Niamh Regan asks, 'How About That Coffee?'

Thu, Jul 16, 2020

AT A time when we are allowed to meet each other again - albeit with restrictions and the necessity of social distancing remaining - the new single from Niamh Regan, 'How About That Coffee?', seems most apt.

Galway Random Sounds Project - staying creative despite Covid-19

Thu, Jul 16, 2020

THROUGHOUT THE lockdown, Galway's music scene remained highly creative - witness The Galway Random Sounds Project, which allowed musicians to collaborate, create new music, and maintain social distancing.

HOST releases new single 'Know Your Heart’

Thu, Jul 09, 2020

HOST, THE Galway singer-songwriter and producer, releases her new single, 'Know Your Heart' tomorrow, Friday July 10. It is also the first taste of her forthcoming EP, No Reply.

Derek Ellard and the Future business model - 'Equal to or greater than' OUT NOW!

Fri, Jul 03, 2020

Derek Ellard returns after 4 years, and an artistic breakdown, with ‘The future business model’, to bring you his new single ‘Equal to or greater than’. Having previously supported Gavin James, Wallis Bird, Admiral Fallow and The Riptide Movement.

Album review: Dream Wife

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 02, 2020

GIVEN THE brilliance of the debut, and their prowess as a live band - witness that unforgettable gig in the Róisín Dubh in October 2018 - expectations were high for Dream Wife's second album.

CUBS - music in sync, despite different rooms

Thu, Jul 02, 2020

TOGETHER, YET apart. In sync, yet in separate rooms. Galway indie-rock/folk/underground collective CUBS have never taken a conventional approach to recording, but it always produces warm, and rewarding results.

PAULI's Isolation Station available to stream on all platforms

Tue, Jun 30, 2020

PAULI is a brand new artist to emerge in Ireland. Inspired by lockdown the Cork born, Galway raised, and now Dublin based musician took his song writing to the bedroom where he wrote and produced a three track EP delving into everything from isolation, to binge drinking as well as dreams of love and loss.

Live from the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 25, 2020

THE RÓISÍN Dubh, the award winning music venue on Dominick Street, is opening its doors once more to live events with a series of shows to mark its 17th birthday.

House Plant - new release finds Cat Turner in reflective mood

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

CAT TURNER has won notice as an electronic musician, but her new five-track EP, House Plant, finds her adding the experimental and the acoustic to her electro sound.

June Hope - Eoin Dolan releases new EP

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

THERE IS a long way to go yet, and a recession to be endured, but the easing of restrictions and our gradual emergence from lockdown is a cause for hope.

Dott - an upbeat summer single about social anxiety

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

AN ARTICLE on the satirical website Reductress recently, pointed out - and with a high degree of accuracy - how introverts are having "a ball" during lockdown.

Galway singer releases charity single for COPE

Thu, Jun 11, 2020

DARRAGH O'DEA, the Tuam singer-songwriter releases his new single, 'Lost Dog Loyal' tomorrow [Friday June 12], with all proceeds from its downloads going to COPE Galway.

New music from Galway label Rusted Rail

Thu, Jun 11, 2020

RUSTED RAIL, the independent Galway record label founded by Keith Wallace, has just released the new single, 'Hello' by English singer-songwriter Songs of Green Pheasant.

A rave on the airwaves

Thu, May 28, 2020

WHEN CIAN Ó Cíobháin marked 21 years on air for his alternative/underground music show An Taobh Tuathail on Raidió na Gaeltachta recently, he felt like it was a community coming together to celebrate on the airwaves.

Album review: Badly Drawn Boy

Music Reviews Thu, May 21, 2020

THE ABILITY of the arts to speak to the moment we find ourselves in, regardless of the original circumstances of its creation, has been keenly felt during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Third Rehearsal release debut single

Fri, May 15, 2020

THE THIRD Rehearsal, the new instrumental project from Galway musicians Patrick Hallinan and Kevin Donnellan, release their new single and video on Friday May 15.

Tide lines play Róisín Dubh in November

Thu, May 07, 2020

TIDE LINES are the coming force in Scottish music. In 2019 they won The Rising Sound Of Scotland title at the Scottish Music Awards, and in March performed to 67,000 people at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium ahead of Scotland's victory over France in the Six Nations.

Me Auld Flower releases haunting new single

Thu, May 07, 2020

"A STATUE of Mary winked at me and told me to confess..." is a memorable line from 'An Apparition in Connemara', the new single from County Galway singer-songwriter Me Auld Flower.

The Cartoon Thieves - at last an EP

Thu, May 07, 2020

DURING THE mid to late Noughties, The Cartoon Thieves were one of the most popular of Galway bands, and many will have fond memories from the packed to capacity gigs they used to play in the Róisín Dubh.

Music for Galway - live from two places at once

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

IN A time where the woods of Galway, birthplace of the Galway Cello, lie open to silent skies and the world comes to grips with the Covid-19 pandemic, two Irish musicians will collaborate over this newly-made, yet-unplayed instrument.

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