Sunday concerts live-streamed from St Nicholas'

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

THIS SUNDAY at 5pm, the first in a series of five live streamed concerts, entitled Abendmusik, will be broadcast from St Nicholas' Collegiate Church.

'Tragic' - Cat Turner releases new single

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

"IT'S A love song you can sing to yourself, with a hint of sarcasm!" is how Galway singer/songwriter/producer Cat Turner describes her new single, 'Tragic', which is released on Friday October 23.

Billy Bragg to play Galway in 2021

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

BILLY BRAGG, one of the most powerful and incisive political songwriters of the last 40 years, will play the Black Box Theatre, Saturday November 6 2021.

The Clockworks cover Oasis

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

THE CLOCKWORKS, one of the most exciting bands to have emerged from Galway in recent years, have covered Oasis' 'Some Might Say' to mark 25 years of (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

Galway's John Fleming releases new single as J.A.M.F

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

JOHN FLEMING, the musical director of Galway's The Black Magic Big Band, has just released a solo single, 'Love Is Love', under the stage-name J.A.M.F.

'Alright' - Anna Mullarkey releases new single

Tue, Oct 13, 2020

'ALRIGHT', THE new single from Galway vocalist and composer Anna Mullarkey is released today, Tuesday October 13, via the independent Galway based label, Strange Brew.

John O'Conor - a Beethoven concert for Galway

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

AS THE year marking the 250th anniversary the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven begins to draw to a close, John O'Conor, one of Ireland's greatest pianists, will give a concert pertforming piano sonatas by Beethoven.

Album review: Future Islands

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 08, 2020

IT BEGINS with the call of birds in the wild and concludes with the sound of a cassette tape being switched off - a journey from the natural to the mechanical? More from the wilds to the security of a safe space.

A song recalling days at the Claddagh Palace

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

FOR MANY Galwegians, the Claddagh Palace in Salthill was "the first cinema we went to...a place of wonder, a doorway to everywhere", and a place still fondly remembered.

Collective Whisper release new single

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

GALWAY-POLISH duo Collective Whisper return after a long hiatus with a new single, 'Some 1' which will be released tomorrow, Friday October 9.

Compassion and empathy, wrapped in shoegaze

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

IT BEGINS with a reversal of linear time - with a sunset, and sees the encroaching darkness, not as forbidding, but as a moment to take stock and be glad of what has been, and what is.

Virtual Galway band release debut single

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

A BAND, whose members have never met, are about to release their debut single. It would sound implausible were it not taking place during these strange times of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Studio@5 - Where Creative Minds Collide!

Wed, Sep 30, 2020

Located in Claregalway Corporate Park, Cue One Ireland's new studio and rehearsal space Studio@5 is where - Creative Minds Collide. Offering the ideal creativity incubator and work space for Artists, Musicians, Creators, Producers, and Technicians; Studio@5 is a multi-performance, show tech/build, co-working space & training facility designed for developing and finalising touring theatre, TV, Film, Radio & Music productions. Studio@5 is equipped with fibre broadband so you can stream any live events from the studio to the highest standard and resolution without interruption. Recent projects taken place at this new studio facility include the build of this years' Galway International Arts Festival's ''Mirror Pavilion'',  Galway Simon Community Virtual Sleep Out and Druid's fantastic theatre set for Cherry Orchard was constructed in the studio. 

Tickets still available for Junior Brother

Tue, Sep 29, 2020

JUNIOR BROTHER, the County Kerry folk singer-songwriter, who has won acclaim for his debut album Pull The Right Rope, released via Strange Brew, plays the Róisín Dubh on Thursday October 1.

Padraig Jack - new album, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Sep 24, 2020

MAKING SAND, the debut album from Aran Island singer-songwriter Padraig Jack is released tomorrow, Friday September 25, and comes ahead of two gigs in Galway.

Album review: Pillow Queens

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 24, 2020

THE OPENING lines of opening track, 'Holy Show', present a picture of physical intimacy between two women, which is surprising for both its frankness, but also its tenderness.

Chris Haze - live on stage

Thu, Sep 24, 2020

CHRIS HAZE, the Galway singer-songwriter, has announced his first socially distanced live show of 2020, taking place in the Róisín Dubh on Friday September 30.

HOST releases new single - 'Borderline'

Thu, Sep 24, 2020

SYNTH-POP artist HOST will release her new song and video, ‘Borderline’ tomorrow, Friday September 25. The song was inspired by "the ugly, but totally normal stages of a breakup".

Sean Keane - Live in Galway!

Sat, Sep 19, 2020

Sean Keane - Live in Galway
This Saturday night, you can watch Sean Keane Live in Galway from your living room, anywhere in the world!

Album review: Suzanne Vega

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 17, 2020

WITH COVID-19 resulting in live shows becoming very small affairs and restricting artists to touring within their own national borders, the live album has - as it was during its 1970s heyday - become again one of the few ways to experience an artist in concert.

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