hi guys! I am back from tour with Jools Holland and depressed as ever! No I'm kidding, but in short those were the days of our lives. Let me just show you before and after pics so you catch my drift. The night I arrived.. and then a dark moment for me after the last gig. This is what make up looks like after you weep, everyone. Here is basically a daily synopsis of a day on the road. And I loved every minute of it. 1. Tom, my *intern, would drive us to each city in the UK. During... Continue reading

Hi guys. I know my blogs are about the day I tried to be in a rap video, and the day i spit on my own shirt because I was ODing on Jack Bauer, so I think it's time to class it up a bit so you guys don't think I'm (totally) gross. So, this story all begins back in November 2011 at the classiest place ever Royal Albert Hall, oh have i mentioned that I played at Royal Albert Hall? Oh I have? Because that's my one huge accomplishment that I can't let go of or move on from?... Continue reading

So my *intern and I went to Ireland in the spring of 2012 for vacation. Due to a couple travel planning mistakes on my part, we had leave our hotel at 4am and drive 3 hours to the airport. I woke up at 3:30AM with a pounding headache, and found a huge european (?) ibuprofin (?) that i didn't remember ever buying, and ate it. Then we got in the car for our road trip to Shannon airport, with no time to spare. The second we got in the car, I knew that this pill was going to be a... Continue reading

Hi guys. They always say to write your blog for your own enjoyment/necessity rather than for others, because probably no one is reading it anyway. So that is basically why I am dedicating this blog entry to Jack Bauer. Yes, the main character in 24 who was extremely relevant in 2001-2010. (no wonder i don't have readers.) I'm late in the game, I get it. But guys, I do have to express myself. What is it about him? Nothing like an emotionally detached guy who will protect you and save the world. Although he never wore good pants, even when... Continue reading

Happy New Year everyone, but we'll get to that later. I just want to cover this first, because I just remembered something that has been stored away, and now I need to let you know about it. This story takes place about 9 years ago, the day my sister kind of saved my dignity. (slash shattered my dreams) When I lived in New York City for a summer, I was in a musical theatre program. (and this is the LEAST embarrassing part of this story if you can believe that.) Well, I was room mates with one of my best... Continue reading

For those of you who don't follow me religiously on my **award-winning twitter account or facebook page, you might have missed the video I posted from my apartment in Dublin. AKA, this: Also for the record, I am not wearing baggy long johns in this video, it's a sweater, like one you would wear out of the house. I swear. **this is a lie Continue reading

So my dad and mimi (his life partner slash guardian) came over to Dublin for Thanksgiving break. He couldn't remember if he'd been in Dublin before (which seems suspicious but I let it go) but was PRETTY SURE this was both of their first times here. Mimi is an expert at cooking for large amounts of people, and my dad and I are experts at eating and drinking with large amounts of people, so we decided to combine forces to create an Irish Thanksgiving 2012, which all went down at my friend Kitty's house. This is Mimi trying to teach... Continue reading

Hi Guys, Today is the one year anniversary of the best day of my life- AKA- my wedding day-AKA- doing support for Jools Holland at Royal Albert Hall. I will be celebratring by watching this on loop in a dark room, drinking whiskey from the bottle, crying tears into the bottle, and then drinking my tears from the bottle. I also may or may not be putting the video on silent so I can say the words in real time along with the moving picture. Full and original commentary of video here. Continue reading

And remember this? RIDIC Continue reading

Among a few of the anxieties about living in Dublin, two of the higher ones were a) election night b) my emotions on election night So I'd like to briefly talk about my election experience in Dublin. I was honestly scrambling to find ANY Obama loving Americans to watch the election results with. Those of you who know me, I'm not one to reach out to strangers. Well guess who started reaching out strangers. I even tweeted the US Embassy in Dublin to say 'sup on election night? And they pointed me to Democrats Abroad. That's right, the embassy tweeted... Continue reading

Part II- The Apartment Hunt My mom and I stayed in a hotel while we searched for my Dublin apartment. I thought that being from New York and going through apartment hunts there (pls refer to this post), that Dublin would be a little more low key, and the standards might, just might, be a little higher than what I'm used to. Well this was all completely unfounded, and unfortunately, untrue. My mom and I used the one website that Irish people use, and our first day, I will filled with hope and promise- trying to ignore the fact that... Continue reading

Remember last time when I checked google analytics to see how people are getting to GaliaArad.com? Well I checked today and here's what it looked like. My favorite thing ever is NUMBER 10. I mean, it's perfect. How can I slip that into my bio? Also, #9 is embarrassing- that's not even the accurate Britney lyric. BUT I'm very happy that "pee stain" is still hanging on so strong after all this time! Continue reading

