Music To Ease The Pain

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

MUSIC TO Ease The Pain is the title of a fundraising gig which will be held in Padraig’s Place, New Dock Road, at 9pm this Saturday.

The night will feature The Bluebirds; You, Me, & Clementine; Peter Kelehan; and Grounds For Invasion, and will raise funds for Chronic Pain Ireland and The Journey in Chronic Pain Project. All are welcome.

The National - six essential songs playlist

Essential Playlist Tue, Jun 03, 2014

THE NATIONAL, who play the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top on Wednesday July 16, are one of the few groups, if not the only group, of whom it can truly be said, ‘I prefer the later stuff’.

Seán Tyrrell to release new album

Thu, May 29, 2014

‘GALWAY BAY’, ‘Come Back Paddy Reilly’, ‘The Mountains Of Mourne’, and ‘The Star Of The County Down’, are some of the best known songs in the Irish repertoire.

Last Friday Club @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 29, 2014

THE LAST Friday Club in Monroe’s Backstage Bar, the clubnight for anyone over 30, returns on Friday May 30.

The club features music from the 1970s to today and is organised by Emer Hennelly, Monroe’s Live, and DJ Jon Richards. Admission is €10 or half price for anyone who wears sixties, seventies, or eighties fancy dress.

Richmond Fontaine/The Decemberists members to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 29, 2014

WILLY VLAUTIN of The Richmond Fontaine and Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists have joined forces as The Delines, whose Irish tour next month takes in Galway.

Celtic reggae fusion @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 29, 2014

REGGAE, SKA, Irish trad, Latin music, American and Eastern European music, and Gaeilge collide in spectacular fashion in Belfast band Bréag.

Ultan Conlon - new single and Galway gig

Thu, May 29, 2014

‘IN THE Mad’, the second single from Ultan Conlon’s second album Songs Of Love So Cruel is to be released tomorrow as a download.

The Voice/Pop Idol vocal coach comes to Galway

Thu, May 29, 2014

JOSHUA ALAMU, the London based vocal coach, who has appeared on BBC’s The Voice and ITV’s Pop Idol, and who has worked with West Life and Joss Stone, is coming to Galway.

Joshua Alamu is coming to the Connacht Hotel to give his Intensive Style and Performance Workshop on Saturday June 7 and Sunday 8 from 10am to 4pm.

ConTempo’s ‘Musical Exhibits’

Thu, May 29, 2014

THE CONTEMPO Quartet and saxophonist Gavin Brennan are joining forces to present a family concert of classical music in the Galway City Museum.

Album review - Sharon Van Etten

Music Reviews Thu, May 29, 2014

Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (Jagjaguwar)
SHARON VAN Etten’s world is of dark, late night confessionals of heartbreak, unrequited love, failing relationships, relationships that should have worked, and yearning for better times that may never arrive.

Album review: La Sera

Music Reviews Thu, May 29, 2014

La Sera - Hour Of The Dawn (Hardly Art)
“I WANTED the new La Sera record to sound like Lesley Gore fronting Black Flag. I didn’t want it to be another record of me sad, alone in my room.”

Sir Richard Bonynge to conduct in Galway

Thu, May 22, 2014

SIR RICHARD Bonynge, one of the greatest of all operatic conductors, playS a fundraising concert on Thursday May 29 in the Augustinian Church.

Mná Mná - a ladies night of song

Thu, May 22, 2014

MNÁ MNÁ, the night showcasing female musicians, holds its third birthday celebrations in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, tonight from 8pm.

Small Town Heroes @ The Stock Exchange

Thu, May 22, 2014

POP-ROCK band Small Town Heroes begin their Thursday residency at The Stock Exchange Bar on Shop Street tonight.

The quintet play everything from old-school party anthems to current chart hits and will also be playing on Friday night. Also playing the venue are Eleventh Hour, who are on-stage for the Super Sunday Session, followed by DJ playing chart hits and classic party tunes. Doors are at 8pm.

Mick Flannery’s Berlin inspirations

Thu, May 22, 2014

BERLIN HAS long been a place of inspiration to musicians, like David Bowie who recorded Heroes there in 1977, and later to U2 in the early 1990s.

Following in those footsteps is Mick Flannery, the stonemason turned singer-songwriter, who returns to the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm, to promote his new album, By The Rule, which was written in Berlin.

Michael Kaeshammer @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 22, 2014

MICHAEL KAESHAMMER, the jazz, swing, and boogie pianist, vocalist, and songwriter will play Monroe’s Live on Wednesday June 18 at 8pm.

Shuffle! with DJ Dave Barry @ Roisin Dubh

Thu, May 22, 2014

DAVE BARRY, one of Galway’s leading northern soul and ska DJ returns to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow for his SHUFFLE DJ night.

Stoner-metal band to launch EP @ The Cellar

Thu, May 22, 2014

ASTRALNAUT, THE Armagh stoner metal band will launch their new EP, the wonderfully entitled Thieves, Beggars and Swine, in Galway this weekend.

AC/DC tribute @ The Quays

Thu, May 22, 2014

HELLS BELLS, one of the leading AC/DC tribute bands play The Quays Music Hall, on Friday May 30.

Mike Denver in concert

Thu, May 22, 2014

MIKE DENVER, one of the leading country’n’Irish singers will headline the inaugural Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta festival in Moycullen on Thursday May 29.

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