Posts by Niall Connolly
My Songs on WNYE 91.5FM today – Person Place Thing
I had the great pleasure of singing during Randy Cohen’s interview with Siri Hustvedt on ‘Person Place Thing‘ at the Brooklyn historical society a few weeks back. You can hear…
Read MoreJames Connolly’s 101st Anniversary
May 12th, 2017, Brooklyn, NY Today is James Connolly’s 101st anniversary. My Song ‘May 12th, 1916 – A Song for James Connolly’, will be on my next album which will…
Read More‘Rooms’ : Review
Enda Walsh’s play ‘Rooms’ is both familiar and strikingly original. The Galway International Arts Festival’s production is currently running at Cybert Tire, the future home of The Irish Arts Center…
Read MoreAn Evening Upstate with the Brothers Felice
The sun is shining in Brooklyn. The President’s first 100 days. The continuous drip of bad News makes me intermittently anxious, angry, sad, determined and inspired. Frequently all at the…
Read MoreThe Things People Tell Us.
The things people tell us. The things people don’t tell us. 11 years old Patrick took his cousin’s dog for a walk. Too loose on a faraway leash, the…
Read MoreEaster Rambling
“All your crying don’t do no good, Come on up the the house, Come down off the cross, We can use the wood, You gotta come on up to the house.…
Read MoreRockwood Music Hall Tonight.
Three Fridays ago, I played in a church in Manhattan. Two weeks ago, I played in a warehouse in Bushwick. Last Friday I played a museum in Manhattan. Tonight, I…
Read MoreTwo Fundraiser Gigs This Weekend
“Help our favorite writer, editor, and bon vivant get through a difficult time.” – GoFundMe Page for Jack Silbert I met Jack Silbert a few years before I moved…
Read MoreWhere You Come From
St. Patrick’s Day Has been many things for me over the years. I remember as a child thinking. “He banished the snakes?”, “I’d love to see a snake, what…
Read MoreThere are people who can fix things.
March 8th, 2017 The weather remains schizophrenic. The news keeps up just fine. This morning the wind howled down the avenue and the rain tap tapped on our pre dawn…
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