Harvester and Dvne - metal tour begins in Galway

Tue, Oct 18, 2016

GALWAY STONER rock/metal band Harvester and Edinburgh doom/black metal quartet Dvne, will tour Ireland next week, with both bands playing Galway city at the start of the tour.

Blood Thread - metal band to make Galway debut

Tue, Oct 18, 2016

BLOOD THREAD will bring their bone crushing, modern, death metal to Galway next week for what will be the Scottish band's first appearance in this city, accompanied by Words That Burn, who are also making their Galway debut.

Julio Bashmore to DJ @ Electric

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

INSPIRED BY the French electro and dance sounds of Daft Punk and Cassius, and the bass scene of his native Bristol, DJ Julio Bashmore is acclaimed for his forward thinking, constantly future focused approach, to music.

Chic drummer to give Galway workshop

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

RALPH ROLLE, the drummer with Nile Rodgers' Chic, and the man who has drummed for Sting, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Slash, Elvis Costello, and Smokey Robinson, will give a drum clinic in Galway.

Interskalactic to bring the ska to Monroe's

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

HAILED AS “the future of ska in Ireland” by Ryan Tubridy, Interskalactic have firmly marked their place as a live and festival favourite, fusing big band flavour and first-wave, old-school Jamaican ska.

Bach for lunch

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

JOHANN SEBASTIAN Bach's Overture in the French Style will be performed on harpsichord by the acclaimed Irish musician, Malcolm Proud, in a lunchtime concert for Music For Galway.

New song from Don Stiffe

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

GALWAY FOLK-singer songwriter Don Stiff has released a new single, 'You'll Always Be My Mother', exploring his experiences of adoption.

Smash Hits! to relive the 90s @ HALO

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

KITTED OUT head-to-toe in 1990s clobber, Smash Hits! will deliver a nostalgia drenched set of dance, pop, and r'n'b hits from that decade when they play HALO tomorrow from 11pm.

Mick Flannery - new album and Róisín Dubh show

Mon, Oct 10, 2016

TWO DAYS before he releases his new album, I Own You, acclaimed Cork singer-songwriter Mick Flannery returns to Galway for a show where fans can expect to hear songs from that new release.

Oasis - Be Here Now reissue

Music Reviews Mon, Oct 10, 2016

BE HERE Now was the album which put the cocaine infused nail in the coffin of the hubris filled, jingoistic, corpse of Britpop. The phenomenon which, in the words of Suede's Brett Anderson began "with the charm and intelligence of a Mike Leigh film" had indeed "become a Carry On movie".

We Banjo 3 - 'the future of world music'

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

WE BANJO 3 return to the Róisín Dubh to officially launch - on this side of the Atlantic - their latest album, String Theory, which has already been No 1 on Billboard's World Music charts.

Album review: Pixies

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 06, 2016

IN THEIR original incarnation, the Pixies made four albums, at least two of which - 1987's Surfer Rosa and 1989's Dolittle - are high watermarks of indie/alternative rock, which continue to echo through the generations.

Christian Wallumrød to play Galway Jazz Festival

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

CONSIDERED ONE of Norway's most prominent and influential contemporary musicians and composers, Christian Wallumrød is a solo artist, band leader, and diverse collaborator, who plays Galway this weekend as part of the Galway Jazz Festival.

French pianist Adam Laloum to make Galway debut

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

THE BRILLIANT young French pianist Adam Laloum makes his Irish debut with a Music For Galway concert next week, performing works by Brahms, Schubert, and Mozart.

Antal to DJ @ Electric

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

ANTAL, THE Amsterdam DJ of the moment will be spinning the decks at the Shivers clubnight in the Electric Garden and Theatre, Abbeygate Street, for a three hour set tomorrow from 11pm.

The Southern Fold to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

THEY CITE Hank Williams and Kurt Cobain as their inspirations, and they seek to communicate messages of truth and honesty through harmony singing and the craft of songwriting in its simplest, purist, form.

Two guitarists - one tour of Galway

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

PETER VON TOY, the singer-guitarist who plays "rock drenched blues tinted folk", and Galway based guitar wizard Tom Portman, will play a number of dates around Galway city and county.

Strap on the air guitar and widdle!

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

STRAP ON the air guitar and get ready to widdle on an imaginary fretboard and pull all kinds of rock god face and shapes at the Air Guitar Heroes event which takes place in Galway next week.

The New 52 - new album and Róisín Dubh gig

Wed, Oct 05, 2016

THE NEW 52 is a name that to many signifies DC Comics' relaunch of its superhero titles, but it is also the name of the new indie/pop-rock project of Dublin singer-songwriter Darragh Cullen, who has a new album and a show in Galway this week.

Zinc to launch debut album at Galway Jazz Festival

Tue, Oct 04, 2016

GALWAY POST-rock trio Zinc, whose music is "capable of knocking an audience clean off their feet" according to The Thin Air, launch their eponymously titled debut album on Thursday October 6 at 8pm in Biteclub, Abbeygate Street, as part of the Galway Jazz Festival 2016.

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