he composed and recorded a score for the film Why Can’t I Stop This Uncontrollable Dancing?. In 2009, Connors’s piece, “Airs No. 3,” appeared in the soundtrack for the French-language film, Le Premier Cercle (“The Ultimate Heist), by director Laurent Tuel, featuring Jean Reno. In 2012, his composition, "The Murder of Joan of Arc," was used as one of two alternative soundtracks for a reissue by Criterion Collection and Eureka Entertainment of Carl Dreyer's silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc. In the mid-to-late 2010s, Connors took up painting again, while continuing his music composing and performing. An art show of a series of acrylic paintings on Belgium linen canvas was hosted at the Artists Space in Manhattan in the fall of 2018. Connors was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1992. He continues to perform and record. Some of Connors' works are archived at the Blues Archive of the University of Mississippi. The University of South Carolina has a comprehensive archive of Connors' recordings and materials. Selected discography 1978-1984: Avant garde blues abstractions The Curse of Midnight Mary (Family Vineyard, LP/CD release of late 1970s solo recording, issued in 2009) Unaccompanied Acoustic Guitar Improvisations Vol. 1-8 (Daggett, 1979-1980 LPs, reissued on CD in 1999 by Ecstatic Yod; a reissue on vinyl by Negative Glam began in 2022) Unaccompanied Acoustic Guitar Improvisations Vol. 10 (Blank Forms, LP release of late 1970s live performance discovered in Columbia University music library, issued 2018) Violets featuring Elizabeth Walker (St. Joan, 1984 LP) 1981-1988: Folk or blues song accompaniment, including instrumental improvisations in Crotty and 1988 releases Robert Crotty with Me with Robert Crotty (Family Vineyard, 2017 LP release of late 1970s to early 1980s recordings ) Round His Shoulders Gonna Be a Rainbow with Kath Bloom (Daggett, 1982 LP) Sand in My Shoe with Kath Bloom (St. Joan, 1983 LP) Restless Faithful Desperate with Kath Bloom (St. Joan, 1984 LP) Moonlight with Kath Bloom (St. Joan, 1984 LP) Bluesmaster with Suzanne Langille (St. Joan, 1988 LP) Bluesmaster 2: The Dome Room Concert with Suzanne Langille (St. Joan, 1988 LP) 1989-2001: Thematic solo suites of airs and other pieces, usually recorded with two or more tracks; occasional vocals In Pittsburgh featuring Suzanne Langille (St. Joan, 1989 LP) The Dark Paintings of Mark Rothko (St. Joan, 1990 LP) Hell's Kitchen Park featuring Suzanne Langille (Black Label, 1993 CD) Moonyean featuring Suzanne Langille (Road Cone, 1994