Blues guitarists for Monroe’s Live
Thu, Oct 30, 2014
A SOUTHERN slideman and an Illinois bluesman, both of whom have won acclaim for their abilities on guitar, will share the stage at Monroe’s Live.
Read more ...A concert for All Souls
Thu, Oct 30, 2014
THE CELEBRATED Requiem of French composer Gabriel Fauré will be performed in St Joseph's Church, Presentation Road, this Sunday.
Read more ...The 4 of Us @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Oct 30, 2014
THE 4 Of Us, led by Newry brothers Brendan and Declan Murphy return to Monroe’s Live on Saturday November 22 to play a classic-laden set.
Read more ...ConTempo lunchtime concert
Thu, Oct 30, 2014
THE CONTEMPO Quartet will give a lunchtime concert at the Galway City Library, this Tuesday at 1.10pm.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
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