PAULI's Isolation Station available to stream on all platforms

Tue, Jun 30, 2020

PAULI is a brand new artist to emerge in Ireland. Inspired by lockdown the Cork born, Galway raised, and now Dublin based musician took his song writing to the bedroom where he wrote and produced a three track EP delving into everything from isolation, to binge drinking as well as dreams of love and loss.

Live from the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 25, 2020

THE RÓISÍN Dubh, the award winning music venue on Dominick Street, is opening its doors once more to live events with a series of shows to mark its 17th birthday.

House Plant - new release finds Cat Turner in reflective mood

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

CAT TURNER has won notice as an electronic musician, but her new five-track EP, House Plant, finds her adding the experimental and the acoustic to her electro sound.

June Hope - Eoin Dolan releases new EP

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

THERE IS a long way to go yet, and a recession to be endured, but the easing of restrictions and our gradual emergence from lockdown is a cause for hope.

Dott - an upbeat summer single about social anxiety

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

AN ARTICLE on the satirical website Reductress recently, pointed out - and with a high degree of accuracy - how introverts are having "a ball" during lockdown.

Galway singer releases charity single for COPE

Thu, Jun 11, 2020

DARRAGH O'DEA, the Tuam singer-songwriter releases his new single, 'Lost Dog Loyal' tomorrow [Friday June 12], with all proceeds from its downloads going to COPE Galway.

New music from Galway label Rusted Rail

Thu, Jun 11, 2020

RUSTED RAIL, the independent Galway record label founded by Keith Wallace, has just released the new single, 'Hello' by English singer-songwriter Songs of Green Pheasant.

A rave on the airwaves

Thu, May 28, 2020

WHEN CIAN Ó Cíobháin marked 21 years on air for his alternative/underground music show An Taobh Tuathail on Raidió na Gaeltachta recently, he felt like it was a community coming together to celebrate on the airwaves.

Album review: Badly Drawn Boy

Music Reviews Thu, May 21, 2020

THE ABILITY of the arts to speak to the moment we find ourselves in, regardless of the original circumstances of its creation, has been keenly felt during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Third Rehearsal release debut single

Fri, May 15, 2020

THE THIRD Rehearsal, the new instrumental project from Galway musicians Patrick Hallinan and Kevin Donnellan, release their new single and video on Friday May 15.

Tide lines play Róisín Dubh in November

Thu, May 07, 2020

TIDE LINES are the coming force in Scottish music. In 2019 they won The Rising Sound Of Scotland title at the Scottish Music Awards, and in March performed to 67,000 people at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium ahead of Scotland's victory over France in the Six Nations.

Me Auld Flower releases haunting new single

Thu, May 07, 2020

"A STATUE of Mary winked at me and told me to confess..." is a memorable line from 'An Apparition in Connemara', the new single from County Galway singer-songwriter Me Auld Flower.

The Cartoon Thieves - at last an EP

Thu, May 07, 2020

DURING THE mid to late Noughties, The Cartoon Thieves were one of the most popular of Galway bands, and many will have fond memories from the packed to capacity gigs they used to play in the Róisín Dubh.

Music for Galway - live from two places at once

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

IN A time where the woods of Galway, birthplace of the Galway Cello, lie open to silent skies and the world comes to grips with the Covid-19 pandemic, two Irish musicians will collaborate over this newly-made, yet-unplayed instrument.

Album review: PRIMO!

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 30, 2020

THERE IS something in the sound and style of contemporary antipodean indie-punk which feels as though it were music recorded sometime in '78 or '79, and left languishing in a vault until now.

A Lilac Decline releases new single

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

CHIMING CHORDS bathed in hazy reverb and suffused with lush psychedelic tones go to create a sound which captures the feel and experience of this recent spell of fine weather.

Cian Ó Cíobháin seeks listeners’ favourite An Taobh Tuathail discoveries

Mon, Apr 27, 2020

AN TAOBH Tuathail, Cian Ó Cíobháin underground music show on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, celebrates 21 years on air tomorrow, Friday May 1, with a special programme focused on listeners’ favourite musical discoveries from the show.

TribeTones cover Kodaline to 'send a little positivity' to Galway

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

GALWAY MUSICIANS and singers have been remarkable and resilient in how they have continued to make music and song despite the lockdown, and the latest example is from The TribeTones choir.

Album review: Ezra Furman

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 23, 2020

ART HAS the ability to resonate with, and speak meaningfully to, situations it was never conceived to address, and there are points on Ezra Furman's new album that feel as though is speaking about the Covid-19 pandemic.

Faraway Martin releases new single

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

WEST OF Ireland singer-songwriter, Faraway Martin, has released his new single, 'The Lights Turn On', a ballad following a couple's "journey through life, from love at first sight to bitter end".

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