Hue and Cry is a pop group formed in Coatbridge, Scotland by brothers Pat Kane (vocals) and Greg Kane (keyboards).
The band had top 40 hits with "Labour of Love" (from the 1987 LP "Seduced and Abandoned"), "Looking for Linda" and "Violently" (both from the 1988 LP "Remote).
In the 1990s Hue and Cry moved away from the soulful pop of their early hits and developed a more intimate sound, alongside some of Britain's finest jazz musicians. Subsequent LPs were less commercially successful. The band have to date released ten LPs (selling 2 million copies worldwide)
In 1996, Greg Kane and a new ensemble - The Prodigal Sons - released a collection of instrumental versions of Hue and Cry songs. Greg continues to work in the USA as a session musician and composer.
An outspoken Scottish nationalist, Pat Kane has become a respected newspaper columnist and cultural commentator; he was a founding editor of the Sunday Herald newspaper. In recent years his published books have also marked him out as something of a 'lifestyle guru'.
External links
allmusic: Hue and Cry (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB020407011244331416&sql=B63rx284c051a)
Pat Kane's The Play Ethic (http://www.theplayethic.com/pages/796770/index.htm)
Greg Kane site (http://www.skyscraperusa.com/greg_kane_biography.htm)
Hue and Cry is a pop group formed in 1983 in Coatbridge, Scotland by brothers Pat Kane (vocals) and Greg Kane (keyboards).
Hue and Cry had a brief chart revival in 1993 with the release of the Circa compilation album Labours of Love - The Best of Hue and Cry (UK No.27), which included a Joey Negro remix of "Labour of Love" (UK No.25).
In 1996 Hue and Cry signed to Scottish jazz and classical label Linn Records for an intended trilogy of albums.
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