Pat Carty
@patcarty.bsky.social
Arts journalist all over the place but always open for offers.
Weddings, parties, anything.
And Bongo Jazz, a specialty.
Weddings, parties, anything.
And Bongo Jazz, a specialty.
Still All Biker Jacket Cool, And Still Swinging: Lucinda Williams at 3Olympia.
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Lucinda Williams review: US country star marks birthday with fine gig at Olympia in Dublin
Amidst all the great music, Lucinda Williams also took time to rail at Trump and the awful goings-on in her homeland. And one of Rory Gallagher's guitars even made it to the stage
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January 27, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Still All Biker Jacket Cool, And Still Swinging: Lucinda Williams at 3Olympia.
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There are people who don’t like Hothouse Flowers. Those people are wrong.
The Flowers At Dublin Trad Fest at the National Stadium.
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The Flowers At Dublin Trad Fest at the National Stadium.
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Hothouse Flowers at Tradfest: Powerful night of music from a band with real soul
Hothouse Flowers are joined by several special guests, from Susan O’Neill to Steve Wall and more
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January 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM
There are people who don’t like Hothouse Flowers. Those people are wrong.
The Flowers At Dublin Trad Fest at the National Stadium.
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The Flowers At Dublin Trad Fest at the National Stadium.
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Leonard and Doubting Thomas.
Reviewed The World Of Leonard Cohen for @independent.ie
Reviewed The World Of Leonard Cohen for @independent.ie
A melodic gift and a focus on female characters: Why there’s more to Leonard Cohen than ‘Hallelujah’
Leonard Cohen was only nine when his father passed away. After the funeral, the boy wrote his first poem which he placed in one of his father’s bowties and buried in the back garden, “confronting unha...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Leonard and Doubting Thomas.
Reviewed The World Of Leonard Cohen for @independent.ie
Reviewed The World Of Leonard Cohen for @independent.ie
A moving farewell from Emmylou Harris @3arena.bsky.social
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Emmylou Harris review: Fond farewell to American country star at final gig at 3Arena, Dublin
Emmylou Harris impressed in Dublin with a combination of her own songs and well-chosen covers from the likes of Gram Parsons and Gillian Welch
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January 19, 2026 at 9:17 AM
A moving farewell from Emmylou Harris @3arena.bsky.social
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The quiff of Elvis, The moptops of The Beatles, Jagger's seismic style, Rod's pineapple, the dead animal on Bono's head, and my own tonsorial troubles - all are examined in depth in this @independent.ie investigation...
Pat Carty: Which came first, the rockstar or the rock-star hair? And what happens when you can’t field a mullet anymore?
Far be it from me to suggest you fashion a tinfoil hat but your phone is listening to you. The Ma asked about a Christmas gift and I suggested a luxury timepiece for a laugh. Cue an instant bombardmen...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The quiff of Elvis, The moptops of The Beatles, Jagger's seismic style, Rod's pineapple, the dead animal on Bono's head, and my own tonsorial troubles - all are examined in depth in this @independent.ie investigation...
Ferocious: Ash in Mike The Pies, Listowel.
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Ferocious: Ash in Mike The Pies, Listowel.
Marty & Bob's Wild Weekend: reviewed Insomnia by Robbie Robertson on RTÉ Radio 1's Arena with Evelyn O'Rourke.
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Insomnia by Robbie Robertson - review
Pat Carty reviews Insomnia, the posthumously released second memoir from The Band's Robbie Robertson.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Marty & Bob's Wild Weekend: reviewed Insomnia by Robbie Robertson on RTÉ Radio 1's Arena with Evelyn O'Rourke.
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And what’s he, then, that says I play the villain: reviewed We Did OK, Kid by Anthony Hopkins for the Irish Independent/The Sunday Independent.
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Anthony Hopkins’s memoir is a forthright portrait of a Welshman who has no truck with ‘touchy-feely’ stuff
After almost eight months in a West End production of M Butterfly, Anthony Hopkins was “bored and irritable” and fed up with “doing the same thing night in and night out” for what would become his fin...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
And what’s he, then, that says I play the villain: reviewed We Did OK, Kid by Anthony Hopkins for the Irish Independent/The Sunday Independent.
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@simonschusteruk.bsky.social @anthonyhopkinss.bsky.social @independent.ie
What Paul Did Next.
Reviewed Wings: The Story Of A Band On The Run by Paul McCartney for the Irish Independent.
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Reviewed Wings: The Story Of A Band On The Run by Paul McCartney for the Irish Independent.
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What the McCartneys sent in the post after a Wings concert got a bad review
Dealing with failure is one thing but handling success is likely another matter altogether. Just imagine for a minute that at 27 you’ve already created a peerless body of musical work that literally c...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
What Paul Did Next.
Reviewed Wings: The Story Of A Band On The Run by Paul McCartney for the Irish Independent.
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Reviewed Wings: The Story Of A Band On The Run by Paul McCartney for the Irish Independent.
