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Sept. 7 South Buffalo Irish Festival - Larry Kirwan with Andrew Sharp will play a Celtic Crushing show at one of their favorite festivals. For info and tickets Oct. 5 . Wexford Arts Centre, Ireland - Larry Kirwan will play a solo show to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Arts Centre while doing his annual Irish Tour
Rockaway Blue is a novel by Larry Kirwan. When terrorists attacked on September 11, 2001, Lieutenant Brian Murphy rescued seven people from the World Trade Center. Even as steel girders buckled and groaned, Brian rushed back up the stairs of the North Tower in search of those in need. He died a hero, one of more than four hundred police officers, firefighters, and other first responders who perished that fateful day. Three years later, Vietnam veteran and retired NYPD detective-sergeant Jimmy Murphy is on a
Since there will be no live readings for some time, here’s a reading/performance from Rockaway Blue with two new original songs and a Black 47 favorite. Filmed at the Noble Maritime Collection located at Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY it captures some of the drama, power and poignancy of the book and its characters.
Erik Boyd
Nine Questions For Musicians | "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldou
The Artsy Voyager
Erik Boyd
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