When Hampton Bays native Nick Moran moved from the East End to Washington Heights almost three years ago, all he knew was that he loved to sing.
But after landing his first gig last July—just him, guitar in hand, standing barefoot on a stage in the basement of a bar on the Lower East Side of Manhattan—Mr. Moran discovered that he had a lot to learn.
“Oh god, I was awkward as hell at that first show,” Mr. Moran said during an interview earlier this month. “Awkward, awkward, very awkward.”
Now 15 shows later—still performing barefoot, but in a trio, and now living in Brooklyn—the 24-year-old, a 2004 graduate of Hampton Bays High School whose parents John and Joan reside in the hamlet, is beginning to carve out a place for himself in... more
But after landing his first gig last July—just him, guitar in hand, standing barefoot on a stage in the basement of a bar on the Lower East Side of Manhattan—Mr. Moran discovered that he had a lot to learn.
“Oh god, I was awkward as hell at that first show,” Mr. Moran said during an interview earlier this month. “Awkward, awkward, very awkward.”
Now 15 shows later—still performing barefoot, but in a trio, and now living in Brooklyn—the 24-year-old, a 2004 graduate of Hampton Bays High School whose parents John and Joan reside in the hamlet, is beginning to carve out a place for himself in... more
