Kíla - new album and Monroe’s Live show

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

KÍLA, THE mighty Irish trad meets world music fusion group, have just released their first album in four years and are in concert at Monroe’s Live on Monday December 29.

Music for Galway’s midwinter festival

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

SOUNDTRACKS FOR Superpowers, a celebration of the music of Haydn and Shostakovich, the Music for Galway 2015 midwinter festival, is at the Town Hall Theatre from Friday January 16 to Sunday 18.

Galway indie band’s BYOB Christmas bash

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

BRING YOUR own beer/mulled wine, wear something Christmassy, and dance your woolly socks off to the absolute cream of the Galway indie-music scene at the Galway Bands BYOB Xmas Gig.

The West Cork Ukulele Orchestra @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THEY SPAN the decades of music, they cross its genres, they pay no heed to what is ‘cool’ or ‘un-hip’, they just play great music, and they do it all on ukuleles.

Amazing Apples Christmas concert

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE AMAZING Apples, one of Galway’s finest and most popular bands, play a concert in HALO on Tuesday December 23.

Roots rockers The Deans to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE DEANS, the Athenry roots-rock trio now based in France, return to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh on Sunday December 21 at 9pm.

Shaunna McEvilly to launch debut EP

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

SHAUNNA MCEVILLY, the Galway singer-songwriter, will launch her debut EP Towers with a gig Upstairs in Kelly’s Bar tomorrow at 9.30pm.

Kevin Hynes’ DJ night @ Kelly’s

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE FOUNDER of the Burrow Sessions radio-show on Australia’s Rabbit Radio, Kevin Hynes, will DJing in Kelly’s Bar this Saturday.

Kinetika @ The Cellar

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

TO SEE out 2014 and for its last night in The Cellar, the Kinetica Clubnight will host Dublin DJ Jon Hussey.

Galway Gospel Choir Christmas concert

Tue, Dec 16, 2014

THE GALWAY Gospel Choir will hold its Christmas concert in the Claddagh Church tomorrow [Wednesday December 17] at 8.30pm, with proceeds this year going to Childline.

Jape - Róisín Dubh show and new album

Mon, Dec 15, 2014

JAPE, THE solo indie-electro project of singer-songwriter and Redneck Manifesto bassist Richie Egan, returns in 2015 with a new album and an Irish tour that includes the Róisín Dubh.

Declan O’Rourke - Róisín Dubh show and new album

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

IN THE late-noughties, many believed the album as way of presenting music was dead and that digital media would see everything reduced to individual tracks. Fast forward to 2014 and instead of abandoning the album, artists are using digital media as a new way to present and re-imagine the album format. This and the corresponding resurrection of vinyl means the album has plenty of life in it yet.

Album review: AC/DC

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 11, 2014

GIVEN THAT founder and driving force Malcolm Young can no longer play music owing to dementia, AC/DC would have been forgiven for calling it a day.

The Harp, The Accordion and The Ugly album launch

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

THE HARP, The Accordion and The Ugly are seven Galway based musicians and one film-maker who put on live-music cinema shows as will be seen when they play Monroe’s Live.

Album review: John Grant

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 11, 2014

AFTER RUINING his second album Pale Green Ghosts with ill-advised dabbling in, and often insipid stabs at, techno and electronica, John Grant re-connects with more organic sounds on this live album.

Mary Coughlan to play Town Hall

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

MARY COUGHLAN, the Galwegian rightly regarded as Ireland’s leading jazz and blues vocalist, plays the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday December 20 at 8pm.

Classical guitarist in concert at Nuns Island

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

CLASSICAL GUITAR and Irish trad will combine in the playing of Dublin guitarist John O’Shea, who is in concert at the Nuns Island Theatre this Saturday.

ConTempo to host Christmas concert in the museum

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

GUITARS, VIOLINS, voices, and saxophones will be heard in the Galway City Museum when The ConTempo Quartet host a concert of classical and Christmas music.

Drum’n’bass night @ The Cellar

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

DRUM’N’BASS, dubstep, and different permutations of techno will be heard when DJs Zenji, Phunty, and Teknonotice hit the decks in The Cellar Bar this Saturday.

The return of The Whileaways

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

GALWAY folk-rock/trad/Americana trio The Whileaways return to live music duties with a show at Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, Headford, this Saturday.

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