Samantha Crain - the Essential Songs Playlist

Essential Playlist Tue, Jul 01, 2014

NATIVE AMERICAN singer-songwriter Samantha Crain has been quietly making a name for herself over the past five years, with music that has embraced indie, alternative-rock, folk, and acoustic.

When Northern Ireland reached Mexico 86

Mon, Jun 30, 2014

BEFORE JACK’S Army, there was another band of ‘Men in Green’ who against-the-odds qualified for World Cups, scored unexpected victories, and did much better than anyone expected.

Nirvana’s Chad Channing to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

CHAD CHANNING, the former Nirvana drummer who played on the band’s 1989 debut album Bleach, is touring Ireland next month with his new band Before Cars.

Portishead DJ Andy Smith to celebrate one year of Shuffle!

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

HUFFLE! with DJ Dave Barry opened its doors to the public one year ago this July in the Róisín Dubh and has garnered a reputation for a great night of eclectic sounds ranging from soulful disco to uptempo reggae and northern soul. To celebrate this milestone ANDY SMITH, the man who DJed for and supplied samples for Portishead - and even one for The Prodigy - has been drafted in. 

Drenge - grungy garage rock @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

THEIR MUISIC has been called “a grungy, garage rock racket” by Q while the NME said their future looks set to be “nothing less than heart-stoppingly, bone-shakingly exciting”.

The Original Rudeboys to play all-ages show

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

THE ORIGINAL Rudeboys play an all-ages show in Monroe’s Live on Sunday July 13, to give younger fans a chance to hear songs from their new album, All We Are, performed in concert.

Róisín Dubh Stage @ Westport Festival

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

THE CREAM of Irish indie rock, including some of Galway’s best bands, will be taking Mayo by storm when they play the Westport Festival of Music and Food 2014.

Galway’s guitar great on stage

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

TOM PORTMAN, the gifted and inventive Galway guitarist, whose music mixes blues, folk, classical, and Asian styles, plays Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street, tomorrow at 9pm.

Clubnights @ Factory

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

BOTH FLOORS at Electric will be taken over by the Bap To The Future clubnight this Saturday, with DJ Sunil Sharpe the main attraction.

American song for the fourth of July

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

THE USA celebrates its Independence Day on July 4 and in that spirit Galway’s Ignite Gospel Choir will perform two concerts of American song.

Kurt and his giant RedBall

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

The RedBall Project has seen some interesting places over the past 13 years, bouncing from cities in the United States to a variety of countries across the world, taking in Abu Dhabi, Taipei, Perth, Sydney, Korea, and Barcelona, and now for the first time resting on Irish soil this summer.

Moonfish and Star Of The Sea’s ‘secret architecture’

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

IN RECENT years, Galway’s Moonfish Theatre Company, founded by sisters Máiréad and Ionia Ní Chróinín, has been winning a burgeoning reputation as one of the most imaginative and exciting around.

Celebrate the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

POET, NOVELIST, songwriter, journalist - Patrick Kavanagh - was born 110 years ago in Monaghan, and his life and works will be celebrated at two events in Galway city.

Album review: Parquet Courts

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 26, 2014

DO I like Parquet Courts's Sunbathing Animal because it is good on its own merits, or is it because I love Pavement and these guys so obviously do as well?

Summer Haze

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

TOMORROW PROMISES to be a red letter day for Galway singer-songwriter Chris Haze as his debut album, The World Outside, is officially launched at the Village Venue in Dublin.

Westide Library to host Galway’s biggest open-mic

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

GALWAY’S BIGGEST open-mic for prose writers and poets will take place in the Westside Library, Seamus Quirke Road, on Wednesday July 9 from 6pm to 8pm.

Gerry Hanberry’s new poetic shoes

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 26, 2014

JIMMY NAIL sang about ‘Crocodile Shoes’, Ian Dury had New Boots and Panties, but in his fourth collection of poems, Galway writer Gerry Hanberry ponders What Our Shoes Say About Us.

No Crows - a band of all the talents

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

THE WATERBOYS violinist Steve Wickham and the acclaimed Mallorcan guitarist Felip Carbonell, are two members of a band called No Crows.

Arts festival shows @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

IRISH TRAD and a bit of jazz will be heard in Monroe’s Live at the shows the venue is hosting as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Funk, Soul & Reggae @ Massimo tomorrow night

Thu, Jun 26, 2014

Vinyl junkie Dave Barry will be spinning funk, soul, reggae, jump blues, latin boogaloo, disco and more tomorrow night in Massimo all on vinyl. Admission is free. Dave will be returning to Massimo on Sunday for his weekly vinyl chill out session ‘Sunday Service’ from 1 to 3pm while the award winning EAT restaurant supply the food.

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