Fox Jaw play Róisín Dubh tonight

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

FOX JAW have just released their new single ‘Sirens Call’ and, as part of their current Irish tour, they play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh tonight at 10pm.

Galway Jazz Jam @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

GALWAY JAZZ Jam is a group of local musicians who share a passion for jazz and see themselves as a community project rather than a band.

The group - Dave Mathieson (double bass), Esteban Moreno, Dylan Morrow, David Lyons (guitars), Fergal O’Connor (piano), Radko Vykukal, Bosco Joyce, Cathal Berkeley (saxophones), Aonghus O’Heocha (drums), and Noreena Gill (vocals) play Monroe’s Live this Sunday night. Expect an open jam session of jazz where anything can happen.

ConTempo and Concorde in concert

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE CONTEMPO Quartet and members of Concorde, two of the most acclaimed quartets in Irish classical music, join forces for the next concert in the New Music: Different Sounds series.

Album reviews: Noel Gallagher and Dr Feelgood

Music Reviews Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (Sour Mash)

Cry Monster Cry at Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

CRY MONSTER CRY, the folk-rock duo of Richie and Jamie Martin, are on tour to promote their debut album Rhythm Of Dawn, including a show upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow.

The Sandy Rats - new EP and Cellar Bar show

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

GALWAY INDIE, funk, and blues band The Sandy Rats will launch their eponymous debut EP with a gig in The Cellar Bar tomorrow at 9pm.

‘Brutal death metal’ of the best kind

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

THE NETHERLANDS’ Dictated, who play brutal, thrilling, death metal, headline the next FEAST upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 9pm.

Planet of sound

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (Sour Mash)

A reggae night @ Monroe’s Live

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

THE CLANDESTINOS, Galway’s new roots reggae band will play a two hour set Monroe’s Live on Friday March 20 at 10pm.

St Patrick’s Weekend @ Electric

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

LEADING IRISH DJs will be spinning the decks at Electric for the Abbeygate Street club’s St Patrick’s Weekender series of events, running from Saturday to Monday.

Rob Wade @ The Cellar

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

ROB WADE, the award winning Galway singer-songwriter, plays downstairs at The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, this Saturday at 9pm.

Dott - new song, Galway show

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

GALWAY INDIE-pop/garage rock band Dott have released a new track, ‘Car Song’, and will play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 11.30pm.

Dead Horse Jive @ Kelly’s

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

DEAD HORSE Jive, the Galway quintet who play AC/DC, Mötörhead, and KISS inspired “dirty rotten rock’n’roll”, play Upstairs at Kelly’s Bar on Friday March 20 at 9.30pm.

The band - Brendan Waldron, Owen O’Shaughnessy, Joycee, Martin Collins, and Phillip Welby - play a mix of blues, punk, and rock’n’roll, with songs about “times we can hardly remember and others we'd love to forget”, with a “neverending quest to have a good time”.

New Music: Different Sounds - a concert series

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

NEW MUSIC by Irish and international composers, performed on a variety of instruments and in a variety of combinations from solo to septet, feature in New Music: Different Sounds.

Cello, piano, and a bit of Beethoven

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

HUNGARIAN CELLIST István Várdai, whose playing The New York Times praised for its “fluidity and virtuosity” and “a fleet-fingered lightness and a rich timbre” is coming to Galway.

Galway to celebrate European Day of Early Music

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

SATURDAY MARCH 21 is European Day of Early Music which Galway will mark with a concert of medieval and renaissance music and a harp workshop.

Launched in 2013 by the European Early Music Network, the European Day of Early Music is presented in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union. Galway Early Music is organising the local events.

A world of choral music at St Nicholas’

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

CLASSICAL, FOLK, and sacred music from across Europe will be performed by Cork choir CanTúr tomorrow at 8pm in the Augustinian Church.

CanTúr, a six male-voice ensemble will present a one-hour set featuring works by Schubert and Mendelssohn, Ukranian folk, and Chinese song, sung in English, German, Old Church Slavonic, Ukranian, and Mandarin.

A night of cello quintets - tonight

Mon, Mar 09, 2015

CELLO QUINTETS by Mozart, Schubert, and Boccherini will be performed by French cellist Raphaël Merlin and the RTÉ ConTempo Quartet this evening at 8pm in the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway.

Amazing Apples to launch new single in Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THE AMAZING Apples will launch ‘Lullaby’, the first single from their forthcoming debut album, when they play the Róisín Dubh on Friday March 13 at 9pm.

Album review: Bob Marley

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 05, 2015

ROBERT NESTA Marley would have celebrated his 70th birthday this year had he not been cruelly called back to Zion in 1981 at the tragically early age of 36.

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