Album reviews: Paddy Casey, Villagers, The Killers
A pair of acclaimed Irish troubadours and the veteran US stadium rock outfit are reviewed this week
SINGER/SONGWRITER
Paddy Casey
Turn this Ship Around (Paddy Casey Music)
Sometimes, significant commercial success outside Ireland isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, even to an ambitious singer-songwriter, but when you look at Paddy Casey you have to wonder why it never happened for him on even a moderate global scale. Over 20 years ago, he was signed to a major record label and managed by U2’s arch strategist Paul McGuinness, but at some point ...