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June 2229, 2000
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Paddy Casey
The busker-to-major recording star myth is so cliché, if they havent made a movie about it, they ought to. You could even pencil Paddy Casey into the lead role. The 24-year-old Dubliner had been playing gigs in the streets of his hometown since he was but a wee lad. Shortly after he was discovered, he recorded his debut album,
Amen (So Be It) (Columbia Records), which won all kinds of awards across the Atlantic. Theres a Dylan thing going on with Caseys weary, trebly voice, spare acoustic guitar ruminations and subtle politics. But theres also a little bit of white hip-hop and electronics 21st century folk music if you will mixed in for freshness sake. Now Paddys preparing to peddle
Amen stateside with a three-day residency at in Philly. It could help determine whether his movies ending will be happy or sad.
Brian Howard
Mon., June 26, with Brian Seymour and Butch Ross; Tue., June 27, with Adam Brodsky and Jim Boggia; Wed., June 28, with Milwaukee and Goodbye Academy, The Pontiac, 304 South St., all shows $6, 215-925-4053.