December 27th, 2017 “If it’s made out of wood, it it can be fixed.” Happy birthday to Warren Malone. He’ll break your heart and fix your guitar. No better man to have by your side facing a problem or a party. Many a wise word mumbled at me over the years the years: “Crisis equals […]
Brooklyn, December 20th, 2017 Yesterday at the Korean store, J and H Farm: A busy well-lit fruit and vegetable shop on Prospect Park West, Brookyn. Outside. December. Wintry but not that wintry. People moving swiftly, their heads down. Inside it is quiet. This Irish guy crouching picking out some onions […]
Hi folks, We’re playing our first full band gig together since our album release in October. Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3, is a classy, all seated cabaret style basement space on New York’s Lower East Side. Note there is a two drink minimum and the entrance for stage 3 is on Orchard street. Doors 8.15pm. […]
Train from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt, Sunday November 26th 6.21am Two young men are drunkenly walking themselves to a standstill in the wrong direction on an escalator at Dusseldorf’s main train station. They are pretending to check boarding passes of people walking in the more traditional direction. One of them has a broken thumb. His left […]
Vienna – Prague – Olomouc – Munich Sunday, November 19th, 2017 – Random Restaurant, Around the corner from Arkada Hotel, Prague Sunday night. Two weeks and day into the tour. One week and a day left to go. My body, perhaps sensing a night off, has collapsed. I think I have slight touch of food […]
My Hotel Room, Hotel Am Brillantengrund, Vienna – Friday November 17th, 2017 Two gigs in Vienna. Two full houses. Two joyous nights of friendship and song. Don’t come to the third one tonight. I am due a humbling. Last night I played at Dominik Nostitz’s Verein Laden venue. I love this place. I have […]
Hotel Am Brillantengrund, Vienna – Thursday November 16th, 2017 I’m sitting in the cafe at Hotel Am Brillantengrund in Vienna. I like this place. Myself and Clare stayed here last year. It is super relaxed, artsy and cool. The coffee is really great. Leafy courtyard. Minimalist art. And tomorrow I’m playing a concert in the […]
Monday November 13th, 2017 – Balatonboglar Train Station, Hungary It is cold. The wind cuts through my many layers of clothing. It’s been another couple of enjoyable and easy days on tour. I arrived in Zagreb on Friday night. Checked into my airbnb and went out for a walk and a bite to […]
Piove di Sacco, Train Station, Italy – Thursday, November 9th, 2017 “Some people see a mountain, I think I just need the right shoes and I can climb it like a stairs.” Let me begin with the essentials. Andrea Scarso is a legend. He speaks in poems. Nothing is a problem. We had some […]
I am very proud to confirm that this ‘Dream Your Way Out Of This One’ European tour has received support from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. This has been on the cards for a few weeks and now I can confirm it is indeed happening. It is a privilege to receive this support. The […]