Reggae legend Horace Andy @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
HORACE ANDY is best known for his work with Massive Attack in the 1990s, but to reggae fans he is an icon, gifted with one of the most distinctive voices in reggae music.
Read more ...Latin and trad bands to play Coyotes
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
FANS OF Latin American music and Irish trad have plenty to look forward to with the gigs that are taking place in Coyotes Late Bar.
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Lisa Hannigan @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
Singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan (pictured) will play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 9 at 8pm and Friday 10 at 8pm. Tickets are €23/21 and available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.
Read more ...The Commander to release new EP
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
WHAT IF We All Said No, the new EP from Galway’s The Commander will be available on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, EMusic, and Napster from Saturday.
The EP will feature five slices of deep techy house music and no doubt The Commander will be playing some of those tracks (and plenty more) at the EP launch party in The Cellar Bar, also on Saturday. Remixes are on the way from Audiofeen and Keith Disconaut, and Purple Edge Records look set to do the DJ digital distribution.
Read more ...Experience the spirit of flamenco at the Black Box
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
FLAMENCO, THE vibrant, passionate music and dance style, a fusion of the Islamic, Jewish, and Spanish cultures of Andalucia, will take over the Black Box Theatre on Friday June 12.
Read more ...Galway Baroque Singers in Leisureland
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
ON THURSDAY June 11 at 8pm, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the Galway Baroque Singers will perform their annual concert in Leisureland.
Read more ...American writers to read in Galway
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
WRITERS PARTAKING in NUI, Galway’s American Conference for Irish Studies, will do two special readings for Over The Edge in Sheridan’s Wine Bar.
Read more ...Proust Questionnaire
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Waking up on the couch after a long time away, being handed tea and toast by my Mam or sister.
Once Upon A Time In The West
Thu, May 28, 2009
TO CELEBRATE five very successful years and to get the next chapter in its story under way, the Róisín Dubh will host Once Upon A Time In The West, a festival of music concerts, DJ sets, and pub trails throughout the west of the city from today until Bank Holiday Monday.
In 2004 the Róisín Dubh was taken over by local businessmen Kevin and Greg Healy and music promoter Gugai and in the five years since it has become the music venue in the city, playing host to promising up and coming bands (Official Secrets Act, Fight Like Apes, The Kanyu Tree), the coolest indie/alternative acts around (Port O’Brien, Jens Lekmann, Sparklehorse, Silver Jews, Iron & Wine, I’m From Barcelona), and genuine music legends (Arlo Guthrie, Mercury Rev, The Skatelites). The venue is set to continue those high standards with shows by Blitzen Trapper, New York Dolls, Horace Andy, and Okkervil River all on the way.
Read more ...The Handsome Family’s twenty year honeymoon
Thu, May 28, 2009
It all began one day in a bar. Brett Sparks was waiting for a friend when Rennie showed up and he was smitten by this raven haired woman. They got married in 1989 and indulging their passion for music, they released their debut album Odessa in 1995. The Handsome Family were born.
The Handsome Family play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday June 6 at 9pm. The husband and wife team of Brett (vocals, guitar) and Rennie Sparks (bass, vocals) are regular visitors to this city and even 2007’s cryptosporidum crisis has not deterred them from making a return visit this year.
Read more ...Have a Gigantic Bank Holiday weekend
Thu, May 28, 2009
GIGANTIC AT De Burgos will host a series of clubnights throughout the Bank Holiday weekend and Volvo Ocean Race stopover, with Norman Jay’s DJ set the highlight on Sunday.
Read more ...Galway Arts Festival line-up preview
Thu, May 28, 2009
THE GALWAY Arts Festival takes place from Monday July 13 to Sunday 26 and this year’s programme will be launched on Tuesday June 2. However if you can’t wait until then, here is a sneak preview of what to expect.
Read more ...Opera UK brings Barber
Thu, May 28, 2009
GALWAY’S OPERA buffs are in for a treat as one of Britain’s most highly-regarded companies brings a new staging of Rossini’s The Barber Of Seville to the Town Hall for one night only on Wednesday June 10 at 8pm.
Read more ...Hurling play comes recommended by GAA greats
Thu, May 28, 2009
NO LESS a hurler than Eddie Keher has hailed Bondi Beach Boy Blue, by NUI Galway graduate Benny McDonnell, as “really capturing the hurling scene and ethos”.
Read more ...Breakdance workshops in Westside
Thu, May 28, 2009
YOUTH WORK Ireland are holding breakdance workshops with B-boy Stan and the I Nee Money Cru in Westside Community Centre every Thursday.
Two sessions are offered, from 5pm to 6pm and from 6pm to 7pm. All levels of experience from age nine and up are welcome to learn in a fully supervised and friendly environment. The I Nee Money Cru will hold weekend workshops on Saturday at 2.30pm in Shantalla Community Centre.
Read more ...Stephen Fretwell to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 28, 2009
HE’S PLAYED bass with The Last Shadow Puppets, shared the stage with Oasis, but Stephen Fretwell is very much his own man, with a line in descriptive, sweetly melancholic, and intelligent acoustic songs.
Read more ...Intinn to launch debut album in the Warwick
Thu, May 28, 2009
INTINN, THE Galway conscious reggae, dub, drum’n’bass, and Irish trad band will launch their debut album in The Warwick Hotel, Salthill, on Friday June 5.
Read more ...James Priestley @ LowerState
Thu, May 28, 2009
JAMES PRIESTLEY, the DJ and SecretSundaze head promoter will kick off the Bank Holiday weekend with a set at LowerState in Deeper at The Cellar Bar, tomorrow at 10pm.
Read more ...Julie Feeney releases new album
Thu, May 28, 2009
ATHENRY SINGER, composer, multi instrumentalist, orchestra conductor, inaugural Choice Music Prize winner, and watersports enthusiast Julie Feeney, releases her new album pages on Friday June 5.
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