Martin Clancy is an Irish musician and songwriter behind several bands including
The Witness Protection Programme
The Witness Protection Programme is an American retro disco indie band featuring Martin Clancy.
The band has enjoyed considerable chart success reaching the Top 40 in the Billboard Dance Charts with its hit "Flatfoot" and the Top 20 hit "You Can' ...
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In the early 1980s Clancy formed Irish band
In Tua Nua
IN, In or in may refer to:
Places
* India (country code IN)
* Indiana, United States (postal code IN)
* Ingolstadt, Germany (license plate code IN)
* In, Russia, a town in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Businesses and organizations
* Indepen ...
alongside
Leslie Dowdall
Leslie Dowdall is an Irish singer-songwriter from Howth, County Dublin. She was the singer in
trad/rock group In Tua Nua
IN, In or in may refer to:
Places
* India (country code IN)
* Indiana, United States (postal code IN)
* Ingolstadt, G ...
, Jack Dublin, Vinny Kilduff, Ivan O'Shea, Paul Byrne and
Steve Wickham
Steve Wickham is an Irish musician. Originally from Marino, Dublin, but calling Sligo home,U2's record label, Mother, in 1984 and producing several hits including a cover of
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to ac ...
's " Somebody to Love", In Tua Nua officially disbanded in 1990.
Clancy embarked on a series of musical projects including acting as manager and producer of
Jack Lukeman
Jack Lukeman (born Seán Loughman 11 February 1973), usually simply known as Jack L, is an Irish songwriter, musician, record producer, vocal artist and broadcaster.
History
A native of Athy Co. Kildare Ireland, Jack Lukeman attended a youth c ...
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Clancy is
Artist in Residence
Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space a ...