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Two fantastic nights of music take place this January at Roscommon Arts Centre, kicking off with Maura O’Connell and Karan Casey taking to the stage on January 24. Witness the first collaboration of legendary singers Maura O’Connell and Karan Casey as they are joined by accordionist Martin Tourish and guitarist Ed Boyd this spring. With a Grammy nomination, TG4 Musician of the Year title, BBC Folk Award, and over one million album sales between them, this promises to be an incredible evening with some of the biggest talents in Irish music.

TOMORROW PROMISES to be a red letter day for Galway singer-songwriter Chris Haze as his debut album, The World Outside, is officially launched at the Village Venue in Dublin.

IN THE early 1970s, a young musician named Simon is enjoying success with his band The Heartbeats and everywhere he is surrounded by the trappings of a rock-star life style.

THE SAPPHIRES, starring Irish actor Chris O’Dowd, and telling the tale of a mother and three aunts who form a soul quartet, will be screened in the Town Hall Theatre.

Triple artist exhibition opens in Ballina

Athlone Film Club is delighted to be showing the suspense-filled BAFTA nominated documentary The Imposter as their final film of the season on Tuesday February 12 in the Dean Crowe Theatre. This film was selected by the members of Athlone Film Club as the film they wanted to see to end another great selection of films.

Athlone’s Literary Festival which has grown from strength to strength in recent years, has announced its 2011 line-up. It features diverse events such as an evening with former Mountjoy Governor John Lonergan and discussions with poet Gabriel Rosenstock and writer Nuala Ni Conchuir, and an interview with Ruth Dudley Edwards. The event literally has something for everyone, whether it’s crime fiction, comic strips, poetry, music, or true-life stories. The festival takes place October 7- 9.

Hot on the heels of his third album, Fingertips of the Silversmith, Tiger Cooke is to appear in Millars next Tuesday, December 28.

Sean Og’s debut single, “I Still Love You Without Your Car”, was released in May 2010 and shot to the number one position on the Irish iTunes chart. The song received play on radio stations across Ireland as well as in Europe and the US. The music video, which showcased Sharon Shannon's amazing singing and musical instrument-playing dogs, instantly became a YouTube sensation.

Think you have what it takes to make it in the music business? If you are a young musician aged between 12 and 18, now is your chance to enter the 2009 Irish Youth Music Awards (IYMAs).