Slyrydes launch 'Mental Health' single with Róisín Dubh gig
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
SLYRYDES HAVE been called "pertinent", "urgent", and "brilliant" by Today FM's Paul McLoone, while Nialler9 said of their songs: “Listen to this when you’re really angry”.
Read more ...Album review: Ye Vagabonds
Music Reviews Thu, Mar 21, 2019
THROUGHOUT THESE last couple of years, Ye Vagabonds have steadily built a following and a fair measure of respect, culminating in their nomination for a 2018 BBC Folk Award on the strength of their self-released debut album.
Read more ...Jack O'Rourke - new EP, Róisín Dubh show
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
JACK O'ROURKE seems on the crest of a wave at the moment, especially as his latest single, 'Ivory Towers', released via Reckless Records, has been going down well these last few weeks.
Read more ...Seanie Vaughan - new single, Galway gig
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
'I CAN And I Will', the new single from Connemara singer-songwriter Seanie Vaughan, is out today, with all proceeds from the single, as well as from his upcoming gigs, going to Down Syndrome Ireland.
Read more ...Sarah Nicolls and her 'Inside out Piano'
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
A DISTINCTLY left-field musician is coming to Galway to celebrate Piano Day, which falls on Friday March 29, and play a kind of piano, the like of which has never been seen in the city.
Read more ...A lunchtime date with Clara Schumann
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
CLARA SCHUMANN kept first rate company when it came to musicians - she was married to Robert Schumann and was friends with Johannes Brahms. She was also a superb composer and pianist in own right.
Read more ...90s/00s Crazy Disco @ DNA
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
AFTER SELLING out Dublin's 3 Arena, the Biggest Crazy Disco Concert is coming to DNA nightclub, Eyre Square, this Saturday, playing classic hits from the 1990s and 2000s.
Read more ...Saturday night punk and metal
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
A NIGHT of punk rock, doom metal, heft metal, and crust metal, takes place in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, this Saturday at 8pm.
Read more ...Lee 'Scratch' Perry - reggae legend is back in Galway
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
VISIONARY, ECCENTRIC, legend - Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the man who produced the early music of Bob Marley and The Wailers, and a significant figure in reggae in his own right, returns for what has become his annual pilgrimage to Galway.
Read more ...Album review: Stella Donnelly
Music Reviews Thu, Mar 14, 2019
THE SOUND, the look, is deceptive, disarming. The singer is all smiles and kookiness, the songs seemingly frothy, jubilant, catchy, 1980s style indie-pop. It's the sweetness that attracts.
Read more ...Touts - Derry's young punks set for Galway
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
DERRY HAS a long and proud tradition of punk, stretching back to the 1970s with The Undertones and the immortal 'Teenage Kicks', and continuing into today with such exciting young bands as Cherym and Touts.
Read more ...Promising young pianist to play Beethoven in Galway
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
JOE O'GRADY, the award winning 13-year-old pianist from Dublin, will treat Galway to a performance of Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata at the annual Emily Anderson Memorial Concert.
Read more ...Citóg presents...Conor Mason
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
CONOR MASON is regarded as a master of hook, harmony, heart, and storytelling, whose songs are full of lilting vocals, poetic lyrics, and subtle instrumentation.
Read more ...John Conneely - Applause @ Pálás
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
JOHN CONNEELY, an icon of the Galway music scene, will play the next edition of Applause, the monthly music nights at the Pálás Cinema's Merrow Bar.
Read more ...St Patrick’s Day at The Skeff
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
THE SKEFF Bar will host a jam-packed St Patrick’s Weekender featuring live bands, DJs, food and drink specials, including the limited edition Paddy’s Day Cocktail, Leitrim Rising!, as well as sporting action live across the TV screens.
Read more ...90s/00s Crazy Disco @ DNA
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
AFTER SELLING out Dublin's 3 Arena, the Biggest Disco Concert is coming to DNA nightclub, Eyre Square, on Saturday, March 23, with its Biggest 90s – 00s Crazy Disco show.
Read more ...St Patrick's Weekend @ DNA
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
THE ST PATRICK'S Weekend at DNA nightclub kicks off tomorrow, with the 'Double Or Nothing' night. Get a poker chip on arrival, decide whether to hand it in for a complimentary drink or gamble it for a chance to win double drinks. Will you take the risk?
Read more ...Album review: Maria Somerville
Music Reviews Thu, Mar 07, 2019
MARIA SOMERVILLE'S earliest songs were melancholy, atmospheric, meditations, based around the guitar. In the years since, her music has metamorphosed into electronica, but those qualities of mood and emotionally drenched sonics remain.
Read more ...Get some Therapy? at the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Mar 07, 2019
“WE'RE LIVING in a time riven by conflict. You look at what’s happening in the United States, what’s going on with Brexit, North and South Korea, Palestine and Israel. It’s impossible not to see turmoil and turbulence."
Read more ...Tracy Bruen's Galway show ahead of German tour
Thu, Mar 07, 2019
TRACY BRUEN is something of a Renaissance woman - singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist, band leader, theatre director, and actor - talents that will combine at her Galway show next week, ahead of her German tour.
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