“How Brief,” Kelly McCormack’s Sundance-selected short film inspired by the music of vanished ’50s singer-songwriter Connie ...

Director Kelly McCormack talks about her work on the short film How Brief, making its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

For 15 years, author-musician Howard Fishman has been on a quest to understand and unravel the enigma that was singer-songwriter Connie Converse. Converse, an American singer-songwriter and musician, ...

SOUTH HADLEY — “How Sad, How Lovely,” the name of the album containing 60-year-old recordings by Connie Converse, aptly describes the life of the New England singer-songwriter who never quite hit it ...

The trailblazing polymath Connie Converse lived in Greenwich Village, on Grove Street, in the early 1950s, during the time when she was actively revolutionizing American song. The only problem was, ...

Connie Converse wrote and recorded songs in the late 40's and early 50's in her Greenwich Village apartment. After a decade of disappointments, she packed her belongings, got in her car and ...

Connie Converse wrote and recorded songs in the late 40's and early 50's in her Greenwich Village apartment. Her songs are haunting and beautiful but sadly never became commercially available. After a ...

We asked NPR Music's classical producer Tom Huizenga: Was there one lyric from 2022 that stayed with you all year? He chose a line from the song... Lyrics from 'One by One,' written by Connie Converse ...

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts — “How Sad, How Lovely,” the name of the album containing 60-year-old recordings by Connie Converse, aptly describes the life of the New England singer-songwriter who never ...