The Amazing Apples to play An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

GALWAY INDIE-folk band, The Amazing Apples, will play their last hometown gig of the year on Friday November 6 at 7.30pm in An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street.

Album review: Beach House

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 29, 2015

IN DEFIANCE of the rule that a new album should only appear every two/three years, Beach House's Thank Your Lucky Stars emerges, with Zappa like prolificness, only three months after Depression Cherry.

Eleanor Shanley - Forever Young at An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

ELEANOR SHANLEY has a new album, Forever Young, named after the great Bob Dylan song; she is about to start a tour of Ireland; and she recently moved to Galway, making the county her home.

Cian Finn to launch new album

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

IRISH REGGAE singer-songwriter Cian Finn launches his new album, This Applies, with a gig at The Commercial Boat Club, Woodquay, this Saturday, joined by Rootical Sound System, Ras Tinny, Revelation Sound, and Aminah Dastan.

Tara Erraught to sing in at NUIG

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

TARA ERRAUGHT, the much acclaimed mezzo soprano, will perform songs by Dvorak, Brahms, Wolf, Copland, Mahler, and Britten, in NUI Galway's Aula Maxima on Wednesday November 4 at 8pm.

Rory Gallagher tribute @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

SINNERBOY, THE Rory Gallagher tribute band which has won the praise and admiration of Rory's brother and manager Donal, returns to the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 9pm.

Choral concert in Ardrahan

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

A CONCERT celebrating song and the human voice will take place in the Ardrahan Church of Ireland church on Friday November 6 at 7.30pm.

Black Pope - new single and Róisín Dubh show

Wed, Oct 28, 2015

FREAKY IRISH rock'n'roll band Black Pope are on their Halloween tour of Ireland this week, which takes in the Róisín Dubh tonight, and they have just released their debut single/music video, 'Atom Bomb'.

The Waterboys - in concert in Salthill this Thursday

Tue, Oct 27, 2015

"PEOPLE SHOULD expect the unexpected from The Waterboys,” band leader Mike Scott declared recently. However as Stewart Lee recently noted at his comedy festival gig, the band can be expected to play 'Whole Of The Moon' as an encore.

Accordionist Dermot Byrne to play Monroe's

Tue, Oct 27, 2015

DERMOT BYRNE, one of Ireland’s finest trad accordion players, will be joined by Australian Steve Cooney on guitar and Tyrone's Trevor Hutchinson on bass, for a night of Irish trad at Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday October 30.

Daithí releases new song from new EP

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

DAITHÍ, THE Clare born, Galway based, violinist, producer, composer, electronica artist, and DJ releases the new track 'Mary Keane's Introduction' digitally on November 13.

The North Sea - new single and Monroe's Live show

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

"IF THERE'S a better band mining the rich seam of post-punk individualism we have yet to hear it,” declared The Irish Times about indie-alternative band The North Sea, who critics have also been comparing to Editors, Interpol, and early Killers.

Hayseed Dixie - hell raisin' for Halloween

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WHO THOUGHT hard rock, stadium rock, and blues-rock could be so effectively and thrillingly adapted and reimagined into the essence of traditional American folk music - bluegrass - but it has, brilliantly, for many years, by Hayseed Dixie.

Night of doom metal in The Cellar

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WITH HALLOWEEN almost upon us, how appropriate that music from rock's dark side should make its presence felt in Galway through London based doom metal band Ossiyan.

'Pop-up' Galway Jazz Festival this Saturday

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

WHEN LEGENDARY jazz-fusion pianist Chick Corea calls anyone "a creative genius", it is a good reason to pay attention. Add a string of awards, rave reviews, and collaborations with leading jazz players, and suddenly Gwylim Simcocks becomes a 'must see' musician.

Cronin to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

LEEDS-IRISH indie rock band Cronin have just released the video for the song ‘See This Man’, taken from the bands critically acclaimed Nelson Riddle EP, and are sure to play it at their show in Monroe's Live this Sunday at 9pm.

Shuffle! with Dave Barry & special guest DJ Phill Jupitus

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

PHILL JUPITUS, man of many talents and possessor of a musically encyclopedic brain joins his funk soul brother Dave Barry at Shuffle! in the Blue Note tomorrow, Friday October 23.

Steven Sharpe's Dubh Me Do

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE SECOND installment of Steven Sharpe's new gig nights upstairs at the Róisín Dubh, with each given the title of the famous song with the world 'Love' replaced by 'Dubh', is on Thursday October 29.

Aimee Banks makes Irish final of Junior Eurovision

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

AIMEE BANKS, a 13-year-old from Moycullen, has made the Irish final of Junior Eurovision 2016, winning the televised heat on Sunday of the song contest, which is being broadcast on TG4.

Guns'n'Roses tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

GUNS'N'ROSES tribute band, Abuse your Illusion, kick off Monroe's Live's Halloween party on Saturday October 31 at 9pm, with a set drawing from the classic albums as Appetite For Destruction, Lies, and Use Your Illusion I & II.

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