Dub reggae with Jonah Dan

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

JONAH DAN, a mainstay of the British dub scene since the early nineties, plays the first Rootical Sound System show of 2014.

Memory, dance, and mothers

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

SWIMMING WITH My Mother and Missing, two new shows by choreographer David Bolger, are being brought to Galway by CoisCéim Dance Theatre.

The two shows, billed as Duets, take place in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday April 1 at 8pm.

Irish-American hoe-down @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

ST PATRICK’S Eve and St Patrick’s Day will be celebrated musically at Monroe’s Live with two gigs from Minnesota’s The Hounds of Finn.

The Hive’s birthday celebration

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

THE HIVE clubnight celebrates one year of throwing parties in the Róisín Dubh when DJs Cian Ó Cíobháin and Cyril Briscoe hit the decks tomorrow from 11.30pm.

The girl who sings sean nós

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

AISLING GHEAL are a group of women keeping sean-nós alive by attracting young people to this traditional form of Irish singing - including Shahira Apraku.

New film by maker of The Pipe

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

RICHIE O’DONNELL, who made the acclaimed documentary The Pipe, will screen his new film in Galway next Tuesday.

Dum Dum Girls to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

THE BRILLIANT Los Angeles pop-punk/indie-rock band Dum Dum Girls play the Róisín Dubh on Friday May 9 as part of their European tour.

Foals man to DJ @ Electric

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

EDWIN CONGREAVE, the keyboardist with leading English indie-rock band Foals will be in Galway this weekend, DJing at the Electric Garden and Theatre.

Edwin will be DJing at the Deep Shit party night on Sunday, where he will be joined by on the decks by Jack Savidge of fellow indie band Friendly Fires. Deep Shit is their “combined descent into a dark realm governed entirely by dancefloor values”.

Senakah - new single and Kelly’s show

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

IT’S ALL go for Irish indie band Senakah, with a new single and an Irish tour which takes in Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street this Saturday.

The story of a fighting man

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

JOHNNY KILBANE, the Irish-American boxer who remains the longest reigning World Featherweight Champion of all time, is the subject of a film to be shown on TG4.

Six of the best on stage

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

LIVERPOOL-GALWAY punk band Vamos will storm the stage of Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street tomorrow, headlining a bill featuring six bands.

Following the release of the band’s second album in December, Vamos have won praise and airplay from Dave Fanning (2FM) and Paul McLoone (Today FM). Expect fast, fun, and catchy pop-punk.

Sal Vitro @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

THE GRITTY stomp-rock of Sal Vitro will be on display in Monroe’s Live tonight from 10pm.

Second collection of Tom Duddy’s poems

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

THE YEARS, a collection of poetry by the late philosopher and academic Tom Duddy, is to be launched in Galway city this month.

Choral concerts for Simon

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

GALWAY SIMON Community has been selected as the chosen charity for two concerts to take place during St Patrick’s Weekend.

Cúirt 2014 - from Booker winners to new voices

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

IT SAYS something about the ambition of Cúirt 2014 that an eminent author like Sebastian Barry; Irish fiction’s rising star Dónal Ryan; and the Man Booker winner Eleanor Catton, are among the major - but far from only major - names coming to this year’s festival.

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry - the mad genius of Jamaican music

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

ASKING “WHO is Lee Perry?” is like asking “What is literature?” or “What is colour?” The question is too big. He is the Muhammad Ali of Jamaican music. A pint sized genius with purple hair.

The man’s discography is an endless abyss of dubs and reggae nuggets not to mention his various aliases and production roles. With more than 50 years recording his career has had a number of phases.

A concert of Jewish themed music

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

SHOSTAKOVICH’S VISIT to Ireland in 1972 and ‘Jewish themed’ works by him andf Aaron Copeland will be the centerpieces of a Music For Galway event.

On the road with A Skull In Connemara

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

“I’M STANDING here and my car has just been clamped!” Garret Keogh informs me when I ring him on Monday afternoon to chat about Decadent Theatre Company’s production of Martin McDonagh’s A Skull In Connemara which comes to the Town Hall Theatre this month.

Memento Morte in Town Hall

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

JACK THE Ripper’s reign of terror forms the backdrop to a new tragi-comedy, Memento Morte, which runs in the Town Hall studio next week.

Written and directed by Adrian Lavelle, author of the well-received Fig For A Kiss, the play is a co-production between two local companies, Zeroline and Wolf Meets World.