Paul Carrack performs at Rewind The 80s festival Scotland at Scone Palace, Perth.

He’s so self-effacing that he’d probably just laugh at the description, but Paul Carrack is a bit of a renaissance man on the quiet. He’s a label owner, hugely popular recording and touring artist, one of the most in-demand voices and songwriters of his generation and the creator of a catalogue of household hits. But beyond all that, Carrack just loves making music. Across four decades, countless Carrack performance have quietly made their mark on the collective consciousness, including Ace’s “How Long”, Mike & The Mechanics “The Living Years”, “Over My Shoulder” and “Silent Running”, Squeeze’s “Tempted” and solo landmarks like “Satisfy My Soul”, “I Live On A Battlefield” and “Eyes Of Blue”.
Since his 2012 album, “Good Feeling”, Paul has released his new album “Rain or Shine” (2014) via his Carrack-UK label. This has produced many radio favourites such as ‘That’s All That Matters To Me’ and ‘Time Waits For No One’.

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