State Lights set for Monroe's

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

"STYLISTICALLY PERCHED between classic U2 and The Killers, State Lights songs are made for radio." So said Golden Plec about the rising Irish band who are playing Monroe's Live.

NC Grey - a jazz show for Galway

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

NC GREY, the British-Nigerian jazz singer begins her British and Irish tour with a show in The Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street, this weekend.

Jenny Greene and RTÉ Concert Orchestra return to festival Big Top

Wed, Apr 18, 2018

JENNY GREENE and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, which was the fastest selling music gig in Galway International Arts Festival’s 40-year history, have announced they will return to the 2018 festival.

Allman Brown to play Róísín Dubh

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

HE WAS BORN and brought up in Hong Kong; has lived in England since he was 11; and was inspired to write songs by Bon Iver's 'Flume'. Since then, Allman Brown has won notice for the single 'Sons and Daughters', and acclaim for his album 1000 Years.

Album review: Hinds

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 12, 2018

IT says something about the confidence of Hinds, that they come up with a riff most indie bands would have killed for to built a song around, but which the Spanish quartet are content to use merely as an interlude.

Fangclub's 'take no prisoners rock' @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

FANGCLUB'S SINGLE 'Bullethead' had critics salivating upon its release. "123 seconds blasting your skull with a bludgeoning grunge rock riff that'll make you want to hit repeat," said Nialler9, while Joe.ie declared it "just glorious".

Scythian return to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

THE SCYTHIANS were a group of Iranian people and Eurasian nomads who inhabited the western and central Eurasian steppes from the ninth to the first centuries BC. Scythian is also the name of a US roots-rock band.

Croí8 take One Step Closer with new album

Wed, Apr 11, 2018

AFTER A long hiatus, Galway folk-rock band Croí8 have released their new album, One Step Closer, the long awaited follow-up to their 2010 EP, Flying Through the Ash.

Joan As Police Woman to play Galway in August

Tue, Apr 10, 2018

TWO MONTHS after the release of her seventh album, Damned Devotion, Joan As Police Woman has announced a Galway show at the Róisín Dubh as part of her European tour this summer.

Album review: Frankie Cosmos

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 05, 2018

THE MELODY and manner in which Frankie (aka Greta Kline) sings the opening line of opening track 'Caramelize', her stretching the words, making them rise and fall, as though on some blissful roller-coaster, should send a frisson of excitement through any true indie-fan.

Little Hours to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

FOLLOWING THE release last month of the single 'Heavy On You', Little Hours - aka Donegal singer-songwriter John Doherty - are set to tour Ireland, stopping off at the Róisín Dubh next week.

Máirtín Ó’Connor to play A Night for Rosabel

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

THE GREAT Máirtín O'Connor has been announced as among the special guests to join We Banjo 3 for the upcoming A Night for Rosabel concert which takes place in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, next week.

Delorentos - new album, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

AS DELORENTOS get set to release their new album, the Dublin quartet will play the Róisín Dubh next week as part of an intimate series of shows around Ireland.

Shuffle! marks fifth birthday this weekend

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

SHUFFLE!, GALWAY'S night of northern soul, blues, ska, Latin, boogaloo, r'n'b, and rock'n'roll is back this weekend at the Róisín Dubh, with DJ Dave Barry joined by Count Skylarkin.

Young Galway sopranos to join G4 for Galway concert

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

GALWAY SOPRANOS Aimee Banks and Clare Quinn will be the special guests of G4 when the X-Factor stars, and multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group, play Galway this month.

A ballet, jazz, and classical, music extravaganza

Wed, Apr 04, 2018

BALLET, JAZZ, classical, and film scores will come together in what is certain to be a splendid night of music and dance in Salthill, featuring the combined talents of Maoin Cheoil na Gaillimhe and the Regina Rogers School of Ballet.

Citóg Records - album launch and Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Mar 29, 2018

THE GALWAY music scene is the healthiest it has been in decades, with a wide array of bands and solo artists creating genuinely imaginative, quality, music across diverse genres.

Album review: Courtney Marie Andrews

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 29, 2018

TO QUOTE The Smiths' 'Sheila Take A Bow', "How can someone so young/Sing words so sad?" Courtney Marie Andrews sings like a women who has lived for twice as long, and experienced twice as much, as any 28-year-old.

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra to play Leisureland

Thu, Mar 29, 2018

BEETHOVEN'S SEVENTH Symphony, referred to by Wagner as "the apotheosis of dance", and which received a new lease of life via its inclusion in the soundtrack to The King's Speech, will be performed in Galway.

Leon Vynehall returns to Electric

Thu, Mar 29, 2018

LEON VYNEHALL is that rare thing – an artist with his own agenda rather than a producer aping the sound of the day, as he has shown with his off-kilter EPs on labels like Brighton's Well Rounded Housing Project, George FitzGerald's ManMakeMusic imprint, and Will Saul's Aus Music.

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