Posts by Niall Connolly
Rockwood Tonight/ Chicago Saturday
Photo by Anthony Mulcahy/Mullography Thur, Oct 20th, 2016 Surprise Rockwood Music Hall Gig, Tonight 7pm I have a last minute gig at Rockwood Music Hall tonight at 7pm. This…
Read MoreTime Slips
Thu, Oct 13th, 2016 Listening to Kevin Barry narrating his novel ‘Beatlebone’ on the D train. On the day that Bob Dylan won the nobel prize for literature. Kevin is not…
Read MoreGood Morning from Brooklyn
Off Road Dispatches Tuesday, October 12th, 2016, Brooklyn, NYC Blue skies. Autumnal Brooklyn. Temperature: 40 degrees. Feels like:”Ah fuck”. A woman in yoga pants and a puffy winter…
Read MoreWhere Else Should I Play?
The day after the first presidential debate, Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 Overheard in Brooklyn this morning. Ten year old A: “I think 90% of the population would just leave the…
Read MoreRaging Bull at 30,000 Feet
Sept 18th, 2016 Up in the Sky “In light of recent…uhm… events the use of Samsung blah blah is prohibited.” Bombs in New York. F**# you. I’m not…
Read MoreThank you Wexford and Dublin
Tuesday night, September 13th, 2016 I’m in a B and B in Wexford. I can hear the Australian soap opera Home and Away on TV in one room. I can…
Read MoreFifty Shades of Grey
50 Shades of Grey off the Dublin coast today. Ballymore Eustace – Wexford, Tues Sept 13th, 2016 Two Dublin auld ones overheard on the train: “Did ya hear Trump…
Read MoreHow do you get to Ballymore Eustace?
How do you get to Ballymore Eustace? Practice! I’m very excited to be asked back to play one of the finest listening rooms anywhere with Eugene Brosnan whom I very…
Read MoreCatching up – The Pine Lodge Tonight
Cork Catching up with old friends, catching up with myself. I’ll keep this dispatch brief as I am home and I want to be social. Yesterday I had the great…
Read MoreAlarms and Surprises – Cork, Here I Come!
After two short train rides from Bangor I arrived into Dundalk about 5.30pm yesterday. Tired but in good form. I took a taxi to the Spirit Store with a very…
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