heroes’, and...

So sang Mary Cigarettes, fittingly described as ‘one of the great unsung heroes of Irish rock and pop’, on his track ‘Rocket Science’. Sadly last week, the 59 year-old Northern Irish singer-songwriter AKA Gregory Gray passed away after a short illness at his Hertfordshire home.

He would have felt uneasy about this compliment, however. Not out of pomposity, but because he disliked ‘best of’ lists, was suspicious of ‘heroes’,...