Stephanie Rainey - new single, Galway show

Tue, Mar 06, 2018

STEPHANIE RAINEY has just released her new single 'Question Mark', the follow-up to her radio hit 'Sorry', and singles '100 Like Me' and 'Nothing Of You Left To Love', which have amassed nearly 10 million streams across all platforms.

Paddy Hanna - debut album launch at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

GIVEN STRANGE Brew Rekkids' releases to date have been firmly rooted in electronica, the sound of a gentle electric guitar, piano, and an oboe playing a melody faintly recalling Bette Midler's 'The Rose', is the last thing you expect to hear.

Album review: The Breeders

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 01, 2018

ANY DISCUSSION of what constitutes The Breeders finest hour will always, and only ever, really consider one of two possible answers - the mega selling Last Splash (1993), or its unhinged older sister, Pod (1990).

Gwendolyn Masin - a 'formidable talent' comes to Galway

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

"THE EXPERIENCE of live music is everything. It’s the ultimate form of communication, moving us into dimensions that language cannot reach. A word is not a sentence, but a note can be an entire story.”

Shivers second birthday @ Electric

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

NEW JACKSON, Barry Redsetta, and Jamie Tiller will be in the Electric Garden & Theatre tomorrow night, while the Gash Collective will takeover Factory, all to celebrate the second birthday of the Shivers clubnight.

World music and a 'Bollywood céilí' in Gort

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

A BOLLYWOOD céilí and world music will be heard from five Irish youth orchestras at the 11th annual Coole Music Orchestra Festival which comes to Gort, south Galway, next weekend.

Intimate gig from Billy Bragg approved Seán McGowan

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

BILLY BRAGG has called singer-songwriter Seán McGowan "one to watch" and Galway will get a chance to see why, up close and personal, when the Englishman plays The Secret Garden tonight.

Chris Wise And The Hidden Revolution @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

THEY HAVE been called "Manchester's finest emerging talents" by TJEvents, and sound "as if they have something mighty brewing. Who knows how big it could be if they manage to let it out", according to Chris Long at BBC Manchester.

Hip hopper Kojaque is Galway bound

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

HE TAKES his name from one of the most popular TV cop shows from the 1970s and early 1980s, but alters the spelling, to give it his own spin - rather like his own individual approach to hip hop.

Cider Wasps to play Monroe's

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

CIDER WASPS clearly know what they are doing, having been mentored by the late Dennis Sheehan, U2's world tour manager for more than 30 years; and in getting support slots with the Original Rude Boys and Walking on Cars.

The Stunning to play festival Big Top this summer

Wed, Feb 28, 2018

THE STUNNING will be 'brewing up a storm' at the Galway International Arts Festival this summer, when the much loved and legendary band play the Big Top in the Fisheries Field.

Tracy Bruen - new single, Galway shows

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

TRACY BRUEN, one of Galway's most outstanding singer-songwriters, recently released her new single, 'Fall Away', and will tour Ireland, Germany, and the Czech Republic over the coming weeks.

Ciaran Lavery - new album, Monroe's show

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

IN HIS five years as a solo artist, Ciaran Lavery has clocked up more than 80 million streams on Spotify, while in 2016 he won the Northern Ireland Music Prize for his album Let Bad In.

Steven Sharpe and Tara Stacey - live

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

THE OUTRAGEOUSLY brilliant Steve Sharpe, and the quirkily wonderful Tara Stacey, will be in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh, for a double bill of great music and song.

Redmond O'Toole - one day, two concerts

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

REDMOND O'TOOLE, described as "an important ambassador for the classical guitar in Ireland" by the Royal Irish Academy of Music, is coming to Galway next week to play a lunchtime concert.

Galway Rocks For Hospice

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

LEADING GALWAY covers band, such as Tightrope and Metallica tribute band Whiplash, will take to the stage of The King's Head for the Galway Rocks For Hospice charity night.

Creedence Clearwater revived

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

BETWEEN 1968 and 1972, Creedence Clearwater Revival released seven albums - a staggering three alone in 1969 - enjoying enormous artistic, commercial, and critical success in that period.

A night in memory of Dolores O’Riordan

Wed, Feb 21, 2018

DREAMING HER Dreams: A Night in Memory of Dolores O’Riordan, which takes place this weekend, will see some of Galway's finest singers and musicians perform songs by the late Limerick songwriter.

Joshua Burnside - a world of (unconventional) music

Tue, Feb 20, 2018

HIS MUSIC has been called "rumbling, brooding, powerful, magnetic" by The Irish Times, and "dynamic and wide ranging" by Chordblossom, while BBC Radio 1's Phil Taggart said "it makes you glad to have a pair of working ears".

Nathan Fake - a rootsier sounding electronica

Mon, Feb 19, 2018

NATHAN FAKE grew up in Necton, a village in the middle of Norfolk, he fell in love with music during his school years, and was turned on to electronica after hearing Aphex Twin and Orbital.

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