2014 - THE MUSICAL YEAR IN REVIEW

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 18, 2014

BEST ALBUMS OF 2014:
1 Lucius - Wildewoman (Play It Again Sam)

Renmore Panto's Cinderella

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE RENMORE Pantomime is as much a part of Christmas in Galway as mulled wine and mistletoe and this year’s festive offering is Cinderella, which opens at the Town Hall Theatre on Monday December 29.

Kíla - new album and Monroe’s Live show

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

KÍLA, THE mighty Irish trad meets world music fusion group, have just released their first album in four years and are in concert at Monroe’s Live on Monday December 29.

Music for Galway’s midwinter festival

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

SOUNDTRACKS FOR Superpowers, a celebration of the music of Haydn and Shostakovich, the Music for Galway 2015 midwinter festival, is at the Town Hall Theatre from Friday January 16 to Sunday 18.

Galway indie band’s BYOB Christmas bash

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

BRING YOUR own beer/mulled wine, wear something Christmassy, and dance your woolly socks off to the absolute cream of the Galway indie-music scene at the Galway Bands BYOB Xmas Gig.

The West Cork Ukulele Orchestra @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THEY SPAN the decades of music, they cross its genres, they pay no heed to what is ‘cool’ or ‘un-hip’, they just play great music, and they do it all on ukuleles.

Amazing Apples Christmas concert

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE AMAZING Apples, one of Galway’s finest and most popular bands, play a concert in HALO on Tuesday December 23.

Roots rockers The Deans to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE DEANS, the Athenry roots-rock trio now based in France, return to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh on Sunday December 21 at 9pm.

Shaunna McEvilly to launch debut EP

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

SHAUNNA MCEVILLY, the Galway singer-songwriter, will launch her debut EP Towers with a gig Upstairs in Kelly’s Bar tomorrow at 9.30pm.

Kevin Hynes’ DJ night @ Kelly’s

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE FOUNDER of the Burrow Sessions radio-show on Australia’s Rabbit Radio, Kevin Hynes, will DJing in Kelly’s Bar this Saturday.

Kinetika @ The Cellar

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

TO SEE out 2014 and for its last night in The Cellar, the Kinetica Clubnight will host Dublin DJ Jon Hussey.

Aindrias De Stac - Christmas show of The Man From Mogaga

Wed, Dec 17, 2014

HE IS the rapper and fiddle player on The Rolling Tax Revue’s ‘No Privatisation, Irish Water, Irish Nation!’ song which has gone viral on YouTube. He is also The Man From Mogaga who went Around The World On 80 Quid.

Fregoli is first recipient of Michael Diskin Arts Bursary

Tue, Dec 16, 2014

GALWAY THEATRE company Fregoli has been chosen as the first recipient of The Michael Diskin Arts Bursary. The committee announced the winner this week, following an application process described as “highly competitive” by the adjudicating panel.

Galway Gospel Choir Christmas concert

Tue, Dec 16, 2014

THE GALWAY Gospel Choir will hold its Christmas concert in the Claddagh Church tomorrow [Wednesday December 17] at 8.30pm, with proceeds this year going to Childline.

Cinema review: The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies

Films Reviews Mon, Dec 15, 2014

AFTER 13 years, six films, and 1,031 minutes finally we have come to the end of Peter Jackson’s incredible Middle Earth saga. Even if you are not a fan of the movies you must respect how Jackson has handled the immense project.

Jape - Róisín Dubh show and new album

Mon, Dec 15, 2014

JAPE, THE solo indie-electro project of singer-songwriter and Redneck Manifesto bassist Richie Egan, returns in 2015 with a new album and an Irish tour that includes the Róisín Dubh.

Little John and his songs from the Swilly delta

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

BELL, BOOK, and Candle, Paul Deacy’s swinging-est hipster book and music emporium, was the venue recently for the launch of Songs From The Swilly Delta, the fine new album from Little John Nee and the Caledonia Highly Strung Orchestra.

The Little Cinema’s 12 Days of Christmas

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

THE LITTLE CINEMA is hosting a series of events entitled 12 Days Of Christmas, which involves film screenings, music and comedy, a Galway twist on Celebrity Mastermind, and a games night.

Christmas magic with Branar Theatre

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

BRANAR THEATRE brings its own brand of festive magic to the Town Hall Theatre next week with its acclaimed staging of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas/Oíche Roimh an Nollaig.

Declan O’Rourke - Róisín Dubh show and new album

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

IN THE late-noughties, many believed the album as way of presenting music was dead and that digital media would see everything reduced to individual tracks. Fast forward to 2014 and instead of abandoning the album, artists are using digital media as a new way to present and re-imagine the album format. This and the corresponding resurrection of vinyl means the album has plenty of life in it yet.

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