My Almost Famous Weekend

By Niall Connolly | March 26, 2018 |

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. Played a sold out show Saturday night at Toad and bussed back to New York.   Prison Phone Call Greyhound Bus Blues On Friday’s Greyhound…

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Glen Hansard Makes Guest Appearance on Album

By Niall Connolly | July 24, 2017 |

‘Dream Your Way Out of This One’ has been sent from coast to shining coast, from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles it will be mastered by Ruairí O’Flaherty. Ruairí is originally from Kerry, almost exactly the same distance from Brooklyn as Brooklyn is from LA. Sometime in the  next week or so it…

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James Connolly’s 101st Anniversary

By Niall Connolly | May 12, 2017 |

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 be out in September. In the meantime here’s an impromptu live performance of the song with Glen Hansard and his band including Javier Más from…

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