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One of the great pop eccentrics of his generation, he gained fame in the mid-'90s as frontman for the neo-psychedelic warriors Super Furry Animals, and has continued to craft melodically rich, stylistically adventurous works as a solo artist.

Siamsa Seipeil, now in its eighth year, is delighted to welcome Phil Coulter, composer, producer and performer to Swinford. “Phil is the best-selling artist of his generation. He has written at least four titles that can be added to the ‘Irish songbook’ – the anthems ‘The Town I Loved So Well’ and ‘Ireland’s Call’ and the haunting ‘Scorn not his Simplicity’ and ‘Steal Away’. This is a unique opportunity to see a world-class artist in the unique and intimate venue that is Swinford Church.” Tickets are available now – and will sell quickly. Buy now, to avoid disappointment, online at www.swinfordgaa.ie and in the real world in O’Connell’s Pharmacy, The Gateway Hotel & Mellett’s newsagents. Or call Mick at 0876837564

“WHEN I was a kid, I got a white Fender jazz bass and I freaked out. I had the most intense goose bumps. It felt liked I’d been given my sword and my journey could finally begin.”

AN AMBIENT soundscape, full of echoing, ghostly drones, underpinned by four gently shifting, rising, falling notes, looms into the ears, before the voice of Bell X-1's Paul Noonan intones, "And the words rain down like confetti..."

CLASSICAL, CONTEMPORARY, and Irish trad will be heard in the Galway City Museum when the great ConTempo quartet and guests, play a new series of concerts there entitled 3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music.