Nowhere is Home
A preview track from the forthcoming Dexys album. (They've dropped the Midnight Runners)
Starting off with an affected voice Kevin excavates his identity, crossing terrain familiar from Sean Campbell's Irish Blood, English Heart.
A singer searching for a voice.
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Saturday, 10 March 2012
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Irish Blood, English Heart
This books tells a story that has long fascinated me, the story of how the children of Irish emigrants to England became some of the most important musicians in English rock music. It focuses on the eighties, interrogating the stories of Kevin Rowland (Dexy's Midnight Runners), Shane McGowan (The Pogues) and Morrissey and Marr (The Smiths).
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