Pure Gold: Eamon Carr in conversation with Neil Martin

In the late 1980s, Horslips lyricist and drummer Eamon Carr began his journalistic career by conducting interviews with an eclectic mix of famous people. Told in Carr’s immediate, entertaining style, Pure Gold is a portal to a time before practised TV chat show performances and the churn of social media sound bites, providing honest and sometimes introspective insights into the private lives of global stars and national treasures such as Jack Charlton, Eartha Kitt, Shane MacGowan, and Malcolm McLaren. 

Eamon Carr is a member of the legendary Irish Celtic rock band Horslips. A journalist and art historian, he has been a cultural commentator and reporter on news and sport for Independent Newspapers for over two decades. His published work includes The Origami Crow, Deirdre Unforgiven, Foundation Song and Showbusiness with Blood. His dramas include DUSK and CúChulainn Awakes.

Neil Martin is a composer and musician with an international reputation who enjoys a most varied and rewarding career encompassing dance, opera, theatre, film, television, radio, concert hall and studio.