‘To the waters and the wild…’

Wed, Jun 30, 2021

“EACH ALBUM reflects the season they were recorded in. “The sound of the seasons permeates the songs. You'll hear footsteps through snowfall, catch the cautious optimism of a clear spring day, and feel the heat haze of a summer day on the west coast of Ireland.”

Album review: Dani Larkin

Music Reviews Tue, Jun 29, 2021

THE LATE, great, Mary McPartlan once noted that Irish folk music must not continually rest on a handful of standards, instead new material must be added to keep the form alive.

Féile Traidphicnic celebrates 10th birthday this weekend

Tue, Jun 29, 2021

LIAM Ó MAONLAÍ of The Hothouse Flowers will be among the musicians performing at Féile Traidphicnic, the An Spidéal based festival of Irish traditional music and arts, which this year takes place online.

Former Strypes members new band - The Zen Arcade - to play Róisín Dubh in December

Mon, Jun 28, 2021

THE ZEN Arcade, the Irish garage rock band featuring three former members of The Strypes, will play the Róisín Dubh this winter.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Galway gig for summer 2022

Mon, Jun 28, 2021

CLAP YOUR Hands Say Yeah entered the hearts of many indie fans with the release of their debut album in 2005 and the now classic indie anthem, ‘The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth’ the following year.

Album review: John Grant

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 24, 2021

JOHN GRANT has always been searingly honest, often brutally so, about himself in his songwriting, but Boy From Michigan may be his most personal yet. It is certainly his most political.

Brú Theatre to host physical theatre workshops

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

IN AUGUST, Brú School will host a two-week physical theatre summer school for adult theatre makers, led by Phillipa Hambly from Arthaus Berlin and Brú’s James Riordan.

See a ‘window wonderland’ in Galway’s libraries

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

A ‘window wonderland’ has been created in the windows of the three libraries in Galway city - on Augustine Street, in Ballybane, and in Westside.

Cinema review: In The Heights

Films Reviews Wed, Jun 23, 2021

IN THE Heights was written by Lin Manuel Miranda the man who wrote the Broadway behemoth Hamilton, so this is a pretty hotly anticipated film.

From stone forts to the revolution - Galway’s story in one place

Wed, Jun 23, 2021

PERSONAL BELONGINGS of IRA volunteer Seamus Quirk and Fr Michael Griffin; Bronze Age artefacts from Dún Aonghasa; the myths of the River Corrib; and an exploration of Gaelic Ireland - there is a wealth of local and Irish history to be experienced at the Galway City Museum.

Robocobra Quartet to play Róisín Dubh in September

Tue, Jun 22, 2021

ROBOCOBRA QUARTET, hailed as “pioneers” by the BBC and who have been compared to a cross between Fugazi and Charles Mingus by Drowned in Sound, are coming to Galway.

One Good Turn - live from The Abbey to Galway

Tue, Jun 22, 2021

ONE GOOD Turn, a new comedy play by Una McKevitt opened this week at The Abbey Theatre in Dublin, and this weekend it will be livestreamed to Galway.

HousePlants - new single and debut album date

Tue, Jun 22, 2021

MEMORIES OF the aftermath of the 2015 marriage equality referendum have inspired the new single by HousePlants, a collaboration between Galway based musician, Daithí, and Bell X1’s Paul Noonan.

John Cooper Clarke - legendary punk poet returns of Galway

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

"I SAY to people, have you heard of John Cooper Clarke and if they say, ‘Yes, yeah he's an absolute genius’, and you just go, 'Oh - OK, you've saved me a lot of time."

‘We Used To Play Here’ - a pop-up concert for Inishbofin

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

A POP-up gig amid the wild splendour of Inishbofin awaits music fans when the ‘We Used To Play Here’ tour comes to the Connemara island next week.

New stage school launches performing arts camp in Headford

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

A NEW dance, drama, singing, and musical theatre stage school for children and young people has been launched in Headford with summer camps starting at the end of this month.

Black Lives Matter - a night of poetry and discussion

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

TWO POETRY anthologies, which have emerged from the Black Lives Matter movements in both the USA and Britain, will get an Irish launch at the next Over The Edge reading.

Baba Yarga - Galway multicultural band release new single

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 17, 2021

AN EASTERN European folk song, transformed into a modern, soul-pinching, ethno-pop ballad - this is ‘Vershe’, the new single from Galway multicultural band Baba Yarga.

Galway Community Circus outside summer camps

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

GALWAY COMMUNITY Circus is holding a variety of summer camps from July 5 to 25 for children, adults, and families.

The Raines - cowgirls get their guns on new single

Wed, Jun 16, 2021

"This is our version of a folk cowgirl song, that feeling of falling madly in love, a whirlwind of desire with someone, and then that same love falling apart.”

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