About Jack Carty

Jack Carty is an award-winning songwriter, musician, author, and graphic designer living in Brisbane Australia. His childhood, spent amongst the valleys of the mid-north coast of NSW, and the banjos and bunting of Australia’s folk festivals, instilled in him a lifelong compulsion to create.

It’s a path that has taken him around the world: touring his critically acclaimed indie-folk music, releasing 6 albums and 2 EPs, scoring a #1 Independent Australian Album; and collaborating with the likes of Josh Pyke, Dan Wilson (Semisonic), Katie Noonan and The Once along the way.

Jack is one half of The Cardy Club – a vibrant award-winning greetings card business he started with his illustrator wife Natasha whilst the pair were living and working in the UK. Their creations are now sold in shops big and small, gifted, and enjoyed across five continents.

In 2022, inspired by their two young children, The Carty’s embarked on their newest collaboration together. A beautiful collection of children’s books, written by Jack and Illustrated by Natasha. The first of which – Time to Rest – will be released through Scholastic Australia in February 2024.

Albums

• "Wake to a Bright Morning" - 2022
• "Hospital Hill" - 2018 (a collaboration with ex Papa vs Pretty bassist and close musical confidant Gus Gardiner)
• "Home State" - 2016
• "Esk" - 2014
• "Break Your Own Heart" - 2012,
• "One Thousand Origami Birds" - 2011,

EPs:

• "The World, When It's Sleeping" - 2020
• "The Predictable Crisis Of Modern Life" - 2013 (a collaboration with esoteric Sydney-based mystery man Casual Psychotic)
• "Wine & Consequence" - 2010