Tom Flannery
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Tom Flannery is an American singer-songwriter and playwright from Scranton
, Pennsylvania
, United States
. Allmusic has called him "one of the most gifted songwriters to emerge at the turn of the century." After three critically acclaimed albums (1998's Song About a Train, The Anthracite Shuffle in 2000, and 2002's solo acoustic Drinking With Nick Drake) he started the website Songaweek.com with friend and fellow songwriter Lorne Clarke
as a venue to release all his new music digitally. In the five years between 2003 and 2008 he recorded and made available at least one brand new song per week, frequently writing about current events.
In 2006 he co-wrote the soundtrack for the award winning feature length documentary Facing Sudan
. In addition, he contributed several songs in 2008 for the short documentary Crayons and Paper
, a followup to Facing Sudan
.
His produced plays include The Driveway (directed by the late Pulitzer Prize winning dramatist and Academy award nominated actor Jason Miller
), God Bless Roy Campanella, God and the Ghost of Woody Guthrie, The Katrina Monologues, Marcinkus
(directed by Paul Winarski) and The Last Thoughts of Gino Merli. In September 2007 The Last Thoughts of Gino Merli was adapted into a PBS documentary called Gino Merli: The Healing Hero.
His most recent album is Edward, released in February 2011.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, United States
United States
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. Allmusic has called him "one of the most gifted songwriters to emerge at the turn of the century." After three critically acclaimed albums (1998's Song About a Train, The Anthracite Shuffle in 2000, and 2002's solo acoustic Drinking With Nick Drake) he started the website Songaweek.com with friend and fellow songwriter Lorne Clarke
Lorne Clarke (singer)
Lorne Clarke is a Canadian singer/songwriter and concert promoter who first began performing in the mid-1970s in the Toronto folk scene. Raised in the isolated mining community of Schefferville, Quebec, Clarke has since worked at a number of careers, including engineer on Great Lakes vessels,...
as a venue to release all his new music digitally. In the five years between 2003 and 2008 he recorded and made available at least one brand new song per week, frequently writing about current events.
In 2006 he co-wrote the soundtrack for the award winning feature length documentary Facing Sudan
Facing Sudan
Facing Sudan is a documentary film released in 2007. It chronicles the situation in Sudan from independence in 1956, through civil war and the current crisis in Darfur. The narrative of Sudan is told through the eyes of activists from various segments of American society...
. In addition, he contributed several songs in 2008 for the short documentary Crayons and Paper
Crayons and Paper
Crayons and Paper is a documentary short, featuring Dr. Jerry Ehrlich, a pediatrician who has worked with Doctors Without Borders. To document the effect of war on children, Dr. Ehrlich has the children draw pictures of their lives. The film features drawings made by children in Sri Lanka and...
, a followup to Facing Sudan
Facing Sudan
Facing Sudan is a documentary film released in 2007. It chronicles the situation in Sudan from independence in 1956, through civil war and the current crisis in Darfur. The narrative of Sudan is told through the eyes of activists from various segments of American society...
.
His produced plays include The Driveway (directed by the late Pulitzer Prize winning dramatist and Academy award nominated actor Jason Miller
Jason Miller (playwright)
Jason Miller was an American actor and playwright. He received the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play That Championship Season, and was widely recognized for his role as Father Damien Karras in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist...
), God Bless Roy Campanella, God and the Ghost of Woody Guthrie, The Katrina Monologues, Marcinkus
Marcinkus
Marcinkus is a play,by American author Tom Flannery.The play had its debut in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania in July 2006 at the Arts YOUniverse center for the applied and living arts. The production was under the direction of Paul Winarski and starred Greg Korin as the Archbishop...
(directed by Paul Winarski) and The Last Thoughts of Gino Merli. In September 2007 The Last Thoughts of Gino Merli was adapted into a PBS documentary called Gino Merli: The Healing Hero.
His most recent album is Edward, released in February 2011.