Town Hall Theatre announces €150,000 programme of artists' supports

Wed, Mar 10, 2021

THE TOWN Hall Theatre this week announced details of a ground-breaking programme of artist supports including commissions, awards, and residencies worth more than €150,000, made possible through support from the Arts Council, the Galway City Council, and others.

Livefeed - online concert from young Galway musicians

Tue, Mar 09, 2021

EMERGING YOUNG Galway singer-songwriters Ellen Quinn Keane, Amy Rose Friel, Cian Feeney and Mia Fitzgerald, will take part in the next Livefeed online concert.

Galway made film nominated for BAFTA awards

Tue, Mar 09, 2021

CALM WITH Horses, the Irish feature film which was largely shot in Galway city and county, has been nominated for 4 BAFTAs.

Classical music concert from Galway Cathedral

Tue, Mar 09, 2021

ARCADIA is a region of Greece, which in ancient times was sparsely populated by farming communities. In the Renaissance imagination, it became the epitome of the bucolic, pastoral, idyll.

The Dirty Circus - a decadent Saturday night awaits

Mon, Mar 08, 2021

THE JESSICA Rabbit of burlesque, the Galway 'Queen of Soul', the Galway based champion pole dancer...this is just some of what is in store at this weekend's The Dirty Circus.

'Boy In The Debs Suit' - Slyrydes new single out today

Mon, Mar 08, 2021

'BOY IN The Debs Suit', the new single from Galway indie-punk band Slyrydes, is released today and acts as a taster for the acclaimed quartet's forthcoming debut album.

Cúirt programme to be launched next week

Thu, Mar 04, 2021

THE CÚIRT International Festival of Literature will launch the programme for it's 2021 events online at 7pm on Thursday March 11.

Field Recordings - Loner Deluxe's sonic trip through these troubled times

Thu, Mar 04, 2021

THERE IS, perhaps, a certain West of Ireland echo - or echoes, if you will - in the sleeve of Field Recordings, the new Loner Deluxe album, to that of the sleeve for Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother.

'The Lake' - Derek Ellard releases new single

Thu, Mar 04, 2021

'THE LAKE', the fifth single in the past 12 months from Galway based singer-songwriter, Derek Ellard, is released on Friday March 5.

Manchán Magan and Galway 2020 give new lease of life for forgotten Irish words

Thu, Mar 04, 2021

MANCHÁN MAGAN is best known as a globe trotting adventurer and travel writer, but with the Covid-19 pandemic keeping us all grounded and close to home, Manchán has embarked on a different kind of journey.

'Getting to Know...' John Patrick McHugh

Wed, Mar 03, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Snug in Tigh Neachtain's with friends and we’re all packed in like sardines.

Young Galway songwriters live and online

Wed, Mar 03, 2021

YOUNG GALWAY singer-songwriters Siobhan Kelleher, Eoin Hardiman, Uisce Jones, and Sorcha Carrick will perform an online gig tomorrow, Friday March 5 at 8pm.

‘The sound of the cello, it seems as if it’s coming up from the earth’

Wed, Mar 03, 2021

“THE CELLO can be bass, soprano or alto. Its endpin strikes the ground and it seems as if its power and deep sound are coming up from the earth. When played it lies between the musicians legs and they have to embrace it. It’s a very physical thing, it almost becomes part of their body.”

All-star Galway line-up on new Dave Clancy album

Tue, Mar 02, 2021

A HOST of Galway's leading folk and roots musicians are featured on The Path, the debut album from Galway born, Clare based, folk musician, Dave Clancy.

Album review: Arab Strap

Music Reviews Tue, Mar 02, 2021

IT OPENS with a song about trying to connect - even if it is not the wisest course of action - with all the odds stacked against you: “Let’s move now before we’re back below.”

A swan, a river, and a new lease of life for Kevin Neary

Mon, Mar 01, 2021

IT WAS in the cold, dark, early, hours of a winter morning. He ventured to the waters of the Dublin's River Liffey, "in search of his purpose in life", and there he was "approached and consoled by a friend".

A virtual musical trip to Estonia

Mon, Mar 01, 2021

ESTONIA WILL be the next stop on the ConTempo Quartet’s journey through the classical music of the 27 EU member states, as part of its From Europe with Love concert series.

'Getting to Know...' Máire Éilís Ní Fhlatharta

Thu, Feb 25, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Chilling in the sun.

Pure Gold - strangeness and familiarity off the Mayo coast

Thu, Feb 25, 2021

"ABOVE WAS streaked blue, so divinely blue you’d believe in angels, so bright you couldn’t glance at it and not shudder...and amongst this hazy backdrop, I could hear the distant shearing of every make of lawn on the Island."

How bogland became portraits of two Connemara icons

Thu, Feb 25, 2021

PORTRÁIDÍ CRIATHRAIGH/Bog Portraits, a film about the creation of landscape installation artwork, where bogland at Ros Muc, is transformed into the faces of two iconic Connemara natives, premiers on Monday March 1.

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