Jerry Williams - rising star hits Galway

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

WHILE BEING unsigned, and having to self-fund and self-release music is by no means unusual in 2017, it is certainly no impediment to progress, as the rise of Jerry Williams shows.

Matthew E White - an intimate evening of blue eyed soul

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

MATTHEW E WHITE, an inspired purveyor of modern blue eyed, Southern soul, will next month, make what will be his third appearance at the Róisín Dubh, for a show billed as "an intimate evening".

Overoth - Galway album launch

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

DEATH METAL band Overoth will launch their new album The Forgotten Tome with a downstairs gig in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, this Saturday from 8pm.

Marc Roberts to celebrate the music of John Denver

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

HE WOULD never have cut it as Henry John Deutschendorf Jr, but as John Denver, he charmed the world with 'Take Me Home, Country Roads', 'Annie's Song', 'Rocky Mountain High', and 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy' - all of which are now undisputed classics.

Mark Geary returns to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

MARK GEARY has just released his new album The Fool and will play songs from it, and from across his 25 year career, at his show in Monroe's Live, part of his current Irish tour.

A Capella Knights to sing in aid of Simon

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

GALWAY'S A Capella Knights will host their third annual Christmas concert, The Knights Before Christmas, in aid of Galway Simon Community on Saturday December 2 in Galway Cathedral.

'All Hallows' weekend @ Electric Garden & Theatre

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

FRIDAY OCTOBER 27 see's the Shivers clubnight at Electric throw one of it' biggest gigs to date with Omar-S and Tornado Wallace headline the Shivers Halloween Party.

All Tvvins announce Róisín Dubvh show for 2018

Wed, Oct 25, 2017

FOLLOWING THE release of their latest single 'Anything', itself a follow-up to 'Alone Together', the band's collaboration with James Vincent McMorrow, All Tvvins have announced a show in the Róísín Dubh for 2018.

'In West Philadelphia, born and raised...'

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

HE IS best known for hip hop anthem 'Boom! Shake the Room' and with Will Smith for THAT theme song, to the much loved 1990s US comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but Jazzy Jeff is also a hip hop pioneer and icon.

Album review: Slow Place Like Home

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 19, 2017

THE SECOND album from Donegal vocalist, composer, and producer SPLH - aka Keith Mannion - contains what may be a first, or at least a rarity, in electronic music - the use of a waltz rhythm.

Tango in the night

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

"LET'S DANCE! Put on your red shoes and dance the blues," exhorted David Bowie on his classic 1983 hit single ''Let's Dance'. The title has been borrowed by Music For Galway for its new season and that opening line for its next event.

Fangclub play Róisín Dubh tonight

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

FANGCLUB'S SINGLE 'Bullethead' had critics salivating upon its release. "123 seconds blasting your skull with a bludgeoning grunge rock riff that'll make you want to hit repeat," said Nialler9, while Joe.ie declared "it is just glorious".

Emma Lohan and Anna Mullarkey gigs

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

GALWAY MUSICIANS Emma Lohan and Anna Mullarkey embark on The Black Atlantic Tour of Ireland this month which will include two gigs in Galway, and both women will also be releasing new singles.

Yawning Chasm to play Bus King #3

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

YAWNING CHASM, the Galway indie folk rock singer songwriter, whose music has been described as "delicate and affecting" by The Irish Times, will play the next Bus King gig.

Music & Musings with ConTempo

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

MUSIC & MUSINGS is a new series of short concerts at the Black Gate Cultural Centre, featuring the ConTempo Quartet with emerging and established composers from Ireland, as well as guest artists.

Don McLean retuns to Galway

Wed, Oct 18, 2017

DON MCLEAN, the singer-songwriter whose 'American Pie', 'Vincent', and 'And I Love You So' are standards in the great songbook, not just of America, but of the world, returns to Galway in June.

Album review: Liam Gallagher

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 12, 2017

THE CLUE is in the title. This is not about reinvention ("I didn’t want to be reinventing anything or going off on a space jazz odyssey," Liam has said.) It's about a return to terra firma after Oasis's end and Beady Eye's failure.

Wyvern Lingo - new single, Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Oct 12, 2017

WYVERN LINGO have just released their new single, 'Out Of My Hands' - their most candid, politicised song to date - and have announced a gig at the Róisín Dubh as part of their 2018 tour of Ireland.

Rosie Carney to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 12, 2017

BORN IN Hampshire in 1997, and moving to Ireland when she was 10, Rosie Carney grew up in Downings, a Gaeltacht village amid the vast, rugged landscapes of the Rosguill peninsula, County Donegal.

Mundy brings Jelly Legs to Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 12, 2017

ON OCTOBER 14 1996, an Offaly singer-songwriter going by the name of Mundy released his debut album, Jelly Legs, on Epic Records, a subsidiary of Sony. It won critical praise and sold 60,000 copies around the world.

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