Get your rocks off at Primal Scream

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

PRIMAL SCREAM guitarist Andrew Innes is ready for Galway. “When you get on stage you realise it’s all worth it,” he says. “When people are cheering you on it’s hard to beat that and you think, ‘It’s great to be in a band’.”

From London to The Crane with fiddle great John Carty

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

FIDDLE PLAYER John Carty is one of the greatest practitioners of Irish traditional music and his virtuosity has been much praised. In 2003 he was TG4’s Traditional Musician of the Year and joined the ranks of previous winners such as Tommy Peoples, Matt Molloy and Paddy Keenan.

Get set to Moondance in August

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Galway’s latest festival, the Moondance Music & Arts Festival, takes place from Friday August 14 to Sunday 16 at Petersburg House, Clonbur, and will feature Lisa Hannigan, Jape, and Mairtín O’Connor.

Theatre reviews: Galway Arts Festival

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

WEEK ONE of the Galway Arts Festival delivered some memorable productions from both home-based and visiting companies in plays that dealt with such diverse themes as familial neuroses, under-age sex, the Iraq war, murderous teenagers, and a property tycoon who wants to sing like Beniamino Gigli.

While there were some surefire hits from this line-up there were, inevitably, some ‘hit and miss’ shows. The Michael Clark company, this year’s high profile dance act, falls into that category. They presented two pieces; Swan Lack which obliquely referenced Swan Lake to a synth-driven industrial soundtrack and Thank U Ma’am which derives its inspiration from the music of David Bowie and Iggy Pop (though the programme note also cited Lou Reed’s Heroin this didn’t feature in the actual performance).

Shakespeare acting workshop

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

THE THEATRE director, teacher, and playwright Max Hafler will give an intermediate acting workshop next month, entitled Shakespeare And Language.

New Galway theatre company to perform at Edinburgh fringe

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

NEW GALWAY theatre company Danú will be officially launched this weekend before travelling to Scotland perform the play Dolores at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Norman Jay @ Gigantic

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

GALWAY’S LONG running independent club night Gigantic has moved to Kelly’s, formerly The Living Room, and Norman Jay will be spinning the decks there this weekend.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

IF JULY is giving way to August, then it’s time for the Strange Brew Summer Shindig, an always uproarious celebration of all that is great about indie and alternative in Galway and Ireland.

The Strange Brew Summer Shindig 5 takes place at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 30 at 7pm with an impressive line-up of some of the most promising indie/alternative bands from Galway and beyond taking to the stage.

Peter Doherty to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

PETER DOHERTY, the songwriter and former frontman of The Libertines and Basbyshambles, will play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday October 15 as part of the Heineken Green Spheres.

C Joynes gig and guitar workshop

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

CAMBRIDGE GUITARIST C Joynes will play De Burgo’s of Augustine Street on Wednesday July 27 at 8pm.

The show is part of Joynes’ Irish tour to support the release of his new EP LHR Twins on the Galway based Independent label Rusted Rail. LHR Twins includes a new version of ‘I Love You Hanny Fuji’; The Grateful Dead/Incredible String Band influenced ‘Lay You Down O My Brother’; and the solo guitar piece ‘The Autumn Leaves Of Red And Gold’.

Berlin DJ at The Cellar

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

LEADING BERLIN DJ Efdemin will play LowerState at Deeper in The Cellar Bar Eglinton Street, this Friday at 10.30pm.

Efdemin is regarded as one of the world’s best underground DJs. He was voted Resident Advisors’ top producer of 2007 and released his self-titled album two years ago on Dial to rave reviews and critical acclaim. His DJing style takes listeners from deep house to tribal techno. Support is from LowerState’s Ruari. Admission is €14.

Proust Questionnaire - Alela Diane, folk-rock singer

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Sitting on the porch with coffee and oatmeal piled high with fresh fruit - on a bright morning, with Bramble close by.

Galway Arts Festival art exhibition reviews

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Lars Laumann @ Galway Arts Centre

Galway Arts Festival readings

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

STEVEN GALLOWAY, author of the profoundly moving, The Cellist Of Sarajevo, will read in the Radisson SAS Hotel this Friday at 6pm and not in the Hotel Meyrick as previously advertised.

Wiggle to launch debut album with Cuba* show

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

WIGGLE, THE Cork electro-dub band, will play Cuba*, Eyre Square, tomorrow at 10pm to launch their debut album Brighten The World.

Best of music and fun makes its way to Inishbofin

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

If ever a reason was needed to visit the wonderful island of Inishbofin off the Galway coast, a forthcoming series of concerts has got to be it. The Inishbofin Concerts will present a series of the very best in Irish traditional and contemporary music and comedy during July and August, and these intimate concerts will take place in what has to be one of the most gloriously located venues in Ireland — the Dolphin Hotel.

Enjoy racing action in Roscommon

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Roscommon Racecourse will host two evening race meetings in August. On Tuesday August 4 the first race is at 5.50pm. This is a mixed card with both flat and national hunt racing and features a very high class flat handicap for fillies only. This race is over 1.5 miles and will have runners from all the top yards in the country.

Also on the card is the Railway Bar three-year-old Maiden Hurdle. This is the first hurdle race of the 2009 racing season for three-year-olds in Ireland and in the past has thrown up some really top performers.

5 Rhythms Dance/Movement Meditation

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Imagine a word in which we could all dance, just let ourselves go, swinging, moving, gliding, and enjoying ourselves like a child in a playground. That’s a bit like what 5 Rhythms is all about. It’s a form of dance, or movement meditation, that is designed primarily to put a smile on your face. It’s about having fun, moving the body to music, following where it wants to go and how it wants to feel.

Galway Gay Pride — 20 years a-growing

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Brod Ireland West (Galway Gay Pride) Festival celebrates its 20th birthday in style this year with a Mardi Gras style parade from City Hall on Saturday August 22 at 2pm.

Nigeria’s Femi Kuti to bring the positive force to Galway

Thu, Jul 16, 2009

THE FEDERAL Republic of Nigeria was established in 1963 after gaining its independence from Britain. As with many countries under colonial rule it had been divided with no due consideration for linguistic, religious, or ethnic differences and thus a bloody civil war dominated much of the post-colonial period.

In times of adversity the peoples of Africa’s most populous country turned to cultural pursuits to keep their spirits up and over the past 30 years Nigeria has become famous for its literature and popular music.

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