Walpurgis Night VI

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

THE NEW, the old, and the heaviest descend on Galway this weekend for the city's Doom Metal festival, Walpurgis Night VI, with gigs from Graveyard Dirt, Soothsayer, and Genuflection.

Album review: Ásgeir

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 27, 2017

WITH HIS debut album, In The Silence (aka Dýrð í dauðaþögn) having come out of nowhere to be a phenomenon in his native Iceland, and winning critical acclaim and audiences across Europe, expectations are very high for the follow-up.

Cabbage to play Strange Brew

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

CONTROVERSIAL MANCHESTER punk band Cabbage are "hell-bent on filling the current vacancy for rock’n’roll commentator on Brexit Britain" according to The Guardian, and they have Galway in their sights.

William McCarthy - Music For The People

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

WILLIAM MCCARTHY was songwriter and vocalist of the American indie rock band Augustines, but since that band's split, he has embarked on a solo journey as a singer-songwriter, storyteller, visual artist, and troubadour.

Four hands - one piano

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

THEY WILL play the piano separately and then, side by side, they will play the piano together, just to show that, not only do 'many hands make light work', but can, if they are the right hands, play wonderful music.

Áine Cahill to play The Loft

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

A FUSION of classic 1950s style jazz with contemporary pop defines the sound, style, and approach of Cavan singer-songwriter Áine Cahill, who plays Galway next week.

Baile An Salsa @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

FRESH FROM their recent tour of the US, Baile an Salsa - the Latin music/Irish trad fusion band - are back in Galway and will play the Monroe's Live Main Stage this Saturday from 9pm.

Bluesman WOLFF @ Monroe's

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

BLUES AND grunge combine in a primal and intense manner in the music of Wexford singer-songwriter WOLFF who plays Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Saturday May 6 at 9pm.

My Fellow Sponges Cúirt concert

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

GALWAY PROG-folk band My Fellow Sponges will play a one-off lunchtime concert, in the Ruby Room, The King's Head, as part of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Bank Holiday weekender @ Electric

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

WITH THE May Bank Holiday Weekend coming hot on the heels of the Easter Bank Holiday, it will be another chance to dance, with leading Galway and Irish DJs taking over all floors of the Electric Garden and Theatre.

Bank Holiday Weekend @ HALO

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

WITH ANOTHER Bank Holiday coming so soon after the last it's another chance for a long weekend and big nights out, and HALO nightclub, Abbeygate Street, has a stacked line-up of resident DJs all weekend.

Simultaneous Vinyl Love for Repeal events across 8 Cities and 2 Countries..

Wed, Apr 26, 2017

Sunday May 14th in 8 cities of Ireland and the UK with more to be announced.

The Coronas, Jenny Greene, and RTÉ Concert Orchestra for Big Top

Tue, Apr 25, 2017

THE CORONAS, one of Ireland's best loved bands will play a headline at the Big Top to close the Absolut Big Top music programme at the Galway International Arts Festival this summer, while the day before 2FM’s Jenny Greene and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra will join forces for a night of dance anthems.

An Taobh Tuathail - a sonic journey to 1972

Mon, Apr 24, 2017

1972 WAS one hell of a year for music. It was the year of Roxy Music's debut album; David Bowie's breakthrough with The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars; and Bowie also wrote a hit song for Mott The Hoople and produced Transformer for Lou Reed.

EP review: Daithí

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 20, 2017

'GAELIC HEART, Modern Mind' could - should - be the very definition of Daithí's approach to music, a deep respect and love for traditional music and culture, with a forward looking embrace of the modern.

Talos - debut album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

FOLLOWING THE release of his new single 'Contra', Irish indie-electro sensation Talos is about to release his debut album Wild Alee, after which he comes to Galway to play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh.

Therapy? - Live and mellowed out?

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

THERAPY? THE Antrim trio who blazed a trail across the Irish and British music scenes with their loud, lively, and frantic punk/metal, often with a tasty dollop of melody, are touring Ireland, and fans are going to see and hear them in a very different context.

FEAST - punk, metal, and 'miserable post-hardcore'

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

A BAND that knows no boundaries between audience and stage, another that just loves guitar riffs, and a third who call themselves "miserable post-hardcore" - play the next FEAST gig.

Lasairfhíona - a sean nós gig for Cúirt

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

SEAN NÓS singer Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola, "a pure breath of everything that is beautiful about Ireland", according to the BBC Folk & Acoustic Reviews, is to sing at the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

The Clandestinos @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

THE CLANDESTINOS, the Galway band who fuse classic Jamaican roots reggae with the Latin tinged sounds of Manu Chao and the Buena Vista Social Club, play Monroe’s Live next week.

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