The Waterboys - in concert in Salthill this Thursday

Tue, Oct 27, 2015

"PEOPLE SHOULD expect the unexpected from The Waterboys,” band leader Mike Scott declared recently. However as Stewart Lee recently noted at his comedy festival gig, the band can be expected to play 'Whole Of The Moon' as an encore.

Accordionist Dermot Byrne to play Monroe's

Tue, Oct 27, 2015

DERMOT BYRNE, one of Ireland’s finest trad accordion players, will be joined by Australian Steve Cooney on guitar and Tyrone's Trevor Hutchinson on bass, for a night of Irish trad at Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday October 30.

Daithí releases new song from new EP

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

DAITHÍ, THE Clare born, Galway based, violinist, producer, composer, electronica artist, and DJ releases the new track 'Mary Keane's Introduction' digitally on November 13.

The North Sea - new single and Monroe's Live show

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

"IF THERE'S a better band mining the rich seam of post-punk individualism we have yet to hear it,” declared The Irish Times about indie-alternative band The North Sea, who critics have also been comparing to Editors, Interpol, and early Killers.

Hayseed Dixie - hell raisin' for Halloween

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WHO THOUGHT hard rock, stadium rock, and blues-rock could be so effectively and thrillingly adapted and reimagined into the essence of traditional American folk music - bluegrass - but it has, brilliantly, for many years, by Hayseed Dixie.

Night of doom metal in The Cellar

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WITH HALLOWEEN almost upon us, how appropriate that music from rock's dark side should make its presence felt in Galway through London based doom metal band Ossiyan.

'Pop-up' Galway Jazz Festival this Saturday

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WHEN LEGENDARY jazz-fusion pianist Chick Corea calls anyone "a creative genius", it is a good reason to pay attention. Add a string of awards, rave reviews, and collaborations with leading jazz players, and suddenly Gwylim Simcocks becomes a 'must see' musician.

Cronin to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

LEEDS-IRISH indie rock band Cronin have just released the video for the song ‘See This Man’, taken from the bands critically acclaimed Nelson Riddle EP, and are sure to play it at their show in Monroe's Live this Sunday at 9pm.

Shuffle! with Dave Barry & special guest DJ Phill Jupitus

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

PHILL JUPITUS, man of many talents and possessor of a musically encyclopedic brain joins his funk soul brother Dave Barry at Shuffle! in the Blue Note tomorrow, Friday October 23.

Steven Sharpe's Dubh Me Do

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE SECOND installment of Steven Sharpe's new gig nights upstairs at the Róisín Dubh, with each given the title of the famous song with the world 'Love' replaced by 'Dubh', is on Thursday October 29.

Aimee Banks makes Irish final of Junior Eurovision

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

AIMEE BANKS, a 13-year-old from Moycullen, has made the Irish final of Junior Eurovision 2016, winning the televised heat on Sunday of the song contest, which is being broadcast on TG4.

Guns'n'Roses tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

GUNS'N'ROSES tribute band, Abuse your Illusion, kick off Monroe's Live's Halloween party on Saturday October 31 at 9pm, with a set drawing from the classic albums as Appetite For Destruction, Lies, and Use Your Illusion I & II.

Greg Dulli to begin European tour in Galway

Tue, Oct 20, 2015

WHETHER WITH The Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers, The Gutter Twins with Mark Lanagan, or solo, Greg Dulli has earned a position of admiration as a first rate songwriter, a view that will be reinforced by his newly announced tour, which takes in Galway.

Hot Press Big Break winner Ciaran Lavery @ Monroe’s Live

Tue, Oct 20, 2015

CIARAN LAVERY, winner of the Hot Press Big Break competition, described as "easily in the top three greatest songsmiths in the country, if not the most naturally-gifted Northern Irish voices of his generation" by The Thin Air website, is coming to Galway.

Villagers announce Galway show - and new album

Mon, Oct 19, 2015

FRESH FROM their recent tour with Paul Weller and John Grant, Villagers, led by Conor O'Brien, one of the greatest singer-songwriters to emerge from Ireland in recent years, have announced a concert at the The Black Box Theatre on Friday January 29.

Mná Mná Music moves to Mondays

Mon, Oct 19, 2015

Mná Mná Music, the monthly event in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh has moved to Mondays, with the first installment taking place this evening at 8.30pm and featuring Stacey Nolan, Karen Alice Dunbar, and I Am Niamh!

The Suitcase Junket - a feet first kind of musician

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

THE SUITCASE Junket is Matt Lorenz, a Vermont musician who sings, strums, and plays up to four instruments with his feet at once. - one ofa number of remarkable things about this eccentric talent.

Album review: Ork Records - the ground zero of indie rock

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 15, 2015

HOW TELEVISION ever were considered punk is bewildering, given they loved unleashing epic guitar solos, prided themselves on their technical prowess on the instrument, and thought nothing of stretching songs into 10 and 14 minute territory.

Jamie Harrison releases debut single

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

JAMIE HARRISON, the Oranmore soul, pop, and folk singer-songwriter, releases his debut single, 'If I Only Knew Your Name’, tomorrow, while the video for the song, directed by Nicholas Lam, is viewable on YouTube.

The Whileaways - Monroe's show and album launch

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

THE WHILEAWAYS, the stunning folk trio of Noriana Kennedy, Nicola Joyce, and Noelie McDonnell, will launch their new album, Saltwater Kisses, with a concert in Monroe’s Live on Thursday October 29 at 8.30pm.

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