New book collects Yeats' Galway poems

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

SOUTH GALWAY, the location of Coole Park and Thoor Ballylee, was special to WB Yeats and an area where he spent some 30 summers, composing many of his finest works.

Sleaford Mods - the uncompromising voice of urban Britain

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

FOUL MOUTHED duo channelling the spirit of John Cooper Clark and Mark E Smith, making ‘state of the nation’ addresses, articulating their disgust with the state of modern Britain? This is Sleaford Mods.

Album review: R.E.M.

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 27, 2014

THERE ARE many who argue that R.E.M.’s greatest artistic achievements, bar 1992’s Automatic For The People, came during their time on the IRS label, before they signed to Warner in 1988.

Bob Quinn to be celebrated at An Taibhdhearc tomorrow

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

BOB QUINN, the Connemara based film-maker, will be celebrated through song, music, and film at a special event in An Taibhdhearc tomorrow [Friday November 28] at 8pm.

‘Of all the comic operas I know, this one is absolutely perfect’

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

FAMOUS FOR its spellbinding music and sublime arias, especially ‘Una Furtiva Lagrima’, Donizetti’s ever-popular romantic comedy The Elixir Of Love has it all, from unrequited love, to devious deception and thwarted passion.

Snapshots of Galway in another time

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

GALWAY CITY: Snapshots Through Time is a new book telling the history of the city through postcards of the area produced between 1890 and 1930.

Five band line-up to celebrate Monroe’s Live fifth birthday

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

MONROE’S LIVE is celebrating five years of music concerts with Monroe’s Live Turns 5! from 9pm on Friday December 5, which will include a set from the mighty Hot Sprockets.

Ultan Conlon - ‘Songwriting is the way I express myself’

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

His music has been played on RTÉ, Today FM, the BBC, and regional stations throughout Ireland. His albums have been acclaimed by music critics and bloggers. The video for his most recent single features Barry Ward, an emerging name in Irish film.

Baile an Salsa launch debut album @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

BAILE AN Salsa, the Irish trad/Latin music fusion band led by singer Andres Martorell, launch their new album Tribu at Monroe’s Live on Saturday December 6.

My Darling Clementine @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

MY DARLING Clementine are not American, but they rival any American act when it comes to creating classy, down home, country’n’western.

Printer Clips - a different guise for Bell X1’s Paul Noonan

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

PRINTER CLIPS, the new solo project from Bell X1’s Paul Noonan, have released a new charity single ‘Hole In Her Heart’ and play the Róisín Dubh on Sunday December 7 at 8pm.

Handel’s Messiah comes to St Nicholas’

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

HANDEL’S MASTERPIECE and one of the great works of classical and Christian music, Messiah, will be performed in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, on Sunday December 7 at 6.30pm.

Leading Galway folk musicians release charity single

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

SOME OF GALWAY’S greatest folk musicians, like Sean Keane, Sean Tyrrell, Mary McPartlan, and Johnny Duhan, have joined forces to create The Claddagh Band.

Frank Naughton’s A Vintage Christmas

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

ONE OF GALWAY’S finest and most popular singers, tenor Frank Naughton, will present his show, A Vintage Christmas, at the Town Hall Theatre, on Thursday December 18 at 8pm.

Call Super to make debut Irish appearance

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

CALL SUPER - aka DJ JR Seaton - will make his debut Irish appearance when he plays Bap to the Future this Saturday in Factory, Abbeygate Street.

ConTempo to play as part of charity Christmas concert

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

NUI GALWAY will hold a Christmas concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Monday December 1 at 8pm, to raise funds for GamBLE.

The Henry Girls - heavenly folk harmonies

Wed, Nov 26, 2014

THE PRISTINE, three-part harmonies, delicate roots-folk melodies, and Irish folk with Americana sounds of Donegal’s The Henry Girls will be heard in Monroe’s Live on Thursday December 4.

Theatre review: No Show (Thereisbear! Mick Lally Theatre)

Theatre Reviews Wed, Nov 26, 2014

UP-AND-coming Galway ensemble Thereisbear! launched Druid’s emerging artists FUEL residency programme in fine style on Tuesday night at the Mick Lally Theatre with the premiere of No Show, written and directed by Peter Shine.

Citóg - three nights of left-field music for December

Tue, Nov 25, 2014

CITÓG, THE Galway music night which supports original, emerging, and alternative rock, pop, electro, and folk artists, returns in December for a second instalment of Wednesday night gigs at the Róisín Dubh.

HamsandwicH to play Róisín Dubh this week

Tue, Nov 25, 2014

A CHANGE is as good as a rest they sometimes say, and HamsandwicH certainly believe in the truth of that old chestnut, employing it as the rule of thumb for their forthcoming album.

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