eightball.ie proudly presents Paddy Casey

Thursday, April 07
Jean Monnet Lecture Theatre
University of Limerick

www.paddycasey.com

Irish singer/songwriter Paddy Casey began busking on the streets of Dublin when he was 12. One of his street performances was heard by producer Muff Winwood, who signed him to S2 Records in the U.K. His debut album, “Amen (So Be It)”, was recorded in just eight days and earned critical and chart success. It won a Best Album award from the Irish World Awards, Most Promising Act and Best Debut Album awards from Hot Press’ year-end readers’ poll, and reached the Top 20 of the Irish charts. Amen (So Be It) arrived in the U.S. in mid-2000 on Columbia.

“Living” was issued in Ireland in October of 2003 and in the U.K. in March of 2004, following the unprecedented success in Ireland of lead single “Saints and Sinners,” eventually going 12 times platinum. The same year, Casey recorded two tracks for charity album Even Better Than the Real Thing, Vol. 2: a new arrangement of “Saints and Sinners” featuring the Dublin Gospel Choir, and an acoustic rendering of Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” (a longtime live favorite).

“Living” was reissued in Ireland in November of 2004 as a double-disc set including B-sides and rarities. The staggered release of the album led Casey to be honored with the Best Irish Male award at both the 2004 and 2005 Meteor Irish Music Awards.

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