Episode 169 - Les Keye - Musician/Producer

Published: Jan. 25, 2024, 5:53 p.m.

Les is the lead singer and songwriter of the much-loved Dublin band The Wilde

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Oscars who released an album (Fish) as well as two EPs (Falling Down,

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Newspaper) during the 1990s, Les subsequently branched out on his

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own, releasing two solo albums, Breathe in 1999 and Plan B...Again in

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2004.

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20 Greenlea Road is an album which examines Les\u2019 family history- half

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Catholic, descended from the great harpist O\u2019Carolyn, and hailing from

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Kilmainhamwood, while his father\u2019s side were Jewish emigrees fleeing

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persecution from Russia and Poland at the end of the 19th century, and

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arriving in Dublin (via London) during WW2. The title comes from the

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street his grandparents lived in, in Terenure, Dublin.

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Working in separate studios in 2 different countries, he wrote and recorded the album with his friend, sometime band member Joe Chester.

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https://www.aradstudios.com

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http://www.facebook.com/Arad.studios\xa0

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Les Music Choice

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John Martyn - May you never

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The The - Armageddon days are here (again)

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Les Key - Greenlea Road

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Title tune Happy & Shining by the Round.About.Us

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