Guys, how worried are we about the 'cane? I myself am feeling very left out with it all about to go down in NYC. (oh yeah, hope everyone is ok..but enough about you.) I would love to be running around, buying wine in a panic, and using the weather as an excuse to behave however I wanted, no holds barred. For some reason that reminds me of when I was a young virgin, I used to *search the plane to see who I would frantically try and have sex with if the plane was going down. I guess I didn't... Continue reading

I know that I'm not leaving NYC for good, but you guys know how melodramatic I am, and I think this is a perfect time to write about... my first year in NYC, which really revolves around my relaish with Ryan Hontz, one of my favorite human beings on the planet. (some of you may know him as Lolly, of the Lollipops) Ryan and I moved to New York City together in September 2006. I'm sorry, let me go back a little further. Ryan Hontz fell in love with me from the audience of our community theater production of Into... Continue reading

(No Britney title today. ) Guys, there's so much. First of all, for those of you who didn't know, I quit my job. Details and emotions here. Secondly, and I say this with a heavy/excited heart, a month from today I will be landing in Dublin. For a long while. Because I'm kind of moving there. The few people that I've told, have asked the following questions, so here is a short Q&A to avoid any redundency. Q: Galia, wtf A: I know,I don't know. leave me alone Q: How long are you going for? A: I don't know. Between... Continue reading

Ok. I know I'm the worst blogger ever, but this all is going to change in 1 day. Why? Because tonight, is my last night, as a hedge fund girl. Probably EVER. That's right. I quit my job. A few things: I am really really really emoshe about this. You guys know the story of Koko and All Ball? Koko the gorilla who speaks in sign language? Well Koko asked for a cat, and I'll let Wikipedia explain the rest: " Koko selected a gray male Manx from a litter of abandoned kittens and named him "All Ball". This breed... Continue reading

Galia Arad | New York, NY | Pop / folk / Acoustic Share NEWS Galia Arad & The A$$ets Wednesday, July 18th The Bitter End, 7:30pm Hey peeps! Ok so as many of you know that i work at a hedge fund, which is why I'm extremely rich and smart about stocks and bonds. For those of you who have joined the mailing list within the last year, I'd like to tell you that there was an article in Business Insider this time last year LITERALLY ENTITLED: "This Awesome Singer-Songwriter Doesn't Know What A Hedge Fund Is But Loves Working... Continue reading

Hey Peeps! Last weekend, I sang at a wedding in Indiana, where I saw my very best girlfriends from elementary school, middle school, and high school. There was one painful memory that was brought up, and I'd like to share that memory with you. In middle school all of us took tennis together. We played together, went to lessons together, and took group classes together. Finally it was the day of high school tennis team tryouts. For hours we showed off our serves, ran around, etc. (what else is there in tennis). At the end of that day, came the... Continue reading

In case you missed our "50 Shades" gig, here's a little weird taste of what went down. And yes, it was more scary than sexy, we know. Continue reading

Yes I know, stupidest title ever. I rarely post my gig emails, but I was especially proud of this one. If you want to get these in your email, you can, by clicking the place on this blog that says join my mailing list, which I think is right here ---------------> You don't want to miss the real gems like below. Galia Arad and the Lollipops at the Bitter End Galia Arad May 30th 8pm New York, NY hey peeps!!! It's been so long since I've performed with the Lollipops and the band and we are coming, full force, to... Continue reading

sometimes on sundays i like to have *a glass of wine, look at footage of myself, and make some mental notes. "why isn't the audience laughing, that was hyster." Anyways, **not to live in the past, but I just found this from Musical Theater Night from my Living room Residency and just love it so hard I had to share. I love my LPs so much it hurts, we are so dramatic. Love, Galia PS has anyone answered 50 cent's 21 questions? I need a new project. I just researched and see that someone named lil' mo has. eff. Also,... Continue reading

For those of you who missed it, or *those of you who want to relive every special moment of my gigs, here is a lil' slide show from country night. All I can say is, going through these, I am a cartoon character, and it's weird. Plus, look at the one picture of my intern checking out my ass. He's fired. See you at Round 2, r&b night. Please come, my dad will be in town, and I don't want him having anxiety about my life because he's one of 3 people in the audience. ok? please, I'm begging. XGALIA... Continue reading

Continue reading

Continue reading

So here's what's going down in March... Every Wednesday, we are going to be playing at the Living Room, but with a twist.. see below. We are very excited. Well excited and scared.. espesh for Musical Theater night. Country- March 7th R&B (yikes)- March 14th Musical Theatre (double yikes) March 21st Pop (of course) March 28th. Continue reading