Paddy Casey

Paddy Casey came up in Dublin in the early 2000s, writing folk-rock songs that felt direct and unvarnished. His debut album 'Amen (So Be It)' arrived in 2004, and tracks like 'Sweet Suburban Sky' and 'Winter's Fire' caught on with listeners who appreciated their plainspoken, sometimes weary honesty.

He followed that with 'Living' in 2006 and 'The Secret Life of... Paddy Casey' in 2009, both of which did well on Irish charts. The songs from this period, including 'Anyone That's Yet To Come' and 'It's Over Now', kept to a similar lane, acoustic-based, lyrically straightforward, and delivered in his recognizable, slightly frayed vocal style.

There was a plagiarism lawsuit in 2010 that got dismissed, but it hung around for a bit. Casey kept putting out records afterward, like 'Songbook' in 2012 and 'Turn This Ship Around' in 2020, working with a regular band that included guitarist Fergal Murray and bassist Aidan Comerford.