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Kevin Rowland & Dexy’s Midnight Runners: This Is My Confession

Phil Sutcliffe, Q, August 1993

Meet Kevin Rowland, famously difficult leader of Dexy’s Midnight Runners, where the protestant work ethic collided with catholic guilt and violins combined with brass to produce some of the most compelling music of recent times. Now the time has come for him to reassess his life and face some painful truths.

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