Author Visit with Larry Kirwan

Larry Kirwan was the leader of the Irish 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. A playwright and novelist, an Irish Echo columnist and a celebrity host/producer of Celtic Crush on SiriusXM Satellite Radio, he has written 17 plays and musicals, three novels, a memoir, and A History of Irish Music.  His musical, Paradise Square, ran for 10 weeks at Berkeley Rep. and is expected on Broadway in early 2022.  His latest novel, Rockaway Blue, will be published in March 2021 by Cornell University Press.