John O'Conor - a Beethoven concert for Galway
Thu, Oct 08, 2020
AS THE year marking the 250th anniversary the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven begins to draw to a close, John O'Conor, one of Ireland's greatest pianists, will give a concert pertforming piano sonatas by Beethoven.
Read more ...Album review: Future Islands
Music Reviews Thu, Oct 08, 2020
IT BEGINS with the call of birds in the wild and concludes with the sound of a cassette tape being switched off - a journey from the natural to the mechanical? More from the wilds to the security of a safe space.
Read more ...A song recalling days at the Claddagh Palace
Thu, Oct 08, 2020
FOR MANY Galwegians, the Claddagh Palace in Salthill was "the first cinema we went to...a place of wonder, a doorway to everywhere", and a place still fondly remembered.
Read more ...Collective Whisper release new single
Thu, Oct 08, 2020
GALWAY-POLISH duo Collective Whisper return after a long hiatus with a new single, 'Some 1' which will be released tomorrow, Friday October 9.
Read more ...Compassion and empathy, wrapped in shoegaze
Thu, Oct 01, 2020
IT BEGINS with a reversal of linear time - with a sunset, and sees the encroaching darkness, not as forbidding, but as a moment to take stock and be glad of what has been, and what is.
Read more ...Virtual Galway band release debut single
Thu, Oct 01, 2020
A BAND, whose members have never met, are about to release their debut single. It would sound implausible were it not taking place during these strange times of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read more ...Studio@5 - Where Creative Minds Collide!
Wed, Sep 30, 2020
Located in Claregalway Corporate Park, Cue One Ireland's new studio and rehearsal space Studio@5 is where - Creative Minds Collide. Offering the ideal creativity incubator and work space for Artists, Musicians, Creators, Producers, and Technicians; Studio@5 is a multi-performance, show tech/build, co-working space & training facility designed for developing and finalising touring theatre, TV, Film, Radio & Music productions. Studio@5 is equipped with fibre broadband so you can stream any live events from the studio to the highest standard and resolution without interruption. Recent projects taken place at this new studio facility include the build of this years' Galway International Arts Festival's ''Mirror Pavilion'', Galway Simon Community Virtual Sleep Out and Druid's fantastic theatre set for Cherry Orchard was constructed in the studio.
Read more ...Tickets still available for Junior Brother
Tue, Sep 29, 2020
JUNIOR BROTHER, the County Kerry folk singer-songwriter, who has won acclaim for his debut album Pull The Right Rope, released via Strange Brew, plays the Róisín Dubh on Thursday October 1.
Read more ...Padraig Jack - new album, Róisín Dubh show
Thu, Sep 24, 2020
MAKING SAND, the debut album from Aran Island singer-songwriter Padraig Jack is released tomorrow, Friday September 25, and comes ahead of two gigs in Galway.
Read more ...Album review: Pillow Queens
Music Reviews Thu, Sep 24, 2020
THE OPENING lines of opening track, 'Holy Show', present a picture of physical intimacy between two women, which is surprising for both its frankness, but also its tenderness.
Read more ...Chris Haze - live on stage
Thu, Sep 24, 2020
CHRIS HAZE, the Galway singer-songwriter, has announced his first socially distanced live show of 2020, taking place in the Róisín Dubh on Friday September 30.
Read more ...HOST releases new single - 'Borderline'
Thu, Sep 24, 2020
SYNTH-POP artist HOST will release her new song and video, ‘Borderline’ tomorrow, Friday September 25. The song was inspired by "the ugly, but totally normal stages of a breakup".
Read more ...Sean Keane - Live in Galway!
Sat, Sep 19, 2020
Sean Keane - Live in Galway
This Saturday night, you can watch Sean Keane Live in Galway from your living room, anywhere in the world!
Album review: Suzanne Vega
Music Reviews Thu, Sep 17, 2020
WITH COVID-19 resulting in live shows becoming very small affairs and restricting artists to touring within their own national borders, the live album has - as it was during its 1970s heyday - become again one of the few ways to experience an artist in concert.
Read more ...Steve and Joe Wall - acoustic shows at the Róisín
Mon, Sep 14, 2020
STEVE AND Joe Wall of The Stunning and The Walls are coming to the Róisín Dubh to perform four acoustic, stripped down, socially distant, gigs.
Read more ...Niamh Regan - new album, Oranmore Arts Festival show
Thu, Sep 10, 2020
GALWAY SINGER-songwriter, Niamh Regan, who has just released her debut album, Hemet, will perform at the Oranmore Arts Festival's online show - Bean/She.
Read more ...Album review: The Flaming Lips
Music Reviews Thu, Sep 10, 2020
NO ATHEIST has ever written about death in a manner as grimly final as that found in the Bible: "For thou art dust, and unto dust shalt thou return".
Read more ...Maria Shiel - debut album launch at Galway Summer Garden
Thu, Sep 10, 2020
MARIA SHIEL, the acclaimed West of Ireland singer-songwriter, will launch her debut album, Fire In The Sea!, with a show at the Galway Summer Garden this Saturday, September 12.
Read more ...Róisín Dubh reopens with string of September gigs
Tue, Sep 08, 2020
RÓISÍN DUBH, the award winning music and comedy venue on Dominick Street re-opens its doors today, and will present a string of shows throughout September.
Read more ...ConTempo - concerts online and in person
Thu, Aug 27, 2020
WHAT DO you get when you cross the ConTempo Quartet with jazz musicians? JazzTempo! To close the summer, Galway Music Residency is hosting a special live streamed concert tomorrow (Friday August 28) at 1pm.
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