These Moments - Cian Finn to release new EP

Mon, Jan 31, 2022

CIAN FINN, the Galway musician whose works straddles reggae, world, folk, and traditional, releases a new EP, These Moments, on Thursday February 3.

Album review: The Divine Comedy

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 27, 2022

FOR AN artist with a very definite, almost idiosyncratic, sound, style, and identity, Charmed Life reminds us that Neil Hannon’s influences and range are both broad and diverse.

Conchúr White to play Róisín Dubh

Tue, Jan 25, 2022

CONCHÚR WHITE, the Armagh singer-songwriter who has been compared to Father John Misty and Lana Del Rey by earmilk.com, is about to play the Róisín Dubh.

John Williams - a celebratory birthday concert

Tue, Jan 25, 2022

JOHN WILLIAMS, composer of some of the most memorable, iconic, and much loved film scores in all cinema history, will be celebrated in Galway with a concert marking his 90th birthday.

A night of Irish trad - on the viola

Mon, Jan 24, 2022

IRISH TRAD is often played on the violin - or fiddle when speaking about folk music - and rarely, if ever on the instrument’s slightly larger, deeper sounding sibling, the viola.

Album review: Cat Power

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 20, 2022

IN MOST cases, a covers album is a stop-gap in an artist’s career, a point where they take stock before plotting their next move. Other times it is simply an easy way to meet a contractual obligation.

Bob Vylan - the ‘too extreme’ duo promoting ‘essential discussion’

Mon, Jan 17, 2022

FOR RAISING issues of “police brutality, racism, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, and fear mongering in the media”, Bob Vylan were deemed “too extreme”.

Galway piper releases debut solo album

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

UILLEANN PIPER Pádraic Keane, from Maree, County Galway, a former TG4 Young Musician of the Year, has released his debut solo album - In Full Time.

Penelope Isles - Galway gig in February

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

PENELOPE ISLES, the alt-rock/indie/electro/psychedelic band centered around siblings Jack and Lily Wolter, will play the Róisín Dubh on Friday February 4.

George Murphy to play Galway in March

Tue, Jan 11, 2022

GEORGE MURPHY will play an intimate show at Galway’s Mick Lally Theatre on Saturday March 12 as part of his upcoming nationwide tour.

Bajazet - a tense, politically charged opera

Mon, Jan 10, 2022

VIVALDI’S OPERA Bajazet, a tense thriller set in a politically charged environment, will be performed in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday January 25 at 5pm.

Is Galway in line for another Choice Music Prize win?

Mon, Jan 10, 2022

COULD ANOTHER Galway based musician scoop the Choice Music Prize when the awards are announced in Vicar Street on March 3?

Three Galwegians compete for Glór Tíre winner 2022

Tue, Jan 04, 2022

THE NEW Year sees a new studio, set, and format for TG4’s popular reality country music talent search, Glór Tíre which reaches its milestone 18th season when it returns to TV screens on January 11.

Galway indie musicians - live at the Town Hall

Tue, Jan 04, 2022

TRACY BRUEN, Eoin Dolan, Anna Mullarkey, and others, will be in concert at the Town Hall Theatre throughout January, starting this weekend.

A Galway perspective on Seán Ó Riada

Wed, Dec 22, 2021

SEÁN Ó Riada was only 40 when he died in 1971, but his music, his achievements, his legacy, and his influence, continue to resound through Irish folk and traditional music.

Spend Christmas with The Saw Doctors

Mon, Dec 20, 2021

ON SAINT Stephen’s Day, TG4 will broadcast Steven Lock’s 1991 TV documentary on The Saw Doctors - Sing A Powerful Song - just after the Connacht versus Ulster rugby match.

Junior Brother to play Róisín Dubh

Mon, Dec 20, 2021

IDIOSYNCRATIC KERRY singer-songwriter, Junior Brother is admired by Lankum, Lisa O’Neill, and Pillow Queens, and will close at 2021 at the Róisín Dubh.

BEST ALBUMS OF 2021

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 16, 2021

1. Iron Maiden - Senjutsu (Parlophone)
Forty-one years after their debut, Maiden are still operating at the highest level. Few bands of their vintage can still create masterpieces, but with this sombre meditation on war and its consequences, Maiden deliver yet another masterwork in a discography with few equals.

Cousin Tablet release new single

Thu, Dec 16, 2021

GALWAY BAND Cousin Tablet have released their second single, ‘Lost At Sea’, which finds the quartet joined by members of The Raines and The Waterboys.