The sweet charm of Hunt and Leslie

Thu, Oct 30, 2014

WHETHER THEY are playing Americana, jazz, country, swing, or bluegrass, Phoebe Hunt and Dominick Leslie infuse it with a sweet charm and grace.

A Halloween of rock @ Kelly's

Thu, Oct 30, 2014

STEVEN SHARPE, the multi-talented singer/performer is best known for his flamboyant solo material and as the singer in Led Zeppelin tribute band No Stairway.

Stock Exchange Halloween Monster Bash

Thu, Oct 30, 2014

iRADIO’S Louise Clarke will be DJing at The Stock Exchange Bar’s Monster Bash for Halloween night, which falls tomorrow.

Citóg - a new home and three gigs a month from November

Wed, Oct 29, 2014

CITÓG, THE Galway music night which supports original emerging and alternative rock, pop, and folk artists, will this month hold begin a new series of tri-monthly gigs in its new home of the Róisín Dubh.

The Amazing Apples to play Róisín Dubh this Saturday

Wed, Oct 29, 2014

THE AMAZING Apples, the Galway folk-rock/Americana band, whose profile has been on a serious ascent over the past few months, play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm.

Soulboys v Rudeboys

Thu, Oct 23, 2014

This Saturday night sees the return of Soulboys v Rudeboys in the Cellar bar on Eglinton Street. The brainchild of local vinyl junkie and DJ Dave Barry, the idea has been copied in clubs in Europe but it all started here in Galway. Salthill to be exact four years ago when the best soul and reggae DJs from all over Ireland and further afield pit their turntable skills against eachother. Mods, soulboys, Skinheads and regular punters all danced into the wee hours to some of the best music ever committed to vinyl.

The great crowd reaction and hardhitting dancefloor music urged more nights. The venue has moved into town with a basement setting that suits this 60s black music down to the underground. Thumping reggae bass drums and screeching soul horns just seem to sound better in this setting with its low ceiling and wooden dancefloor. The sound will be top notch too with the Funktion 1 sound system in full effect.

Phil Coulter to hit the right note in Galway

Thu, Oct 23, 2014

Phil Coulter embarks on a nationwide tour this October and November, followed by three Christmas shows in December, to celebrate the release of Echoes of Home his first solo piano album in 25 years.

Keith James performs the songs of Leonard Cohen

Thu, Oct 23, 2014

Leonard Cohen’s recent world tour of stadium venues has been successful beyond belief, but has not, with regret, exposed the solitary inner strength of the songs in their original form. And that is what Keith James aims to do as he delivers each song stripped back - desolate and naked in an intimate and sensitive way.

Keith James performs the songs and poems of Leonard Cohen in Monroe’s Live on Thursday November 6. Also included in the set are poems by Federico Garcia Lorca and Leonard Cohen that Keith James has put to music.

Gerry Kennedy’s new charity single for GROW and Pieta House

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

GERRY KENNEDY, the Galway singer-songwriter is launching his new single ‘Don’t Turn Out The Light’ today at 5.45pm in OMG Zhivago, Shop Street.

Album review: Weezer

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 16, 2014

IF HISTORY punishes those who arrive too late, as Mikhail Gorbachev said, than music fans punish those acts who peak too early.

Noah and the Whale member brings new band to Galway

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

NOAH AND The Whale are best known for catchy, joyous, indie-pop like ‘5 Years Time’ and ‘LIFEGOESON’, but there is another side to member Matt Owens.

Jacques Renault @ Electric

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

JACQUES RENAULT, the Washington DC DJ and producer and Let’s Play House label head makes his Galway debut this weekend.

Scot McWatt - songs for the working man

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

GLASWEGIAN SCOT McWatt is a Scottish contemporary folk singer/songwriter with political, pop and blues tendencies, and a distinctly working class outlook on life.

Phill Jupitus and Gugai go head to head

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

VINYL RIVALS, comedian Phill Jupitus and music promoter Gugai will pit their DJ skills against one another for The Magnificent 7s night.

Shuffle! tommorrow night @ Roisin Dubh

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

SHUFFLE! IS back once again for this months instalment of foot stomping floor filler. Expect to hear jump blues, funk, northern soul, rockabilly, latin boogaloo, reggae, Jamaican ska, disco and what ever else ends up in the packed boxes of vinyl.

John Denver as sung by Marc Roberts

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

MARC ROBERTS has won huge acclaim over the years for his Tribute to the Music of John Denver show, and he is bringing it back to the Town Hall Theatre.

Brendan Bowyer - playing the hits at the Town Hall

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

THE HUCKLEBUCK’ may have been written and first performed by r’n’b saxophonist Paul Williams, but in Ireland that song is unquestionably owned by Brendan Bowyer.