Community Skratch Games 2015

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

BATTLE HARDENED world champions in vinyl manipulation and ‘skratching’, experimental turntable musicians, and new names on the scene will converge on Galway next week for the ninth annual Community Skratch Games.

World premiere of Joycean inspired music

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

THE WORLD premiere of a new piece of music, inspired by James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, will be held in the Nuns Island Theatre this Saturday at 8pm.

Music for Good Friday

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

HOWEVER YOU interpret Good Friday, as an act of selfless atonement, one of history’s most notorious miscarriages of justice, or a story of grief, suffering, and loss, there is music to capture it all.

Frogbelly and Symphony - psych, folk, and prog

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

MUSIC, THEATRE, and a high level of experimentation will combine when Brooklyn’s Frogbelly and Symphony play Monroe’s BackStage Bar on Thursday April 16 at 10pm.

Kicking Bird to play Monroe’s

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

ALTERNATIVE FOLK band Kicking Bird are bringing their melodic rock styled vocals, hard hitting lyrics, and intricate harmonies to Monroe’s Backstage Bar.

Mitch Presents @ Kelly’s

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

IT’S A Groove Thang, the latest in the ‘Mitch Presents...’ gig series, takes place this Saturday in The Loft, the new live venue at Kelly’s Bar.

Johnny Moynihan - in concert in Kinvara

Tue, Mar 24, 2015

JOHNNY MOYNIHAN, one of the legends of Irish folk music, will play a concert entitled Vocals and far too many instruments... in The GiG Room, Kinvara Community Centre, on Saturday April 4 at 8pm.

Joshua Radin - you know his music

Mon, Mar 23, 2015

HIS NAME may not be the most familiar, but if you have ever watched hit TV shows such as House, Grey’s Anatomy, Cougar Town, One Tree Hill, and 90210, you have heard the music of Ohio-born, New York based singer-songwriter Joshua Radin.

Anything Goes for Galway Music Society

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Galway Musical Society celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in swinging style next week with a staging of the sublime Cole Porter musical, Anything Goes, at the Town Hall.

The Stunning and Ryan Sheridan to play SugarBeat

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE STUNNING, Ryan Sheridan, Hometown and Rackhouse Pilfer are among the acts confirmed to play the 2015 SugarBeat Festival in Tuam Stadium on Saturday August 22 and Sunday 23.

Rebecca Harkin to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

REBECCA HARKIN, the Derry singer-songwriter, who describes music as “my true love, hobby, friend and life ambition” plays Galway this weekend.

Cloud Castle Lake to play Strange Brew

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

EQUAL PARTS pastoral folk and soaring post-rock crescendos, Dublin trio Cloud Castle Lake have won acclaim for their epic live performances.

Enter Metropolis enter Galway

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

ENTER METROPOLIS, the German alternative-rock band are coming to Monroe’s Live on Sunday March 29 as part of their current Enter Ireland Tour.

March! Shuffle! Dance!

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

SHUFFLE! IS back once again for this months instalment of foot stomping floor fillers with DJ Dave Barry. Shuffle! is Galways only place to hear this original dance music in Galway. With two big guests to be anounced for the summer (one for Shuffle!’s second birthday) the next few month promise to be interesting indeed. Expect to hear jump blues, funk, northern soul, latin boogaloo, old school hip-hop, reggae, Jamaican ska, swing, soulful disco and what ever else ends up in the packed boxes of vinyl.

Fox Jaw play Róisín Dubh tonight

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

FOX JAW have just released their new single ‘Sirens Call’ and, as part of their current Irish tour, they play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh tonight at 10pm.

Galway Jazz Jam @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

GALWAY JAZZ Jam is a group of local musicians who share a passion for jazz and see themselves as a community project rather than a band.

The group - Dave Mathieson (double bass), Esteban Moreno, Dylan Morrow, David Lyons (guitars), Fergal O’Connor (piano), Radko Vykukal, Bosco Joyce, Cathal Berkeley (saxophones), Aonghus O’Heocha (drums), and Noreena Gill (vocals) play Monroe’s Live this Sunday night. Expect an open jam session of jazz where anything can happen.

ConTempo and Concorde in concert

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE CONTEMPO Quartet and members of Concorde, two of the most acclaimed quartets in Irish classical music, join forces for the next concert in the New Music: Different Sounds series.

Album reviews: Noel Gallagher and Dr Feelgood

Music Reviews Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (Sour Mash)

Cry Monster Cry at Róisín Dubh

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

CRY MONSTER CRY, the folk-rock duo of Richie and Jamie Martin, are on tour to promote their debut album Rhythm Of Dawn, including a show upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow.