
Pat Carty
Pat Carty is a writer for Irish monthly music and politics magazine Hot Press. You'll also find him at The Times, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Irish Examiner, and on radio wherever it's broadcast.
Latest articles by Pat Carty

The Black Crowes albums you should definitely listen to... and one to avoid
By Paul Elliott published
The Black Crowes may have been born out of time, but their best albums – a fusion of southern rock, gospel, blues and fiery rock'n'roll – are timeless

The mightiest Fleetwood Mac line-up albums in one handy box
By Pat Carty published
Pulchritudinous platinum perfection

Tom Waits' The Heart Of A Saturday Night still sounds smoky on anniversary coloured vinyl
By Pat Carty published
Be-bop, beat and ballads

Mötley Crüe rock like a rowboat in a typhoon on the 35th Anniversary edition of Dr Feelgood
By Pat Carty published
Gonzo glam greatness

Stills, Nash & Young are still in thrall to each other on Fillmore East 1969
By Pat Carty published

Thin Lizzy's big year: Revisited, remixed and thoroughly expanded
By Pat Carty published
Phil Lytnott's annus mirabilis celebrated with a nifty combination of Jailbreak and Johnny The Fox

"It does what great art is supposed to do, taking the artist's experiences, however dark, and making them universal": Nick Cave returns to the water on Wild God
By Pat Carty published
The wizards of Aus finds hints of light in the darkness

The beautifully presented Asylum Albums 1976-1980 finds Joni Mitchell inhabiting the art department
By Pat Carty published
Joni loves jazz

"It all becomes a bit by-numbers": Sheryl Crow fails to evolve on unambitious Evolution album
By Pat Carty published
Sheryl Crow's 12th album Evolution starts strongly but soon falters

"More soulful than a gospel convention, warmer than a mother's love and groovier than the Grand Canyon": The Black Crowes return in righteous form on Happiness Bastards
By Pat Carty published
The Black Crowes are still shaking on reunion album Happiness Bastards
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