Larry Kirwan

Larry Kirwan was leader of the political rock band Black 47 for 25 years during which the band played 2500 gigs, released 16 albums, appeared on Leno, Letterman, O’Brien, Fallon and every major US TV show. He has written three novels, Rockaway Blue, Liverpool Fantasy, and Rockin' The Bronx, a memoir, Green Suede Shoes: An Irish American Odyssey, and A History of Irish Music, along with Mad Angels, a book of plays, and Livin' in America, a collection of 26 songs he wrote for Black 47 with accompanying short stories. He has written or collaborated on 21 plays and musicals including Paradise Square which has ran successfully at Berkeley Rep and The Nederlander in Chicago, and received 10 Tony nominations (including one for Kirwan as co-book writer) during its 2022 run at The Barrymore in NYC . He workshopped the musical, Iraqi Rose, at The Irish Arts Center, NYC In January, 2023, and has recently completed The Catacombs (the life and times of Brendan Behan). A political activist he is an Irish Echo columnist and a celebrity host/producer of Celtic Crush on SiriusXM Satellite Radio. He was president of Irish American Writers & Artists for five years. For more information visit www.black47.com or Larry Kirwan at Facebook, and contact blk47@aol.com to be added to the Celtic Crush/Black 47/Larry Kirwan monthly newsletter.