EP review: Shygirl

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 10, 2020

OSCAR WILDE noted that if you wanted someone to tell you the truth, let them wear a mask, the creation of an alter-ego allowing them a confidence they may otherwise not have.

Rhiannon Giddens to join Galway Early Music Festival's online birthday celebrations

Thu, Dec 10, 2020

RHIANNON GIDDENS, one of the most significant forces in contemporary American folk and traditional music, will be among those appearing in Galway Early Music Festival's Drive The Cold Winter Away event.

The Opacas release new single - 'We Won’t Look Back'

Thu, Dec 10, 2020

'WE WON'T Look Back’ a sweeping power-ballad about resilience, and getting back on the right path after a setback, is the third single from Galway/Leeds virtual band The Opacas.

3 Kinds of Music - a one-day digital music festival

Thu, Dec 10, 2020

3 KINDS Of Music, Galway city's multi-genre concert series which treated audiences to classical, jazz, and folk/trad on Saturdays is back with a special online edition this weekend.

Taobh le Taobh - songs as Gaeilge

Thu, Dec 10, 2020

THE ROAD to Taobh le Taobh, the new EP from two stalwarts of the Galway music scene - Pádraic 'Joycey' Seoighe and Niall Teague - began somewhat by chance one day in 2018.

Claddagh School of Music to hold live-streamed concert for Simon

Thu, Dec 03, 2020

The Claddagh School of Music is inviting people from across Ireland, and abroad, to join in a special live streamed Christmas concert which will raise funds for the Simon Community.

Helen Hancock's charity classical concert for Simon

Thu, Dec 03, 2020

A VIRTUAL evening of opera, oratorio, chamber music, and festive favourites, in aid of Galway Simon Community, takes place this weekend in the company of Oranmore soprano Helen Hancock.

Rusted Rail releases new Songs of Green Pheasant album

Thu, Dec 03, 2020

WHEN THE Weather changes, the first new album in almost a decade from singer-songwriter Songs of Green Pheasant, is released tomorrow, Friday December 4, via the independent Galway label, Rusted Rail.

Sean Keane - new single and Town Hall show

Mon, Nov 30, 2020

SEAN KEANE, one of Galway's finest, and best loved singers, this week released his new single, 'I'll Be There', ahead of his virtual Town Hall Theatre show later this month.

'Bare Feet on Grass' - The Raines release new single

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

'BARE FEET On Grass’, the new single from The Raines, the Galway folk 'supergroup' of Yvonne Tiernan, Ruth Dillon, and Juliana Erkkonen, is a poignant, yet hopeful song inspired by the Covid-19 lockdown.

EP Review: Laura Groves

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 26, 2020

AS BLUE Roses, she recorded piano based songs which had the shifting tonal qualities and structures of classical music, and over which her voice danced beautifully.

World premiere of new music to be performed at St Nicholas'

Thu, Nov 19, 2020

THE WORLD premiere of Rhona Clarke's O Vis Aeternitatis, along with music by Handel and Purcell, will be performed in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church this weekend.

Album review: Marina Kaye

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 19, 2020

ANY HONEST look at the music created over this past decade reveals a basic truth - most of the best music is being made by women.

'Sorry' - Rofi James release timely new single

Mon, Nov 16, 2020

IN A time of lockdown, and uncertainty over the future, and in a moment when people are discussing mental health more openly than ever before, Rofi James' new single, 'Sorry', feels very timely.

Dylan Murphy's elegy for the 'days of live music'

Thu, Nov 12, 2020

"A WISTFUL elegy for the good old days of live music," is how Galway based singer-guitarist Dylan Murphy has described his new single, ‘Between The Songs’, which is released on Friday November 13.

Echo Harte releases new single 'Rain In June'

Thu, Nov 12, 2020

'RAIN IN June', the new single from Tuam alternative-rock singer-songwriter, Echo Harte, will be released on Friday November 13, across all digital platforms.

Heavy metals - new music, new restrictions, new problems

Thu, Nov 05, 2020

Providing a combination of DIY indie, folk, and rock and inspired by Joshua Burnside, The Frames, Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, and Band of Horses, Derek Ellard and the future business model's new album, Heavy Metals, is about modern grief, a loss of personality but, evidently, a new normal for many.

Luminosa Music to perform live streamed concert from Galway Cathedral

Thu, Nov 05, 2020

Luminosa Music, Galway’s own professional string orchestra, will perform a very special live streamed concert from Galway Cathedral tomorrow evening from 7.30pm.

ConTempo Quartet to celebrate female composer Dora Pejacevic in Croatia Concert

Thu, Nov 05, 2020

Galway Music Residency’s From Europe with Love is back with another instalment this Friday at 1pm.

This month ConTempo Quartet visit Croatia, the home of our sister European Capital of Culture, Rijeka, to explore the music of female composer Dora Pejacevic. Though a live audience is not possible, the lunchtime concert will be broadcast from the beautiful Oughterard Courthouse and will be available to watch for free on Facebook and YouTube.

'Freeze Frame' - new single from Galway artist Niamh Regan

Thu, Nov 05, 2020

Since the release of Niamh Regan’s debut album Hemet on September 4 this year, she has quietly and assuredly taken her position at the top table of the Irish music scene.

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