A classical crossover concert for Tuam
Thu, Oct 03, 2019
THE TENOR Eoin Hynes and soprano Emer Barry are bringing their show Iconic to Tuam next week, which will feature a programme of well loved songs from both the classical and pop spheres.
Read more ...Album review: Squarehead
Music Reviews Thu, Sep 26, 2019
HAVING TAKEN some time out for "a much-needed mental health break" after three albums in three years and constant touring, Dublin trio Squarehead pick up, not exactly where they left off.
Read more ...Galway Street Club - new single, Róisín gig
Thu, Sep 26, 2019
‘BLACK WIDOW of Iron Mountain’, the first single from Galway Street Club's forthcoming second album, will be released on Tuesday October 1, followed by a gig in the Róisín Dubh on Saturday 5 at 8pm.
Read more ...Saoirse - new work to premiere at Jazz fest
Thu, Sep 26, 2019
SAOIRSE, A work specially commissioned by the 2019 Galway Jazz Festival, which fuses Connemara sean-nós with jazz and improvisational forms, will be premiered performed by vocalist Lauren Kinsella.
Read more ...Bicurious - a 'heavy dose of mosh ready ferocity'
Thu, Sep 26, 2019
BICURIOUS, THE Dublin experimental heavy rock duo of Taran Plouzané and Gavin Purcell, play the Róisín Dubh next week as part of an Irish tour, ahead of a series of gigs across Britain and the Continent.
Read more ...Vladimir and Anton - those were the days
Thu, Sep 26, 2019
THE ACCLAIMED Slovakian brothers and violinists, Vladimir and Anton Jablokov, are coming to Galway next week to perform their latest show, Those Were The Days.
Read more ...Cat Turner releases single, 'Home'
Thu, Sep 26, 2019
CAT TURNER, the Galway 'dark-pop'/‘goth pop’, vocalist, songwriter, and producer, who has won praise from Hot Press and Clash Music, will tomorrow release her new single.
Read more ...Aussie folk duo play Galway tomorrow
Thu, Sep 26, 2019
USTRALIAN FOLK duo The Maes, currently promoting their new album, will play a double-headline gig in Galway with Scottish folk singer-songwriter Rachel Sermani.
Read more ...A trip to Spain via ConTempo
Thu, Sep 26, 2019
THE CONNECTIONS between Spain and Galway go back to late mediaeval and Renaissance times, and remain acknowledged in the Spanish Arch and Spanish Parade in the city.
Read more ...Stars to perform classic indie album in Galway
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
SET YOURSELF On Fire was the album that established Stars as an indie-rock band of note and they will perform that acclaimed work in Galway next month as part of their current European tour.
Read more ...Album review: Liam Gallagher
Music Reviews Thu, Sep 19, 2019
IT IS impossible to read the title of Gallagher jr's second solo album and not hear it as he would say it, delivered, undoubtedly with all the Mancunian cock-sure swagger you would expect.
Read more ...Inhaler - Bono's son's band for the Róisín
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
INHALER, THE Dublin band fronted by Elijah Hewson, son of Bono and anti-nuclear campaigner Ali Hewson, play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday September 26 at 9pm.
Read more ...Daniele Di Bonaventura - Galway jazz fest debut
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
THE BANDONEON is a type of concertina that is also an essential instrument in tango ensembles. While the instrument is most popular in Argentina and Uruguay, one of its greatest masters is Italian.
Read more ...Charity Irish trad concert for Gavin Ralston
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
MUSICIANS FROM the West Kerry Gaeltacht, and others, are coming to Galway to perform at a concert in An Taibhdhearc to raise funds for Gavin Ralston, who has been has been battling cancer since 2014.
Read more ...Padraig Stevens and Leo Moran for Eclectics
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
TWO TOWERING figures in Galway music, and two of the county's "greatest and most popular singer-songwriters," as this paper has previously described them, play the next Eclectics gig night.
Read more ...Julie Feeney to play Athenry Heritage Centre
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
JULIE FEENEY, the award winning and critically acclaimed vocalist and composer, plays a hometown show in the Athenry Heritage Centre this Saturday at 9pm.
Read more ...Trad On The Prom's Yvonne Fahy releases new album
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
YVONNE FAHY, the multi-instrumentalist trad musician, and a member of Trad On The Prom, has released her new album Diversity, which contains the No 1 iTunes World Music chart hit, 'Sliabh and Oir'.
Read more ...Club GASS Pride fundraiser
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
CLUB GASS, the monthly LGBT+ clubnight at the Róisín Dubh returns on Friday September 27 and will be a fundraiser for Galway Pride 2020.
Read more ...A 90s indie clubnight night for charity
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
TWO OF Galway’s best-loved DJs, Ferg and Foz, join forces for a special night of indie, rock, and dance classics in The Loft, Bridge Street, this Saturday from 10pm, to raise funds for the Galway Hospice.
Read more ...A night of trad with Donogh Hennessy & Séamus Begley at Monroe’s Live.
Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Irish music fans: Saturday September 28th is a date to mark in the diaries as Donogh Hennessy & Séamus Begley take to the Monroe’s Live stage for what’s sure to be a fantastic night of ceol agus craic.
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