Galway to go Ska and blues mad tomorrow night

Wed, Aug 06, 2014

SKA WILL be the order of the day when seven-piece outfit Big Jelly take to the stage of Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street, tomorrow [Thursday August 7] for the next Musical Soup night.

Beth Nielsen Chapman - the Essential Songs Playlist

Essential Playlist Wed, Aug 06, 2014

BETH NIELSEN Chapman, the twice Grammy-nominated Nashville singer-songwriter, is a woman of many talents, commitments, and achievements.

Weed Priest’s new EP reviewed and streamed

Music Reviews Tue, Aug 05, 2014

IF THERE was a musical sound to denote heavy, dense, flows of molten lava, slowly burning everything under its wake, then the opening riff to Weed Priest’s ‘Possessed’ would be it.

Beth Nielsen Chapman to play Galway

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

BETH NIELSEN Chapman, the twice Grammy-nominated Nashville singer-songwriter, who has written songs for Willie Nelson, Bette Midler, and Faith Hill, is coming to Galway.

The Ollam - a prog/trad/ jazz fusion

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

“NEO-ACOUSTIC Celtic post-rock” and “progressive traditional” are two of the terms which have been used to try to capture the sound and style of The Olllam.

Booka Brass Band return to Galway

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THE BOOKA Brass Band, who have only just played the Galway International Arts Festival, are back in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm.

American folk and blues @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

MARTY O’REILLY is from California, but his music is steeped in the heritage of the Mississippi Delta and Southern folk.

Rackhouse Pilfer @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THEY HAVE sold-out gigs throughout the country, played for Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins, and released their second album - all in 2014.

The Deans come back to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THE DEANS, the Galway roots-rock trio, are coming back to the Róisín Dubh and will take to the stage this Sunday at 9pm.

Rofi James in concert tonight

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

ROFI JAMES, the Galway acoustic duo, play Monroe’s Live Backstage Bar tonight as part of the venue’s Race Week celebrations.

Vivaldi, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THE MUSIC of Vivaldi, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky will be heard in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church next month.

Schumann’s music in the cathedral

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THIS EVENING at 8pm, Schumann’s Kinderszenen will be played in the Galway Cathedral by the Finnish organist Tuomas Pyrhönen.

Spats Colombo - new band, new single, new album

Wed, Jul 30, 2014

IN 1959 Spats Colombo was a gangstar in Some Like It Hot, played by George Raft. Today Spats Colombo is a Galway sextet whose sound runs the gamut from indie-rock to ska.

Mr Whippy and the Race Week Yard Party

Wed, Jul 30, 2014

THE MR Whippy Soundsystem rolls into the Club Áras na nGael yard on Dominick Street tomorrow for the fourth annual Race Week Yard Party.

Jeffrey Lewis - Five Essential Songs Playlist

Essential Playlist Tue, Jul 29, 2014

SINGER, SONGWRITER, comic book creator, visual artist, and storyteller, Jeffrey Lewis is both a product of the New York counter culture and indie rock’s renaissance man.

Weezer to be celebrated in Galway

Mon, Jul 28, 2014

A LANDMARK indie album, a much loved collection of songs, a source of inspiration to young, alternative, musicians, Weezer’s 1994 debut is all of these.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig 10

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

THE FESTIVALS may be about to come to a close but July will go out with a bang as the 10th Strange Brew Summer Shindig brings the cream of Irish indie to the Róisín Dubh stage.

Paul Heaton announces Galway concert

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

PAUL HEATON, the man behind The Housemartins and the Beautiful South, has announced a Galway date as part of his upcoming Irish tour.

Paul Byrne plays Galway Fringe Festival on Friday

Thu, Jul 24, 2014

PAUL BYRNE, the former drummer and songwriter with 1980s Irish band In Tua Nua plays the Galway Fringe Festival this week, while his new album is free to download.