Posts by Niall Connolly
Mad Wild Beauty
Dublin airport, Thursday September 14th, 2017 I slept a little on the plane. I watched some Irish Shorts. There was a call for a doctor or nurse on board but…
Read MoreTour Starts Tomorrow – Album out Friday
September 13th, 2017 – Taxi to JFK On the road again. Bags are packed. My suitcase is undoubtedly overweight. Stuffed with a wildly ambitious number of CDs and posters,…
Read MoreMan’s Inhumanity to Man as Exemplified by the 7am Car Horn Melt Down
September 8th, Brooklyn One week to album release. The album countdown is well and truly on. ‘Dream Your Way Out of This One’ will be available worldwide…
Read MoreOne Week till Flight Time – New date added to Irish Tour
I’m flying home a week from tonight. I can confirm that the TBA on that long list of gigs will be at The Strand Inn in Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.…
Read MoreAlbum Available to Pre-order Today
Pre-order ‘Dream Your Way Out of This One’ today and you’ll receive an immediate download of ‘May 12th, 1916 – A Song for James Connolly’. This studio recording features additional…
Read MoreGlen Hansard Makes Guest Appearance on Album
‘Dream Your Way Out of This One’ has been sent from coast to shining coast, from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles it will be mastered by Ruairí O’Flaherty.…
Read MoreDream Away Lodge, Becket, MA – Tonight
Tonight I return to Dream Away Lodge in Becket. I love it there. Hidden away in the woods in Western Massachusetts it was a former haunt of Bob Dylan, Rick…
Read MoreJavier Más from Leonard Cohen’s Band plays on my new album
New Album ‘Dream Your Way Out Of This One’ Out Mid September Please check your pockets for bullets, screws, gum or crayons. I’m writing to you from outside the Greenville…
Read MoreThank you – That was fun!
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Monday June 12th, 8am. Air quality warning from 10am. What precisely are you supposed to do during an air quality warning? Take a deep breath…
Read MoreFour bands, a ferry and a fort.
June 9th, 2017 “The Dog that didn’t bark“. “A pig’s breakfast”. The BBC are all over the animal metaphors this morning. Any news? Lordy. The DUP? Lordy, is right. …
Read More