Album review: John Grant

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 11, 2014

AFTER RUINING his second album Pale Green Ghosts with ill-advised dabbling in, and often insipid stabs at, techno and electronica, John Grant re-connects with more organic sounds on this live album.

Mary Coughlan to play Town Hall

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

MARY COUGHLAN, the Galwegian rightly regarded as Ireland’s leading jazz and blues vocalist, plays the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday December 20 at 8pm.

Classical guitarist in concert at Nuns Island

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

CLASSICAL GUITAR and Irish trad will combine in the playing of Dublin guitarist John O’Shea, who is in concert at the Nuns Island Theatre this Saturday.

ConTempo to host Christmas concert in the museum

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

GUITARS, VIOLINS, voices, and saxophones will be heard in the Galway City Museum when The ConTempo Quartet host a concert of classical and Christmas music.

Drum’n’bass night @ The Cellar

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

DRUM’N’BASS, dubstep, and different permutations of techno will be heard when DJs Zenji, Phunty, and Teknonotice hit the decks in The Cellar Bar this Saturday.

The return of The Whileaways

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

GALWAY folk-rock/trad/Americana trio The Whileaways return to live music duties with a show at Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, Headford, this Saturday.

Manchester DJ for Electric

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

MANCHESTER DJ, producer, remixer, and MC, Chimpo makes his Irish debut tomorrow night at Get Boogie! in Factory, Abbeygate Street.

Galway Baroque Singers in Tuam

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

Galway Baroque Singers travel to Tuam on Sunday December 21 where they will present a concert of seasonal music in the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Rebel songs for Monroe’s Live

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

REBEL SONGS and Irish roots music will be heard loud and proud when Galway band The Uncurables play Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Thursday December 18.

Cois Cladaigh concert for Simon

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

COIS CLADAIGH choir will present a concert of seasonal music in aid of the Galway Simon Community in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

Cork folk and roots musicians for Monroe’s Live

Wed, Dec 10, 2014

TWO STALWARTS of the Cork folk and roots music scene - Greenshine, the band consisting of Mary Green and Noel Shine, and singer-songwriter Hank Wedel - play Monroe’s Live on Monday December 22.

Syd Arthur - neo-psychedelic quartet play Galway

Tue, Dec 09, 2014

IN PSYCHEDELIC music, few figures as pivotal as Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett and Love’s Arthur Lee, so it is hardly surprising that both men should appeal to a quartet of Canterbury psych fans.

Galway singer releases charity single for Alzheimer Society

Tue, Dec 09, 2014

INDIE-FOLK singer-songwriter Eoin Dolan, best known as leader of blues/roots/folk-pop band The Followers Of Otis, has released a new Christmas single in aid of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland.

Damien Rice to play Galway Arts Festival Big Top

Mon, Dec 08, 2014

DAMIEN RICE will play the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top on Thursday July 16. The concert, which will take place in the Fisheries Field, will be the singer-songwriter’s arts festival debut.

Johnny’s gift – the story behind the charity single ‘Part Of A Tribe’

Mon, Dec 08, 2014

IT IS the gift of a songwriter to put together a story that in lyrics and melody transcends time and place to transport us to a place of his/her making, often without us ever noticing the hand steering us along.

Ben Ottewell - Gomez man to play solo Galway show

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

HE IS a lead singer in Gomez, the British band that brought the blues to student and indie audiences in the late nineties/early noughties, but he also operates as a solo artist.

I Draw Slow @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

DRAWING ON the sounds of Irish and American folk music, Dublin roots quintet I Draw Slow are “one of the most beguiling and singular acts currently on the circuit”.

Nanu Nanu to play Citóg

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

‘ALIEN POP’ duo Nanu Nanu - a visual, musical, and art performance experience rolled into a left-field electro-pop duo play Citóg at the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday December 10.

Storyman - The Guggenheim Grotto reborn

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

FORMER MEMBERS of The Guggenheim Grotto, Kevin May and Mick Lynch, have regrouped under the new moniker of Storyman, reimagining their sound in the process.

Little John Nee to launch debut album

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

LITTLE JOHN Nee, the actor, writer, and performer and one of the most iconic and recognisable figures in the Galway arts scene, is about to launch his debut album.

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