Mick Flannery is in Town – Mercury Lounge Tonight
Sad Karaoke Regional Champions – Winter 2018 Brooklyn, July 17th, 2018 A mere 17 hours later than expected, Air Canada have delivered Mick Flannery delivered back to NYC. He’ll…
Read MoreBad News – Great News
East Durham, June 30th, 2018 My upcoming European tour has been cancelled as we just found out that Clare cannot fly between now and mid November. Whilst, I’m sorry to…
Read MoreWhite Noise – Snapping Turtles – Festival Website
June 6th, 2018 – Brooklyn It’s barbecue in the park weather. Leave your jacket at home weather. Walk to work weather. Perfect city park weather. It’s windows open while…
Read MoreDon’t Honk If You Support Connolly
Brooklyn, May 30th 2018 New York would be impossible without its parks. I was reminded of this whilst walking through Brooklyn’s Prospect Park yesterday. I strolled through slowly. Taking…
Read MoreOnce Upon a Time on Patrick’s Street.
Saturday April 28th, 2018 I first Saw Christian McNeill singing at HMV record store on Patrick street in Cork city. I think I was 15. He was frontman for…
Read MoreWorld Leader Pretend
World Leader Pretend – Brooklyn, April 11th, 2018 I had this R.E.M single on a 45 rpm. I was 13. It was a birthday gift from my friends and later…
Read MoreMy Almost Famous Weekend
Monday March 26th, 2018 Well, that was a weekend of weekends. I bussed up to Boston on Friday, did a song with Glen Hansard’s band to 2,500 hundred people.…
Read MoreThe Body of a Starling – When a Zucchini is an Eggplant – Winning
March 19th, 2018 – The kitchen, Brooklyn Four night light candles encircle the body of a starling. A grown sober woman is sitting on one of those 25 cent…
Read MoreWhere are you from?
March 17th, 2018 – Brooklyn Today is my grandmother Philomena’s anniversary. She was the kindest person I’ve known. She had ten children. I have first cousins in Ireland, UK, Australia…
Read MoreOverheard in Brooklyn
“I mean, who the fuck drugs a therapy dog?” – Overheard in Brooklyn A reasonable question from the woman walking behind me to her phone. Who the fuck? Who…
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