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The Bogside, the Eurovision and the Deise
Saturday, September 23rd – In the van somewhere outside of Longford Well? What about ye? How are things? Where was I? Tuesday I’d a lovely gig in Fealty’s in…
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 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 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 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 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 MoreEavesdropping with Peter Pan – Adventures in Public Transport
February 25th, 2017 Cambridge, MA I read somewhere once that eavesdropping is good for writing. Hearing that gave me great freedom and shameless confidence. In eavesdropping. It is unseasonably warm.…
Read MoreBack in USSA – Thank You – Vielen Dank – Dank U Wel – Merci
Feb 21st, 2017 – On the plane Munich to Atlanta to NYC A long day of travel. 10 and half hours from Munich to Atlanta. Two and half hour wait.…
Read MoreFrom the 13th Century to the 18th Century in a Day.
February 12th, 2017 On the road out of Ghent to Mehr. Casey Black on the stereo. “Fire, fire, fire, fire in my head tonight.” Roadblocks in Ghent thoroughly confused the…
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