Let Christy Take It

The Blow Monkeys are celebrating 40 years in the music industry this year and we are delighted to be joined by Robert Howard AKA Dr. Robert. Kieran and Derek discuss the origins of the band and having global hits with songs such as Digging Your Scene, It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way and how the cover of Lesley Gore’s You Don’t Own Me found its way onto the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. The Band continue to record and release new material with the latest album Journey To You receiving very positive reviews. At the time of recording this interview The Blow Monkeys were preparing to tour Ireland and the UK in Sept/Oct 2022.

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Editor: Mark Cullen

Derek and Kieran are joined by Garry Christian. Garry is lead singer of the band THE CHRISTIANS who burst onto the music scene in the late 80's when their debut album, The Christians was released to huge acclaim. The instantly recognisable album released seven singles including Forgotten Town, Ideal World, Born Again and Hooverville. The bands second album COLOUR hit the Number One spot in 1991 and the band went on to enjoy success with Words, What's In A Word and Father. The CHRISTIANS continue to tour across Ireland and the UK and all details can be found on their socials.

Let Christy Take It bring you Garry Christian.

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Kieran and Derek are delighted to chat to the legendary Leo Sayer. Leo is a singer/songwriter who is known around the world for hits which include Thunder In My Heart, Moonlighting, One Man Band, I Can’t Stop Loving You, More Than I Can Say, Have You Ever Been in Love, The Show Must Go On and the transatlantic number ones, When I Need You and You Make Me Feel Like Dancing. We discuss the recording of these classic records Leo's journey through the decades and his drive to keep making music and preforming.

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On this weeks episode. Kieran and Derek are joined by singer/songwriter Nick Heyward. Nick rose to prominence with his band Haircut 100 and had a slew of top ten hits including "Favorite Shirts (Boy meets Girl)"," Fantastic Day" and "Love Plus One" which seen Nick nominated for an Ivor Novello Award. Upon leaving Haircut 100 Nick's solo career took off with the single “Whistle Down The Wind”, Two further Top 20 hits followed: “Take That Situation” and “Blue Hat for a Blue Day” amongst many many more. Nick continues to tour steadily and is a prolific songwriter.

Let Christy Take It are proud to bring you Nick Heyward

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Edited by Mark Cullen

Derek and Kieran are joined by Trevor Devall. A native of Canada, Trevor is  a prolific voice artist having performed in hundreds of animated productions including television, movies and video games. Working on titles such as Guardians of the Galaxy, The Lego Star Wars series and Johnny Test. Trevor has recently voiced a host of characters (Bolo, Goomer, Red, Mr. Holtenwasser) on the hilarious Bill Burr Netflix comedy series, F Is for Family. Let Christy Take It are proud to bring you Trevor Devall. 

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Edited by Mark Cullen