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IRISH GUITARIST Philip Donnelly, who has worked with Gary Moore, Donovan, and Johnny Cash, is undertaking a solo acoustic tour to promote his new album Beyond the Pale.

THE TRAD lunchtime concerts have been a feature of the Galway International Arts Festival for more than 20 years, and this year boasts a superb line-up playing Monroe's Live - especially appealing for those who love trad fiddle - and it all kicks off on Thursday.

SINGER-SONGWRITER Denis Mockler will launch his debut EP, Open Doors, at a gig in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 2 at 8pm.

BETH NIELSEN Chapman, the twice Grammy-nominated Nashville singer-songwriter, is a woman of many talents, commitments, and achievements.

THE BLUEGRASS sounds of the Southern states of America will be heard loud and proud in Galway, tomorrow, with a gig by Gone To Grass.

ONE EVENING in 1951, in the Massachusetts town of Dedham, a young Irish-American teenager happened to tune in to the local radio station as a country band called The Confederate Mountaineers were playing.

FROM BUTCHERING to balladry might seem like an unusual career arc but it is one that Mayo-born, Galway based, songwriter Michael O’Connor has managed with aplomb.

PAUL WELLER declared Declan O’Rourke’s ‘Galileo’ as the one song he wished he had written, while Chris Rea, John Prine, and Paul Brady have sung O’Rourke’s praises.

HE HAS produced albums by Lucinda Williams and Tom Russell, played guitar for Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle, and he is a solo singer-songwriter.

Top musicians Dermot Byrne, Floriane Blancke and Castlebar’s own Brendan O'Regan perform at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday November 7 at 8pm. (Please note rescheduled performance date.)