Big City Folk Song Club – Featured Act St. Lenox

By Niall Connolly | October 27, 2021 |

Big City Folk Song Club returns to Stella and Fly.   Part of the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs , with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, and Queens Theatre

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Big City Folk Song Club Returns Tonight

By Niall Connolly | September 8, 2021 |

Big City Folk Song Club RETURNS tonight. Wed Sept 8th – 7pm -10pm Stella and Fly 1705 1st Ave, New York, NY 10128 Proof of vaccination required. No cover. Pass the hat for the featured artist.   Upcoming featured acts: Sept 8th – Karen Dahlstrom Sept 15th – Jo Kroger Sept 22nd – Warren Malone…

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New Single on Patreon Now

By Niall Connolly | November 1, 2020 |

Rockaway Park, NY, Sunday, November 1st, 2020 My new single ‘Maybe Next Year’ will be my first official release in over three years.  It will be out on Bandcamp and usual streaming platforms later in the month. It’s available right now through my Patreon page. It’s a simple song that looks forward, hopefully, to a…

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A D- Day Veteran Makes Me Promise to Get a Fishing Rod

By Niall Connolly | February 24, 2020 |

Rockaway Beach, NY Feb 24th, 2020 It’s a quiet time. A strange time. I’m keeping my ears piqued and my antennae fine tuned to find new stories and songs and opportunities. It’s a strange time,  an in between time, a quiet time, a divisive time, a February time, a rest stop off the highway time,…

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Citizen Connolly

By Niall Connolly | December 5, 2019 |

A Train Rockaway – High Street, Brooklyn Bridge,  Dec 3rd, 2019, 6.38am. Take a right at the Harbor Light Walking through the sleet and snow at 6.28 am on a Tuesday morning.  In the pre dawn light, passing headlights catch the blue white flakes. I should have replaced my boots before the winter. I’m speed…

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Turning Sound Into Soilds

By Niall Connolly | October 29, 2019 |

Rockaway, October 29th, 2019 Modern living can be abstract.   I’m making soup. Turnips, onions, garlic, celery, cauliflower, carrots and sweet potatoes. I played at Saugerties Farmers’ Market on Saturday morning and my tip jar included two big bags of vegetables. In an age of digital pennies and virtual likes, I enjoy the directness of…

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We Are Afraid Of The Wrong Things

By Niall Connolly | October 21, 2019 |

Rockaway Park, NY, October 21st, 2019   Remember when I used to write regular tour blogs? Well, I’m going to try to get back to that, here’s lesson 6,712 of New York City teaching me to be grateful. We moved to Rockaway in April. We have a brighter, lead paint free apartment, a kitchen I…

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