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THE NATIONAL, the greatest band in the world right now, take to the stage in Galway in July. The centre of attention will be vocalist Matt Berninger, a charismatic storm of passion and masculine existential angst, his lyrics matched by the intensity of guitarists Aaron and Bryce Dessner, and the imaginative rhythms of drummer Bryan Devendorf, while calmly, authoritatively anchoring all this tension and release will be bassist Scott Devendorf.

Westport Festival of Music and Food has announced that Little Green Cars will perform on the Roisin Dubh stage at the family friendly boutique festival which takes place in the picturesque grounds of Westport House on both the  Saturday and Sunday nights of the festival. It is the first time an act will play on both nights of the festival.

TOM CHAPIN, the three-time Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, is making a welcome return to County Galway and the Baboró International Children’s Festival.

THE MUSICAL of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Gothic tale, Jekyll & Hyde, will be performed by the Galway Musical Society, in the Black Box Theatre from Tuesday March 19 to Saturday 23 at 8pm.

MUSICALLY, SOUTHERN California is associated with hip hop, punk, hippy singer-songwriters, and sleaze rockers, not bluegrass, country, and folk, but Sara Watkins and her family prove an exception.

THE KALAMAZOO Children’s Chorus touring choir are coming to Galway to perform in St Augustine’s Church, Middle Street, tomorrow at 8pm.

BEÓGA HAVE been called “the best traditional band to emerge from Ireland this century” by the Wall Street Journal, while Irish Philadelphia called them “simply thrilling”.

IN 2002 Israeli producer and engineer Shay Leon launched his professional recording studio Shay’s Studio in Leitrim village, outside Loughrea.

Memories of this year’s Rhythm and Roots Festival will be revived with a full programme of shows at Cleeres this weekend.

BRENDAN BENSON was born and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan, a suburb of the port city of Detroit. The city is known as the world’s centre of the automobile industry, but it is even more famous for its music.