Whiskey Shivers - good time bluegrass and punk

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

THEY CALL themselves "trashgrass". The Washinton Post calls them "bluegrass-fueled Americana for a generation that grew up listening to punk rock", while BBC Global Beats declared them "one of the best modern bluegrass outfits around”.

Album review: Porkstore

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 14, 2019

PORKSTORE IS Barry Richardson - Galwegian, all around top bloke, and inspiration behind one of the greatest songs So Cow (aka Brian Kelly) has ever written. And Barry is not just the subject of a song, but a songwriter himself.

Eddi Reader returns to the Town Hall

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

EDDI READER, one of the greatest singer-songwriters to ever emerge from Scotland, returns to Ireland for what will be her 11th consecutive tour of the country, and Galway is on her itinerary.

Quartetto di Venezia - first Galway show in a decade

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

THERE WILL be a strongly Italian flavour to the next Music For Galway concert when the world renowned Quartetto di Venezia perform in St Joseph’s Church.

Mob Wife - 'gonna be loud again'

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

MOB WIFE, the Belfast noise rock/punk band who have been causing ripples of excitement since the release of their debut single 'Warm Water' last summer, are coming to Galway.

Rory and the Island play Galway next week

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

AFTER A nine-year hiatus, singer-songwriter Rory Gallagher, formerly of Donegal rockers The Revs, returns to Galway with his current band project: Rory and the Island.

Let’s Set Sail to open new monthly gig night

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

INDEPENDENT GALWAY record label and collective Citóg Records begins a new monthly music night featuring an act from a small label/collective outside Galway in order to connect them in with the music community/audience here.

Cory Wong - the funk guitarist Prince's band admires

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

“WHEN I was a kid, I got a white Fender jazz bass and I freaked out. I had the most intense goose bumps. It felt liked I’d been given my sword and my journey could finally begin.”

Album review: Calva Louise

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 07, 2019

IT MAY be housed inside one of the most terrible album sleeves in living memory, but past the ghastly graphics lies a 30 minute treat of 10 fast and furious indie-pop/garage-rock songs.

Rhythm nation - Galway Drum Show 2019

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

CHAD WACKERMAN, who recorded 26 albums with Frank Zappa; and Darren Beckett, drummer for The Killers' Brandon Flowers; are coming to Galway as part of a major new event - the Galway Drum Show.

Electric Eel Shock - the wild men of metal return

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK, the Japanese metal, classic rock, and punk trio, whose music and stage shows are a wild, outrageous, and high energy filled celebration of the guitar, loud music, and a catchy chorus, are back.

US and Galway choirs to sing for Enable Ireland

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

MICHIGAN'S OXFORD High School Chorale, and Claregalway's Coláiste Bhaile Chláir School Choir, will give a concert next week to raise funds for Enable Ireland.

Jim Rooney to play his annual Galway gig

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

JIM ROONEY, the Grammy winning producer best known for his work with John Prine, Nanci Griffith, Iris DeMent, and Hal Ketchum, is coming back to Galway for his annual gig in the city.

3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music returns

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

MARIA RYAN and Lucia McPartlin of contemporary Irish music ensemble Strung will play at the first concert of the new season of 3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music at The Mick Lally Theatre.

ORBITAL to play Galway International Arts Festival

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Galway International Arts Festival and Róisín Dubh are delighted to announce that legendary live dance act ORBITAL will headline the Heineken Big Top at Galway International Arts Festival this July in what will be their only Irish gig of the summer.

Cherym - pop-punk hooks with a tough edge

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

"THREE CHEEKY, loud mouthed, girls from Derry" is how CHERYM, the brilliant young garage/punk band, describe themselves. Brim full with attitude and pop hooks with a tough edge, they are set to release a new single and play Galway.

EP Review: Jealous Of The Birds

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 31, 2019

When JOTB - aka County Armagh's Naomi Hamilton - emerged with her 2016 debut album Parma Violets, it was clear that an exciting and hugely talented indie singer-songwriter had arrived.

'Galway Rocks for Hospice' at The Kings Head

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

Some of Galway's favourite bands, including Pyramid, Tightrope, KIF, FYC, and The Converse Allstars, will play The King's Head on Friday February 8, in aid of Galway Hospice.

Padraig Jack - new single, Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

PADRAIG JACK, the Aran Islands singer-songwriter, has just released his new single 'Oiche Gheal', and plays the Róisín Dubh's upstairs bar next week.

The Eskies - 'rip-roaring party tunes for cowboys'

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

THE ESKIES, "the internet generation's answer to the Dubliners," according to Goldenplec, who play what Whisperin' and Hollerin' called "rip-roaring party tunes for cowboys, sailors, chain gangers, and rag timers", are coming to Galway.

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