Math-rockers Battles to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 04, 2016

INDIE ROCK, post-rock, math-rock, experimental rock...whatever you call it, Battles play it, and few do it as well as this New York trio who play the Róisín Dubh on Monday August 15.

Album review: Dinosaur Jr

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 04, 2016

DINOSAUR JR's comeback, ongoing for more than a decade, has largely been a success, with 2009's Farm in particular, proving they still had 'it' and something very worthwhile to say.

New book explores Galway's influence on James Joyce

Thu, Aug 04, 2016

"MY WIFE is from Galway city," James Joyce told a London literary agent in 1918 when his writings began to attract international attention, and that woman and Galway had a major impact on the Dubliner.

Book review: Little poems from Little John Nee

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 04, 2016

HOW DO you take the work of a man of such great and varied talent as Little John Nee and distil it into a critique of 500 words? This man has busked with the Dice Man; became the iconic symbol of the early Galway Arts Festival parades; and was, for a period, Galway’s Pied Piper.

Declan O'Rourke plays next Nocturne gig

Thu, Aug 04, 2016

“HE WRITES the sort of classic songs people don’t write anymore, songs that sound like they’ve been around forever...Listen to 'Galileo', possibly the greatest song written in the last 30 years.”

Art exhibitions in Galway city

Thu, Aug 04, 2016

A NUMBER of exhibitions are taking place in Galway city throughout the month of August, including shows by Helen Roberts' and Breda Fox.

Red dresses, old toys, and date rape

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 04, 2016

FALLING IN Love With Broken Things, Alvy Carragher's debut collection, is exceptional in one crucial respect; first collections are typically a gathering together of a poet's best work over the previous five or six years, so tend toward thematic looseness.

The Ballaghs - the family that plays together...

Thu, Aug 04, 2016

THE BALLAGHS, a "captivating catharsis of fiddle, voice and feet", are a Canadian family band who play traditional north American music, soulful ballads, enticing originals, all with a sprinkle of humour.

Galway Arts Centre poetry workshops

Thu, Aug 04, 2016

THE POET Kevin Higgins will give a series of poetry workshops, for different levels of experience, at the Galway Arts Centre, starting in September.

Folk/blues from Charlie Parr @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 04, 2016

FOLK/BLUES singer-songwriter and guitarist Charlie Parr is coming to Galway to play Monroe's Backstage Bar on Wednesday August 24 at 8.30pm.

Americana singer Peco @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 04, 2016

PECO, THE former frontman of Indie-folk band Valentine Black, is coming to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Friday August 5 at 9pm and Saturday 6 at 11.30pm.

Pearl Jam tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 04, 2016

LEADING PEARL Jam tribute band, Pearl Jem, will bring the music of the Seattle legends to the stage of Monroe's Live on Friday August 26 at 10pm.

Of veils and voyeurs

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

THE TOWN Hall Theatre bar is currently hosting a fine photography exhibition by Irish artist Tony Carragher which is well worth making the effort to catch before it finishes on August 10.

Summer acting courses for adults

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

THE GALWAY Actors Workshop hosts three short summer acting courses, covering a variety of areas of drama, each running for six weeks in the Anno Santo Hotel, Salthill.

Dancing To The End Of Love - new novel by Adrian White

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

AN INTERNATIONALLY successful singer and a novelist begin a stormy, passionate affair, but only when their daughter is born, do the couple realise just how different they are.

Community art exhibition in Furbo

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

SEVENTEEN ARTISTS, from both the Furbo Baptist Church and wider local community, are displaying paintings, copper sculpture, wood sculpture, glass, and mixed media objects as part of a new exhibition.

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble return to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

“I CANNOT get enough of these guys, they soothe the soul.” So said US president Barack Obama about the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, who play Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh on Sunday July 31 at 8pm.

Album Review: The Driftwood Manor

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 28, 2016

THERE IS an argument to be made that Irish folk, while it has an outstanding repertoire to draw from, is often over-reliant on that repertoire, and this is stifling the creation and addition of new works to the cannon.

Robbie Bonham plays Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

ROBBIE BONHAM is “confident, intelligent, creative," says The Laughter Lounge, and “pretty damn hilarious," according to ComedyEire. He plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow night.

Galway memoir of an unforgettable romance

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

WHEN GALWAYWOMAN Charlie O'Sullivan goes for a fun holiday in Italy, finding love is the last thing on her mind, but on her first night in Milan, she meets Roberto.

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