Album review: Saint Sister

Music Reviews Mon, Jun 14, 2021

“MY BRILLIANT friend traces where I should end and where I should begin, and he touches me with all the need and the want that goes on between us.”

Frankie Gavin, Mairtín O’Connor, Johnny Duhan - live at the Town Hall

Mon, Jun 14, 2021

FRANKIE GAVIN, Mairtín O’Connor, and Johnny Duhan - three titans, not only of the Galway folk and traditional scene, but of Irish music, will be live in concert at the Town Hall Theatre.

Album review: Noel Gallagher

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 03, 2021

NOEL GALLAGHER’S refusal to wear a face mask has hardly been edifying, and his claims of “there's too many liberties being taken away from us”, is verging on tin foil hat territory.

Jane O’Leary’s music to be performed at Mayflower 400

Tue, Jun 01, 2021

MUSIC BY the Galway based composer, Jane O’Leary, will be performed at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, and by Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra.

‘Summer Boy’ - Crescent Moon releases new single

Tue, Jun 01, 2021

CRESCENT MOON, the Galway rapper and producer, releases his new single ‘Summer Boy’ on Thursday June 4, which also features Dublin rapper Conman Conrad and pop singer Viscose.

Opacas release new single and Lego video

Thu, May 27, 2021

OPACAS, THE Galway/Leeds 'virtual’ rock band whose catchy singles and quirky videos have brought much joy during the pandemic, are back - and this time with a Lego video.

Maija Sofia to play live online concert this week

Mon, May 24, 2021

MAIJA SOFIA, the Galway singer-songwriter, along with Tipperary musician Elaine Howley, will play a concert which will be streamed live from Cork this week.

Anna Mullarkey features in new short film series from TG4

Thu, May 20, 2021

ANNA MULLARKEY, the brilliant Galway vocalist and composer will be featured in one of the episodes of a new series of short-films being streamed on the TG4 player.

Galway Street Club singer releases solo single

Wed, May 19, 2021

GALWAY STREET Club’s vocalist, James Dillon, has released his debut solo single, ‘Radio Caroline’, as a taster for his forthcoming debut EP.

ConTempo to perform online concert of Slovenian music

Wed, May 19, 2021

GALWAY CAN immerse itself in the music of Slovenia when the ConTempo Quartet perform music from that country with an online concert tomorrow, Friday May 21 at 1pm.

Toasted Heretic re-release Another Day, Another Riot - and release new single

Thu, May 13, 2021

“ANOTHER DAY, another riot, burn the banks and burn the bills/People like you can’t keep quiet/People like me don’t get ill.”

The Staves to play Galway in October

Tue, May 11, 2021

THE STAVES, the English folk-pop trio of Emily, Jessica, and Camilla Staveley-Taylor - will play Ireland in October, including a show at the Róisín Dubh.

Listen to Niamh Regan and David Kitt in concert

Mon, May 10, 2021

TWO MUSICIANS, one from County Galway, the other with impeccable Galway roots, recently performed with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and the conert is now available to listen to.

‘Tin Foil Hat’ - Loner Deluxe releases new single

Thu, May 06, 2021

TIN FOIL Hat - the headgear of choice for conspiracy theorists convinced someone is trying to read or control their minds, or the ‘threat’ from electromagnetic fields, is the inspiration for a new single released on Friday May 7.

Young Galway musicians to perform in Livefeed concert film

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

TOMORROW, FRIDAY April 30, will see some of Galway’s finest and most exciting young songwriters, singers, and musicians perform in an online concert.

Gardner - at last, the debut single arrives

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

GARDNER ARE back! Following possibly the longest break in Galway musical history, the band is releasing a new single, and proving that, for some, lockdown has been a real spur to creativity.

Simon Mawhinney - in concert at NUIG

Tue, Apr 27, 2021

SIMON MAWHINNEY, the innovative and intriguing composer and pianist from County Down, is to give a concert live streamed from NUI Galway.

Clannad to play Leisureland in 2022

Wed, Apr 21, 2021

CLANNAD WILL mark its 50th anniversary as a band, and bring the curtain down on an extraordinary career with a farewell world tour.

ConTempo and Collins - live from the Hardiman

Tue, Apr 20, 2021

FINGHIN COLLINS and the ConTempo Quartet will join forces for a concert of music by Shostakovich, Keal, and Brahms, to be broadcast live from Eyre Square.