Crosstown presents: The Blow Monkeys & Special Guests

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The Blow Monkeys are unique, with a career spanning over 40 years. Always making new music, always stretching their own musical boundaries. With worldwide hits such as the classics ‘Digging Your Scene’ and ‘It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way ‘, they became household names, but there was always so much more going on with these soulful troubadours.

Their relentless desire to move forward, to collaborate, to be socially engaged and to have something to contribute. Back in the 80’s, they worked with people as varied as Curtis Mayfield, Paul Weller, Cheb Khaled and even Jamaican Toaster EEK-a-Mouse! “No band since The Clash in their early 80’s heyday had attempted to act as a sounding board for such politically engaged, eclectic music”. Dr Robert even took time out to release one of the UK’s first homegrown “house’ records ‘Wait’ – his top 5 duet with Chicago soul diva Kym…