Count Billy Bragg among fans of Kate Nash! Bragg joined the 20-year-old onstage during her performance at Australia’s NME Awards in January to play guitar on her hit “Foundations” before they segued into a duet of Bragg’s “A New England.”

In 1985, a 26-year-old Kirsty MacColl had a U.K. top ten hit with “A New England.” Her version included an extra verse and since her death, Bragg has always sung that verse in her honor. MacColl left some pretty big shoes that are impossible to truly fill, but his chemistry with another rising young star is as poignant and bittersweet as it is charming and fun.