Larry Kirwan of Black 47

Thursday July 23, 2015 @ 8:00 PM

After 25 years leading Black 47, America’s premier Celtic Rock band, Larry Kirwan is embarking on a solo career. Black 47 played its last date to a sold out house at BB Kings in NYC on Nov. 15th.

“Two days later I was on a tour of Ireland with 60 fans nd devotees of Celtic Crush, my SiriusXM Radio show. I went onstage at Wexford Arts Center with the echoes of Black 47 in my ears and came off a solo artist.“

Apart from delving back into the vast Black 47 catalogue, Kirwan performed songs from his critically acclaimed musical, Hard Times – now being developed for Broadway. Perhaps most impressive were his mesmerizing intros – honed through 10 years hosting Celtic Crush, popular throughout the US and Canada.

“Black 47 songs are full of characters so the stage feels pretty crowded even though I’m alone up there with a guitar. I keep the Black 47 intensity but the stories are often more audible now,” says Kirwan, a noted dramatist with 15 plays to his name. “In the end it’s all about entertainment and giving value for money but it never hurts to get people thinking and humming the songs in the weeks after a gig.”

Kirwan's songs have been featured in many movies and recent editions of Sons of Anarchy and Gossip Girl; they are also used in hundreds of college and high school history and political science classes. Now booking - a new dramatic solo show with all the fire and vision of Black 47 by Larry Kirwan, named one of the Top Fifty most interesting New Yorkers by The Daily News.

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$22, $32