Niall Connolly And Friends

22 Rock City Road,Woodstock NY 12498

30 July, 2022

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Niall Connolly And FriendsUNDER 18 WITH PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN Niall Connolly E. W. Harris Critically acclaimed Irish songwriter Niall Connolly returns to Colony, Saturday July 30th. Connolly will be accompanied by longtime bandmates Len Monachello on drums and vocals and Brandon Wilde on bass and vocals. Songwriter EW Harris opens the show. Doors 7pm. Show 8pm Tickets $10 adv/ $12 dos. New York based, Cork born songwriter Niall Connolly has released 8 studio albums, a live album and an EP. His latest album ‘Dream Your Way Out of This One’ features collaborations with his long term NYC band as well as guest appearances from Glen Hansard (Once, The Frames, The Swell Season) Javier Más ( Leonard Cohen’s band) and Deni Bonet (REM, Cyndi Lauper, Sarah McLachlan). Connolly has toured all over Europe and the US including festival appearances at Glastonbury, CMJ, Prague Fringe Festival, Acoustic Festival Düsseldorf, Cork Folk Festival and Cuala NYC. He has opened for Glen Hansard, Lisa Hannigan, Mick Flannery, Lucius, Evan Dando, Eugene Kelly, Lambchop, Wallis Bird, MisterWives and many more. He is the founder of Big City Folk Collective. Now in its 15th year, Big City Folk hosts over 100 events annually throughout New York. "An absolutely beautiful collection of songs... I was gobsmacked by the quality of the songwriting... accomplished composition and arrangements... 4 stars." -Arena, RTÉ Radio 1's Arts Show "Terrific. Disarming and beautifully crafted folk-pop. Connolly is a witty storyteller and not-to-be-missed songsmith." -Chicago Tribune "Connolly's songs are both sad and uplifting. They're real. They speak to the goodness in people, that need to do something to make the world just a little better." - Budapest Times "Amongst the most vibrant, poignant, and authentic indie folk artists in New York City." - No Depression ----------- E.W. Harris is an alt-folk songwriter, producer, and artist based in Brooklyn, NY. A self-styled “Folktronicist'' and “Dystopian Romantic,” Harris combines sonic textures, powerful vocals, and memorable melodies to create music he calls “folk tunes from an (im)possible future.” Originally from post-industrial Akron, OH, his musical career flourished in the indie/art rock scene of Athens, GA in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. Harris’s reputation grew with his experimental approach to songwriting, recording, and genre. It is also at this time he began development on the Rocket City Universe, a post-apocalyptic AU in which all of his subsequent material is set. Upon relocating to Brooklyn, NY in 2009, his collaboration with Irish folk singer/songwriter Niall Connolly would lead Harris to focus more heavily on songwriting, to produce Connolly’s first US record, release seven albums of his own, and tour heavily throughout the US and Europe. I Am Entertainment Magazine called his first album “uniquely cool and strange ... It’s been a while since I’ve heard something so eclectic and interesting.” Bandcamp reviewer Alec Spurlock said Harris’s sound “reminds me of a modern-day Neil Young, but the style is more complex in the most beautiful way possible.” The Salisbury Post declared that Harris delivers an electro-pop performance of found sounds and lyricism that combine “to create an experience like no other.” For the past year, Harris has been working extensively with producers Kia Eshghi (Hanging Moon Records) & Chris D. Butler (Greedy Dilettante Records), with a laser focus on writing and recording Harris’s songs. The first fruits of this labor, “Bad Ghost,” was released on their co-imprint (Hanging Dilettante) July 2021, and future single releases are slated for Summer 2022. The full album, “Homunculus IV,” is expected by Fall 2022.