John Gallagher Jr.

"A remarkable aptitude for creating lyrics.” -Billboard
“He puts his audience at ease enough to confront, and heal, their broken hearts.” 
-DC Theater Arts

Broadway
Tony Award Winner, Spring Awakening
American Idiot, Rabbit Hole, Jerusalem, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Swept Away

Off-Broadway
Kimberly Akimo, Port Authority, Farragut North

Film and TV
The Newsroom, Short Term 12, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Hush

The online self release of 8th and Jane in 2021, a fast and fierce postcard jammed with power-pop, rock-and-roll numbers leavened by soul searching acoustic ballads, is a tragicomic blend of the rootsy bravado and vulnerable introspection that is his music. While John Gallagher Jr. has always explored the profundity of the personal, the songs on his latest LP are in a different class: raw and relentless in their pursuit of difficult truths. Goodbye or Something (2024) is both a heart-wrenching and deeply humorous reflection on lost love and the power of music, familial bonds, and a good meal to get  us through.

NY Music Venues: Joe’s Pub, The Bitter End, Rockwood Music Hall, Mercury Lounge, Brooklyn Made, Baby’s All Right, Nightclub 101.

Hannah Winkler opens.
Brooklyn-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Hannah Winkler is stepping fully into her own light—releasing acollection of songs that are as emotionally raw as they are sonically lush. Her work blends rock's urgency, folk's intimacy, and pop's melodic pull. The album is an unflinching, deeply personal portrait of an artist embracing the full spectrum of her feelings.