Pat Carty
@Pat_Carty
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Arts Journalist @TheSundayIndo @ClassicRockMag @irishexaminer @IrishTimes @ST__Ireland @ReviewIndo @NewstalkFM @RTEArena @businessposthq @hotpress @MOJOmagazine
Dublin, Ireland
Joined September 2010
I don’t care very much at all for Pink Floyd but I do like Mark Blake. I reviewed his Shine On - The Definitive Oral History for the Irish Independent. @Independent_ie @MarkBlake3 @pinkfloyd #pinkfloyd @newmodernbooks @simonschuster
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When it comes to Pink Floyd, I’m in the same camp as Rosemary Barrett, sister of original lead singer Syd. Early in this oral history she confesses: “I nev...
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I genuinely think this is probably my favourite new record released this century. A tragic loss of a great artist who had more greatness in him. #dangelo #voodoo @questlove #questlove #soul #neosoul #vinyl
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Down the back of the new issue of Classic Rock Magazine, writing about Oasis, The Pogues, and @peteramescarlin's fine book about Bruce Springsteen and Born To Run.
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On Kieran Cuddihy's last @TheHardShoulder @NewstalkFM talking about @lukecombs @SlaneCastle
@mcd_productions
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Luke Combs has been announced as the headliner at Slane Castle next summer as part of his ‘My Kinda Saturday Night’ Tour of Europe and North America, making him the first country music star to...
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On @TheHardShoulder @NewstalkFM at about 5:20 reacting to this big news from @lukecombs @mcd_productions and @SlaneCastle
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Who'd win a fight between Van Morrison and Bono, and what's the proper definition of literature? Answers to these questions in Kevin Smith's gas-altogether middle-aged nightmare Injury Time which I reviewed for The Sunday Indo. @LilliputPress @jammyauthor
https://t.co/okWjnjX5Ir
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Middle age can be a trying time, but be grateful you’re not going through the trials foistered upon Fenton Conville around his 50th birthday. His Belfast t...
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Reviewed the Buckingham Nicks reissue for @ClassicRockMag
"If you wondered how Fleetwood Mac evolved into the Rumours-era juggernaut, look no further than Buckingham Nicks": Lindsey and Stevie invent the future on long-lost now-found album
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As it’s Springsteen’s birthday, I read this fine book today, an entertaining and educated argument with great sections on Nebraska and Tunnel Of Love as well, and a killer last page. Hats off to @Steven_Hyden
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Reviewed Softly As I Leave You by Priscilla Presley for @Independent_ie
@headlinepg @HachetteIre
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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...
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That is akin to me "withdrawing" from the Olympic 100 metre dash.
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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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#OnThisDay 50 years ago, @ThinLizzy_ released Fighting – their fifth studio album, and their first to chart in the UK. To celebrate, we're revisiting @Pat_Carty's reflections on the classic LP... https://t.co/qF3qSzw4uv
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On this day 50 years ago, Thin Lizzy released their fifth studio album, Fighting – which went to become the band's first album to chart in the UK. To mark ...
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While I'm sure she's hardly losing sleep waiting for an endorsement from some auld lad in his fifties, this is good. Hats off to @cmatbaby. Give her the Mercury Prize over the other lot.
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Wrote about the €13,000 copy of Patrick Kavanagh’s Tarry Flynn for The Sunday Times. Not on website. @PurcellAuctions
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Wrote about the €13,000 copy of Patrick Kavanagh’s Tarry Flynn for The Sunday Times. Not on website. @PurcellAuctions
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Listen back to me waxing about Bruce Springsteen & Born To Run at 50 with @iamCiaraKing on @RTEArena
@springsteen @SonyMusicIre #Springsteen #BornToRun
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Pat Carty on Bruce Springsteen's legendary album Born To Run, which turns 50.
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