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.
Reviewed the 40th Anniversary Edition of Rum, Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues for Classic Rock Magazine (not on the web).
@thepogues.bsky.social @warnermusic.bsky.social
@thepogues.bsky.social @warnermusic.bsky.social
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).
@thepogues.bsky.social @warnermusic.bsky.social
@thepogues.bsky.social @warnermusic.bsky.social
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.
Go get the Sunday Indo!
October 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Go get the Sunday Indo!
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.
@ronsexsmith.bsky.social @qotsa-official.bsky.social @classicrockmag.bsky.social
@ronsexsmith.bsky.social @qotsa-official.bsky.social @classicrockmag.bsky.social
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.
@ronsexsmith.bsky.social @qotsa-official.bsky.social @classicrockmag.bsky.social
@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.
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
I'll be discussing the new Billy Joel documentary with @rickoshea.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena this evening. It's pretty good, even if you're not his biggest fan.
August 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I'll be discussing the new Billy Joel documentary with @rickoshea.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena this evening. It's pretty good, even if you're not his biggest fan.
"There's a ticket for you, Carty."
Well, sure, I might as well so...
Well, sure, I might as well so...
August 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"There's a ticket for you, Carty."
Well, sure, I might as well so...
Well, sure, I might as well so...
August 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Letters page @independent.ie Thanks John, obviously a man of taste and discernment. Read the article he’s referring to here - shorturl.at/rZxac
August 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Letters page @independent.ie Thanks John, obviously a man of taste and discernment. Read the article he’s referring to here - shorturl.at/rZxac
Seán Rocks was a lovely man - intelligent, warm, & funny. Every time on Arena with him was a pleasure, sparring with his wit & charm on air, and having a laugh when the light went off. My deepest condolences to his family and friends, a number I’m proud to count myself amongst.
July 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Seán Rocks was a lovely man - intelligent, warm, & funny. Every time on Arena with him was a pleasure, sparring with his wit & charm on air, and having a laugh when the light went off. My deepest condolences to his family and friends, a number I’m proud to count myself amongst.
Down the back of the latest issue of Classic Rock Magazine listening to Find El Dorado by Paul Weller, reading 1975 by Dylan Jones, and visiting Frankfurt to see Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.
July 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Down the back of the latest issue of Classic Rock Magazine listening to Find El Dorado by Paul Weller, reading 1975 by Dylan Jones, and visiting Frankfurt to see Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.
Thanks @wcorklitfest.bsky.social
Delighted to be In Bantry.
Delighted to be In Bantry.
July 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Thanks @wcorklitfest.bsky.social
Delighted to be In Bantry.
Delighted to be In Bantry.
Washed Out N’ Groovy.
Sail On Sly Stone.
Sail On Sly Stone.
June 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Washed Out N’ Groovy.
Sail On Sly Stone.
Sail On Sly Stone.
Serial Killer Hair Do? More Hits Than A Wedding Disco? Songs So Dependable You'd Let Them Date Your Daughter? Bryan Adams Doesn't Faff About.
Read my 3Arena review here - www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
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Read my 3Arena review here - www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
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May 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Serial Killer Hair Do? More Hits Than A Wedding Disco? Songs So Dependable You'd Let Them Date Your Daughter? Bryan Adams Doesn't Faff About.
Read my 3Arena review here - www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
@irishtimes.com @3arena.bsky.social
Read my 3Arena review here - www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
@irishtimes.com @3arena.bsky.social
Down the back of the new issue of Classic Rock Magazine talking briefly but beautifully about Slade.
April 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Down the back of the new issue of Classic Rock Magazine talking briefly but beautifully about Slade.
Tomorrow Never Knows: Reviewed The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip by Stephen Witt for the Sunday Independent -
www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
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@independent.ie
April 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Tomorrow Never Knows: Reviewed The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip by Stephen Witt for the Sunday Independent -
www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
@independent.ie
www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
@independent.ie
Murder Isn't Cosy: Spoke to Anthony Horowitz for
@businesspost.bsky.social - www.businesspost.ie/arts-living/...
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
@businesspost.bsky.social - www.businesspost.ie/arts-living/...
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Murder Isn't Cosy: Spoke to Anthony Horowitz for
@businesspost.bsky.social - www.businesspost.ie/arts-living/...
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
@businesspost.bsky.social - www.businesspost.ie/arts-living/...
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Making ‘the old fella’ ‘abseil down the Palais’…
April 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Making ‘the old fella’ ‘abseil down the Palais’…
Ever so slightly tongue in cheek review of Bon Jovi's magnum opus - featuring "the Borg of rock songs" - from last month's Classic Rock which unfortunately never made it on to the web.
April 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Ever so slightly tongue in cheek review of Bon Jovi's magnum opus - featuring "the Borg of rock songs" - from last month's Classic Rock which unfortunately never made it on to the web.
"I’ve created a rod for my back but my mother tongue is hip hop!" I spoke to Justin Hawkins about Dreams On Toast, the great new record from The Darkness, and his deep, deep love for Ireland - www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
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@justinhawkins.ridesagain.com @irishexaminer.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"I’ve created a rod for my back but my mother tongue is hip hop!" I spoke to Justin Hawkins about Dreams On Toast, the great new record from The Darkness, and his deep, deep love for Ireland - www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
@justinhawkins.ridesagain.com @irishexaminer.bsky.social
@justinhawkins.ridesagain.com @irishexaminer.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is marvellous from @davehannigan.bsky.social, a close encounter with Muhammad Ali, a God of a man, and a portal to Ireland in the early 70s, an odd locale. It's also very funny. Do bios of Butty Sugrue and Rock Brynner next. Disappointed I couldn't review it but such is life. Go and read it.
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is marvellous from @davehannigan.bsky.social, a close encounter with Muhammad Ali, a God of a man, and a portal to Ireland in the early 70s, an odd locale. It's also very funny. Do bios of Butty Sugrue and Rock Brynner next. Disappointed I couldn't review it but such is life. Go and read it.
I'll be on Newstalk with Seán Moncrieff just after 2 when we shall discuss King Charles' favoured discs and the musical choices of other eminent men.
@newstalkfm.bsky.social
@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social
@newstalkfm.bsky.social
@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I'll be on Newstalk with Seán Moncrieff just after 2 when we shall discuss King Charles' favoured discs and the musical choices of other eminent men.
@newstalkfm.bsky.social
@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social
@newstalkfm.bsky.social
@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social