Cat Turner releases single, 'Home'

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

CAT TURNER, the Galway 'dark-pop'/‘goth pop’, vocalist, songwriter, and producer, who has won praise from Hot Press and Clash Music, will tomorrow release her new single.

Aussie folk duo play Galway tomorrow

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

USTRALIAN FOLK duo The Maes, currently promoting their new album, will play a double-headline gig in Galway with Scottish folk singer-songwriter Rachel Sermani.

A trip to Spain via ConTempo

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

THE CONNECTIONS between Spain and Galway go back to late mediaeval and Renaissance times, and remain acknowledged in the Spanish Arch and Spanish Parade in the city.

Stars to perform classic indie album in Galway

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

SET YOURSELF On Fire was the album that established Stars as an indie-rock band of note and they will perform that acclaimed work in Galway next month as part of their current European tour.

Album review: Liam Gallagher

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 19, 2019

IT IS impossible to read the title of Gallagher jr's second solo album and not hear it as he would say it, delivered, undoubtedly with all the Mancunian cock-sure swagger you would expect.

Inhaler - Bono's son's band for the Róisín

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

INHALER, THE Dublin band fronted by Elijah Hewson, son of Bono and anti-nuclear campaigner Ali Hewson, play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday September 26 at 9pm.

Daniele Di Bonaventura - Galway jazz fest debut

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

THE BANDONEON is a type of concertina that is also an essential instrument in tango ensembles. While the instrument is most popular in Argentina and Uruguay, one of its greatest masters is Italian.

Charity Irish trad concert for Gavin Ralston

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

MUSICIANS FROM the West Kerry Gaeltacht, and others, are coming to Galway to perform at a concert in An Taibhdhearc to raise funds for Gavin Ralston, who has been has been battling cancer since 2014.

Padraig Stevens and Leo Moran for Eclectics

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

TWO TOWERING figures in Galway music, and two of the county's "greatest and most popular singer-songwriters," as this paper has previously described them, play the next Eclectics gig night.

Julie Feeney to play Athenry Heritage Centre

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

JULIE FEENEY, the award winning and critically acclaimed vocalist and composer, plays a hometown show in the Athenry Heritage Centre this Saturday at 9pm.

Trad On The Prom's Yvonne Fahy releases new album

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

YVONNE FAHY, the multi-instrumentalist trad musician, and a member of Trad On The Prom, has released her new album Diversity, which contains the No 1 iTunes World Music chart hit, 'Sliabh and Oir'.

Club GASS Pride fundraiser

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

CLUB GASS, the monthly LGBT+ clubnight at the Róisín Dubh returns on Friday September 27 and will be a fundraiser for Galway Pride 2020.

A 90s indie clubnight night for charity

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

TWO OF Galway’s best-loved DJs, Ferg and Foz, join forces for a special night of indie, rock, and dance classics in The Loft, Bridge Street, this Saturday from 10pm, to raise funds for the Galway Hospice.

A night of trad with Donogh Hennessy & Séamus Begley at Monroe’s Live.

Tue, Sep 17, 2019

Irish music fans: Saturday September 28th is a date to mark in the diaries as Donogh Hennessy & Séamus Begley take to the Monroe’s Live stage for what’s sure to be a fantastic night of ceol agus craic.

Just Roll With It.

Tue, Sep 17, 2019

This Saturday September 21st, Monroe’s Live will play host to Roll With It - The Ultimate Oasis Tribute.

Alash Ensemble - Tuvan throat singing returns to the Róísín

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

GALWAY HAS been treated to some superb displays of Tuvan throat singing over the past 18 months, and will be again, when the award winning Alash Ensemble play the Róisín Dubh.

Album review: Pixies

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 12, 2019

WHEN YOU have created the albums Surfer Rosa (1987) and Doolittle (1989), seen them achieve classic status, and their songs continue to find new generations of fans via TV, film, and indie clubnights, there can only be one thought: follow that.

Little Hours - debut album, Galway gig

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

LITTLE HOURS, the stage name of Killybegs multi-instrumentalist and songwriter John Doherty, will release his debut album on the same day he plays a headline show at the Róisín Dubh.

Leading women in jazz and improv in concert

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

TRISH CLOWES, a leading member of the new wave of young British improvising jazz musicians, and the pianists Kaja Draksler and Eve Risser, play headline shows at next month's Galway Jazz Festival.

A night of royal rock with Qween

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

SEEING QUEEN tribute band Qween in action is “as close to the real thing as it gets!” according to illusionist Keith Barry, while Radio Nova's Pat Courtenay declared, "Phenomenal. I was left speechless" after one of the their shows.

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