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- Ken McCluskey. Actor: The Commitments. Ken McCluskey is known for The Commitments (1991), Far and Away (1992) and One Life Stand (2000).
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Nov 25, 2023 · Frontman Ken McCluskey looks very different these days and plies his trade as a music business lecturer at Glasgow Kelvin College. But he's never shied away from performing and The Bluebells...
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- So Did You Have Fans in Japan?
- Tell Us What Then, What Events Led Up to The Release of This New Album?
- How Do You Make That The Bluebells as Opposed to A Solo Thing?
- Do You Have An Album Launch Planned? Where Can We See You Play?
Yeah, Scottish music in general is popular in Japan. We went over at the time to do some promotion. But we did a lot of touring during our first time around, we toured all over Europe and had some hits in Germany. Germany and Spain were good territory for us, as was Scandinavia and even a bit in America. America was mostly on the college circuit, w...
We were approached by a record label called Last Night From Glasgow as they wanted to licence Sisters. But Sisters was owned by London Records. London Records was bought over by Universal which was then bought over by Warner Brothers- at least some of it was – but we found it with a French company called Because TV. We had to do some research to fi...
Basically we make a little map. Robert has a tiny wee recording studio at home where we can map the songs out. We can decide how long this song’s going to be, how many words in this verse, how many lines and we just play over the map. We all add to each other’s songs, whether that’s harmonies, guitar parts, keyboards. It was a good process.
We’ve got an album launch on the 4th June at St Lukes in Glasgow, down by the Barra’s. We’ll play the full album and mix that up with some of the classics. We’re also playing Belladrum on Friday the 28thJuly.
Bluebells frontman Ken McCluskey talks to John Clarkson about the release of their long-awaited new LP and first album in almost forty years, 'In the 21st Century'.
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- Natalie Murray played by Maria Doyle Kennedy. The Commitments was Maria’s first acting gig, with the star having become a household name in television since.
- Outspan Foster played by Glen Hansard. Glen is arguably one of the stand-out stars from the cast, having had a highly successful career since the release.
- Imelda Quirke played by Angeline Ball. Angeline has had a highly successful career both here and abroad since her time in The Commitments. She starred in ITV drama Doc Martin, Channel 4’s Shameless, Keeping Faith and starred in My Girl 2.
- Bernie McLaughlin played by Bronagh Gallagher. Like many of her co-stars, Bronagh continued acting, landing small roles in both Star Wars and Pulp Fiction among others.
Jun 16, 2024 · Ken McCluskey is a Scottish singer who has fronted the indie pop band The Bluebells since its inception. The original lineup included Ken (lead vocals and h...
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The other members of the band stayed in the music business after the split – David McCluskey and his brother, Ken, formed a folk duo, the McCluskey Brothers. Ken also works as a lecturer at Glasgow Kelvin College teaching music business, and David uses music therapeutically with a wide variety of people.
May 12, 2022 · When he is not ‘being a Bluebell’ or working with Docken Leaf, Ken is a lecturer at Glasgow Kelvin College (formerly Stow College), where he teaches students on the HND in Music Business and helps to run the student-led record label Electric Honey, which has worked with a number of famous acts, including Belle & Sebastian, Snow Patrol and ...