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Reviewed the 40th Anniversary Edition of Rum, Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues for Classic Rock Magazine (not on the web).
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November 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reviewed the 40th Anniversary Edition of Rum, Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues for Classic Rock Magazine (not on the web).
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Reviewed The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie for The Sunday Independent.
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Reviewed The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie for The Sunday Independent.
Interviewed Tim Wheeler out of Ash for @independent.ie
Tim Wheeler on early fame: ‘I got hammered during the gig. The next day we were doing MTV interviews but I woke up in my own vomit. Management were really upset’
Anyone with any sense joins a band as a teenager and dreams big. Once reality lashes out a few kicks, the majority get on with their lives but that’s not how it panned out for Downpatrick native Tim W...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Interviewed Tim Wheeler out of Ash for @independent.ie
Good-humoured and Arse-kicking: reviewed the deluxe edition of Who Are You from The Who for @classicrockmag.bsky.social
This deluxe makeover of The Who's Who Are You is interesting and exhaustive
"How all deluxe releases should be done"
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October 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Good-humoured and Arse-kicking: reviewed the deluxe edition of Who Are You from The Who for @classicrockmag.bsky.social
"A burgeoning superstar unsure of everything apart from the music."
Reviewed Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere for @classicrockmag.bsky.social
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Reviewed Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere for @classicrockmag.bsky.social
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Jeremy Allen White shines in Springsteen biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere
The review of the film of the book about the making of Bruce Springsteen's bleak masterpiece, Nebraska
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October 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"A burgeoning superstar unsure of everything apart from the music."
Reviewed Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere for @classicrockmag.bsky.social
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Reviewed Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere for @classicrockmag.bsky.social
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Go get the Sunday Indo!
October 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Go get the Sunday Indo!
He knows how to tell a story. I reviewed Truly by Lionel Richie for @irishtimes.com
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Truly by Lionel Ritchie: A cut above the usual music memoir
Highly enjoyable read doesn’t shy away from discussing racism, money or personal struggles
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October 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
He knows how to tell a story. I reviewed Truly by Lionel Richie for @irishtimes.com
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From tectonic tremolo rumbles to a librarian’s dream of a hush. Went to see the great Richard Hawley at 3Olympia Theatre for the Irish Examiner.
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Richard Hawley review: Songs of magnificence at the Olympia in Dublin
Richard Hawley revisited his classic Coles Corner album for a fine gig in Dublin
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October 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
From tectonic tremolo rumbles to a librarian’s dream of a hush. Went to see the great Richard Hawley at 3Olympia Theatre for the Irish Examiner.
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Reviewed Softly As I Leave You by Priscilla Presley in today’s Irish Independent
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Priscilla Presley recalls her complicated love for Elvis in a tale of heartbreak and survival
Much like the one that surrounds The Beatles, the Elvis Presley book industry shows no sign of abatement. This year alone has seen, amongst others, Preston Lauterbach’s excellent examination of the mu...
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September 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reviewed Softly As I Leave You by Priscilla Presley in today’s Irish Independent
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Down the back of the new issue (with free Motörhead sticker!) of Classic Rock Magazine waxing about Ron Sexsmith, Buckingham/Nicks, Tom Petty, and Queens of the Stone Age.
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September 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Down the back of the new issue (with free Motörhead sticker!) of Classic Rock Magazine waxing about Ron Sexsmith, Buckingham/Nicks, Tom Petty, and Queens of the Stone Age.
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@ronsexsmith.bsky.social @qotsa-official.bsky.social @classicrockmag.bsky.social
Wrote about the €13,000 copy of Patrick Kavanagh’s Tarry Flynn for The Sunday Times.
Abridged, of course.
Not on website.
Abridged, of course.
Not on website.
September 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Wrote about the €13,000 copy of Patrick Kavanagh’s Tarry Flynn for The Sunday Times.
Abridged, of course.
Not on website.
Abridged, of course.
Not on website.
Listen back to me waxing about Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run at 50 with the lovely Ciara King on RTÉ's Arena.
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Born To Run at 50
Pat Carty on Bruce Springsteen's legendary album Born To Run, which turns 50.
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September 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Listen back to me waxing about Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run at 50 with the lovely Ciara King on RTÉ's Arena.
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@brucespringsteen.net @sonymusicofficial.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social
Celebrating Van Morrison at 80 in The Sunday Independent.
Features Aunts, Uncles, funerals, weddings, and mysticism. Read it here - shorturl.at/YNtsJ
Features Aunts, Uncles, funerals, weddings, and mysticism. Read it here - shorturl.at/YNtsJ
August 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Celebrating Van Morrison at 80 in The Sunday Independent.
Features Aunts, Uncles, funerals, weddings, and mysticism. Read it here - shorturl.at/YNtsJ
Features Aunts, Uncles, funerals, weddings, and mysticism. Read it here - shorturl.at/YNtsJ