Dexys Midnight Runners has announced a new album titled LOVE, which marks the group’s first release under the Dexys Midnight Runners name since 1985’s Don’t Stand Me Down. Frontman Kevin Rowland ...
More than 40 years since the release of Dexys’ 1980 debut, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels, and breakthrough, Too-Rye-Ay, in 1982, which featured the band’s No. 1 hit “Come on Eileen,” Rowland ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Sometime around 2016, Kevin Rowland, the driving force behind the ...
Having recently signed to Heavenly Records, Dexys Midnight Runners will release their first album for the label on September 4. Having recently signed to Heavenly Records, Dexys Midnight Runners will ...
Of all the catchy songs to come out of the 1980s, Dexys Midnight Runners’ 1982 track “Come on Eileen” is among the earwormiest. Even the mention of the title is enough to get most people singing.
Kevin Rowland speaks to MOJO about sartorial regrets, jazz, broccoli, and why the new Dexys Midnight Runners album might be their last.
To most of the world, Dexys Midnight Runners are the definition of a one-hit wonder. In reality, however, they achieved significantly more success in their homeland. The British band is best known for ...
The "one-hit wonder" tag is always more complicated than it sounds. The phrase implies a band or artist excelled just the one time; sometimes that's true, and sometimes the listening public has a ...