Kevin Molloy

Just over a year and a half ago now I organised what is probably still the silliest (and most awesome) event I’ve yet to be involved with. I took 11 singer-songwriters (and a poet!) on tour in a minibus, starting with a gig in London, moving up through York to then do a three-night residency [...]

I’m very pleased to say that, having been asked to contribute a track a good few months back, I was pleasantly surprised to find a copy of the Golden Hour Book Two on my desk on Friday morning (I’m on the compilation CD, slipped into the back cover). The book is put out by the [...]

between now and then we’re going to get all of our new songs in order, and become the best band in the world

I’ve noticed I use a lot of reported speech in my lyrics. And I start a lot of sentences with ‘and’, which I’ve always been told is terribly bad form. But I enjoy starting with a conjunction. As you are currently experiencing. I’m also a linguistic pedant – I’m working on reconciling my bad habits [...]

I played this track as the outro at my last gig, at the Green Note, Camden, for the rather excellent night know as Folkadot. As I’ve not posted in a long, long time, I thought it might be a good idea to put out some lyrics to get me started again. These words are a [...]

Well Plato said to Socrates, “I see your point, but I disagree, You’ve been teaching me the greatest things, So thankyou Master for setting me free, “Let no discredit grace your name, I must be wrong, there is no shame, But I wonder if I had your fame, Would my ideas still look the same? [...]

I’ve always wanted Piano Lessons… I can play the drums and guitar – both self-taught – but the piano evades me. Anyhow, I was asked by a new fan of the Nearly Band to upload some lyrics… so here’s the first lyric blog. You can hear a (rough) recording of the song on my myspace. [...]