Posts Tagged ‘#cualanyc’
New Song – Tour Countdown
On May 12th 2016 the grammy award winning singer Susan McKeown invited me to perform at Cooper Union, NYC. It was part of an event marking the 100th anniversary of the death of James Connolly. I wrote this song from the perspective of his daughter Nora and his wife Lily. Thanks Susan for the song challenge…
Read MoreFlorence and the Machine, James Connolly and Michael Stipe
Thursday May 12th, 2016 – Midtown Rooftop Proposal Dispatches from ExpensiveTownUSA Brazil’s president has been impeached. I saw two dead baby birds on my 8 minute walk to the train. The sun is shining. I still feel like a bit of a knob every time I wear sunglasses. Thanks Bono. I am reading a book…
Read MoreCuala Festival – On Hearing John Montague Read
Friday May 6th, 2016 Raining and 51 degrees in Central Park. John Montague in conversation with Theo Dorgan, The American Irish Historical Society, NYC I made my second ever trip to the American Irish Historical Society last night. No, not as an opening act for Bill Clinton this time. I went to hear Irish…
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