I first met Mundy in Dublin airport as we were both heading off to Vienna for a St Patrick's Day festival over there. It turned out he was a big fan of Killinaskully which was running at the time.
Maybe because he grew up in a country pub environment he could appreciate the nonsense banter of barflies Timmy, Jimmy and Dan. We got on really well and anytime we met we had a good chat. Last year we both did the Kansas City Irish Festival together and it was decided we would both do a few gigs together in the States with fellow comedian Andrew Stanley.
Then I landed a gig as compere for a couple of gigs with Mundy, The Stunning and the Boomtown Rats in New York and Boston so I've seen him play live quite a bit in the last year and I never get tired of it. Quite the opposite, I look forward to it. He has amazing charisma onstage and his between song banter is always open, honest and witty.
To top it all his new album is an absolute gem and to top it all off he plays an exclusive live performance in the Castaway studio, as well as giving you a chance to win three copies of the new CD in a competition.
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Luan Parle has been singing publicly since she was six and writing/recording songs not long after.
She appeared on The Late Late Show singing her own song at the age of twelve and was offered a recording contract not long after. Considering she had such an early brush with fame you would imagine by now she would be on her second bout of rehab or at least shop lifting on a regular basis but she is actually a very down to earth level headed girl.
I have met her many times over the years but it took a podcast to really get to know her. In this podcast she talks about spending Christmas with Elton John and James Blunt and being offered lots of free Wranglers and Happy Meals in an attempt to get her to sign a contract.
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John Colleary was a latecomer to comedy but he was quick to make an impression with strong clever material, being a natural at accents and impressions and a charismatic understated stage persona.
His writing and acting skills particularly came to the fore on radio and TV where he is extremely sought after. He is the only actor/writer to feature prominently on both The Savage Eye and Pictorial Weekly.
He also plays guitar very well. It'd make you sick how talented he is and the fact that he is such a nice fella as well makes me wish I had met him during his drinking days.
Then maybe I'd have something to complain about.