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Feb 4, 2022

David McCarthy’s Adventures in Noise

An introduction to a new series reflecting an individual journey through music genres and generations

Street billboard poster being put up for David McCarthy’s Adventures in Noise

David McCarthy

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Jan 31, 2025

The Story of My John Peel Session

I’ve actually got three stories about the late, great John Peel — two of them direct, one slightly second-hand. Here they are…

The author and John Peel

David McCarthy

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Jun 4, 2024

What Does the UK Election Mean For The Music Industry?

With the July General Election dominating the UK headlines there’s talk about re-nationalising railways, extending VAT in certain areas and…

What Does the UK Election Mean For The Music Industry?

David McCarthy

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Apr 12, 2023

Whatever Happened To Music Journalism?

I’m not easily shocked but I was surprised when I heard about young musicians being charged for reviews

Whatever Happened To Music Journalism?

David McCarthy

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Apr 21, 2022

Broken Finger Writing

Does the physical way something is written affect the contents? An unlucky break led to a different second Medium article than intended…

Old fashioned manual typewriter mis-typed to illustrate nature of article

David McCarthy

David McCarthy

As a music journalist I started on UK weekly Melody Maker when I was eighteen, more recently had a monthly review section in DJ Mag. Also author of three books.

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