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The 17-piece orchestra’s maestro, Martin Murray, received treatment for pancreatic cancer from the Galway and Donegal-based charity in 2023. To show his appreciation, the former cruise ship musical director is now putting on a one-time fundrasier featuring the works of all the jazz greats, from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller and many more.

The Galway City Jazz Orchestra will assemble for one night only at the Galmont Hotel on Sunday, May 26, in aid of Cancer Care West.

Legendary singer, musician and actor, Tony Christie, is answering a call from his forefather’s Claremorris homeland to star as the Grand Marshal for the town’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Friday 17 March from 2pm.

Celebrate the power of women in the history of the blues with ‘Ladies in the Blues’ music theatre show, from the gospel roots of the 1920s, through vaudeville and jazz, to the blues rock of the sixties and seventies.

The Galway International Arts Festival 2019 line-up is here and Monroe’s have a star-studded

COMING FROM a family steeped in music, the soulful, Clare-born, chanteuse Síomha, grew up on a diet of musical greats, with the sounds of jazz, trad, folk, and soul creeping in and leaving an indelible mark on her musical tastes and influences.

The Midlands Big Band are hosting a Christmas cracker of a show on Monday, December 10, at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Athlone in aid of Athlone Hospice, just in time to kick of the festive season.

IN JANUARY this year, 'When I See You Standing There' by Irish singer-songwriter Fynne, was picked as the January ‘18 Select Irish Track for FM104, Q102, LMFM Radio, Limerick Live 95, and Cork 96FM.

FEW IRISH albums of recent years have been as genuinely deserving of the epitaph ‘long awaited’ as Wyvern Lingo’s debut. The anticipation began after the Wicklow trio’s Letter To Willow EP which saw them shift dramatically away from their original prog/folk leanings, and towards a sharp, modern, RnB/soul sound.