Carlton has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 22 episodes and was first played on 5 December 2015.

Carlton McCarthy is a singer and songwriter from Bristol. He sang on Massive Attack’s debut single “Any Love”, produced by Smith & Mighty who also produced his 1991 debut LP The Call Is Strong. The album spawned three singles, of which the most successful was “Love and Pain” (UK #56). In 1995 he collaborated with Bomb the Bass on the UK #53 single “One to One Religion” from their album Clear. The track “We Vie” from The Call Is Strong was covered as a duet between Stakka Bo and Titiyo in 1996, reaching #10 in Sweden: We Vie. The following year, Carlton was featured on the soundtrack to Love and Death on Long Island scored by The Insects, singing on “Lying Awake for You”. When The Insects produced Alison Moyet’s 2002 album Hometime, Carlton was responsible for writing “Say It” as well as the single “Do You Ever Wonder” (UK #113).