The Young Folk - new album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

THE YOUNG Folk have just released their new album, First Sign Of Morning, and they make a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh on Saturday May 7 at 9pm.

Americana from Josh Harty at Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

JOSH HARTY has "a voice for troubled times" says The Alternate Root, who can "convey all the complexities of an emotion in a single phrase," according to No Depression.

Music, dance, and the Kilfenora Céilí Band

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

THE Kilfenora Céilí Band, one of the oldest céilí bands in the world, and former Riverdance leads Michael Donnellan, Michael Gardiner, and Laura Minogue, will join forces for a show at the Town Hall Theatre.

Trad music and visual art fusion @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

TRAD MUSIC will meet the visual arts when Beoga and Lightscape join forces for Before We Change Our Mind, a special, one off performance, which takes place in Monroe’s Live on Thursday May 5 at 8pm.

Silent Disco Street Party - it's back!

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘til you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be the Silent Disco Street Party from 8pm on Friday April 29.

Hitmakers Hogan to play Monroe's

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

"HOGAN HAVE extraordinary talent and they will go far," so said Hotpress of the Irish pop-rock band who play Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Thursday April 28 at 10pm.

The Alkove @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

OLD-SCHOOL rock'n'roll band The Alkove, a five piece playing all original material, play Monroe’s Live on Saturday April 30 at 9pm.

Mitch presents Indie Disco @ Róisín Dubh

Wed, Apr 20, 2016

THREE OF Galway's leading DJs and rising indie rock/post punk band Bob Skeleton will hit the mainfloor of the Róisín Dubh this Saturday for the latest Mitch Presents: Indie Disco.

Usher's Island - Irvine, Lunny, and friends

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

FORMER MEMBERS of Planxty and The Bothy Band, including Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny, two absolute legends of Irish folk, join forces as Usher's Island, and play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday April 7 at 7.30pm.

Album review: Parquet Court

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 31, 2016

PARQUET COURTS' previous album, the excellent Sunbathing Animal, wore its Pavement influence on its sleeve and made no apologies for it. Human Performance, appears to do the same with their other chief inspiration - The Velvet Underground.

The Shaker Hymn - 'top drawer' indie @ Strange Brew

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

THE SHAKER Hymn play the "kind of proud, unashamedly guitar-driven record debut that would once have been pounced on by an enlightened imprint such as Creation or Go! Discs”.

Tudor Cinema Club - better than the real thing?

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

THE RÓISÍN Dubh does not normally book tribute bands so it is surprising to see Tudor Cinema Club, a tribute band to County Down's Two Door Cinema Club on their way to the Dominick Street venue.

Young Galway musicians are put to the test in youth music competition

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

YOUNG GALWAY musicians will be among the finalists in this year's Irish Youth Music Awards, which takes place in Dublin next month. The Irish Youth Music Awards is a competition where teams and youth centres from all over Ireland pick a representing act and an original song.

Daring vocals and pumping rhythms

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

CLASSICAL MUSIC goes clubbing next month when opera singer Salome Kammer, the Vogler Quartet, and DJ Cyril Briscoe join forces for a show at the Electric Garden & Theatre on Friday April 8 at 8pm.

The lively Celtic sound of Scythian

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

AMERICAN TV show, Nashville's Music City Roots, has called Scythian "what happens when rock star charisma meets Celtic dervish fiddling", as Galway will see when they play Monroe’s Live on Thursday April 7.

Dominick Street Sessions starts in April

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

PADRAIG STEVENS may originally be from Sligo but he is a legend within the idiosyncratic and brilliant music community of Tuam, and will headline a new music night in Galway.

Scoops @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

SCOOPS, THE Dublin band whose debut EP Scenes Of Joy went straight in at Number 2 in the iTunes Album charts behind Adele, play Monroe’s Live on Friday April 29 at 9pm.

Classical lunchtime with ConTempo

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

CLAUDE DEBUSSY'S String Quartet in G minor, Op 10, a watershed in the history of chamber music, will be performed in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Tuesday April 5 at 1.10pm.

SHUFFLE! but this time in Seven

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

SHUFFLE! DAVE Barry's nothern soul, funk, ske, rock'n'roll, blues, and reggae clubnight is back the Saturday of the May Bank Holiday weekend, but this time in The Loft @ Seven.

Exmagician - Cashier No 9 duo's new venture

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

"LIKE EARLY Beefheart meets Add N To X" is how Belfast duo Exmagician describe their music, and Galway has a chance to hear that claim up close and personal when the band play the Róisín Dubh.

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