Windings - new single and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, May 19, 2016

WINDINGS RETURN In 2016 with Irish dates, including Galway next week, festival appearances, while their fourth studio album, Be Honest and Fear Not, is due out in the autumn.

Leo Stannard to play The Loft

Thu, May 19, 2016

IT HAS been a phenomenal year for Leicester. The city's football team has won the English Premiership, snooker player Mark Selby won World Snooker Champion last month, while the star of fellow son of the city, musician Leo Stannard, continues to rise.

Gerry McAvoy and Ted McKenna - Celebrate the music of Rory Gallagher

Thu, May 19, 2016

GERRY MCAVOY and Ted McKenna, both members of Rory Gallagher's band, will join forces for a concert in Galway next month, to perform and celebrate Rory's music.

Leon Vynehall to DJ @ Electric

Thu, May 19, 2016

BRIGHTON DJ Leon Vynehall has been making steady tracks in the world of melodious house since his debut ‘Mauve’ came out in 2012, and he plays Electric Garden and Theatre tomorrow at 11pm.

Oasis tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, May 19, 2016

LIVE FOREVER, the leading Irish tribute band to Oasis, bring their two hour show of music from the Manchester band, to Monroe’s Live on Friday May 27 at 10pm.

Black Grape - Shaun Ryder's post-Happy Mondays band are back

Mon, May 16, 2016

BLACK GRAPE, Shaun Ryder's post-Happy Mondays' band are back and will play Britain and Ireland this November and December to celebrate the 21st anniversary of their debut album It’s Great When You're Straight... Yeah.

Album review: Jealous Of The Birds

Music Reviews Thu, May 12, 2016

"I'LL BUY a van the colour of Christ's blood." As an opening line it's an arresting image. When allied to the kind of woozy, anthemic, slacker rock groove that would surely earn approval from Steven Malkmus, it's a double whammy of good things.

An intimate evening with Maverick Sabre

Thu, May 12, 2016

IT TOOK three years for Maverick Sabre to release his long awaited second album Innerstanding, which arrived late last year, but with that now under his belt, he's back touring and is coming to Galway.

The Academic - all ages and evening shows

Thu, May 12, 2016

THE ACADEMIC, the Westmeath band who play "well thought out, clever and catchy tunes," according to Goldenplec, and whose debut single 'Different' was nominated for the Choice Music Prize, play the Róisín Dubh.

An Spidéal to honour 'master of the melodeon' Johnny Connolly

Thu, May 12, 2016

MUSICIANS FROM across Ireland will gather to honour "the master of the melodeon", Johnny Connolly, at a special event in the Park Lodge Hotel, An Spidéal, tomorrow at 9pm.

Mediaeval love songs en Français

Thu, May 12, 2016

THE GALWAY Early Music Festival, taking place this weekend, with its theme of 'Play, Lady, Play, is all about women and nowhere are women more to the fore than in Trobar et Joglar, a programme of 12th century French troubadour songs.

Shadow Child @ Electric tonight

Thu, May 12, 2016

SHADOW CHILD, as his name implies, feels most comfortable in the shadows, as it allows him to get on with doing what he loves - creating bass-heavy house joints which have raised the roof across the globe.

Christy Moore - new album and Galway concert

Thu, May 12, 2016

CHRISTY MOORE releases his new album, Lily, on Friday May 20 and he makes a welcome return to Galway to play The Connemara Coast Hotel on Thursday June 23.

Galway acts line out for charity concert

Thu, May 12, 2016

LEADING GALWAY musicians and performers will take to the stage for Superheroes, a special charity event to raise funds and awareness about CGD diseases.

Black Bank Folk - tribute show to 1916

Thu, May 12, 2016

IRISH FOLK band Black Bank Folk - the musicians who make up Damien Dempsey's band - will perform their debut album, Rising, at Monroe’s Live on Friday May 20 at 9pm.

Kane Sisters Fóroige Youth Cafe gig

Thu, May 12, 2016

LIZ AND Yvonne Kane, two of the most vibrant forces in Irish trad, play the next Galway Youth Arts Alliance Show Up and Show Off gig at the Fóroige Youth Cafe, Fairgreen, this Saturday at 7pm.

Until April @ The Loft

Thu, May 12, 2016

UNTIL APRIL - the indie/electro collaboration between vocalist David Owens drummer Alan Walsh - play The Loft at Seven, Bridge Street, on Saturday, in one of their final Irish shows ahead of their European tour.

Hot 8 Brass Band return to Róisín Dubh

Tue, May 10, 2016

THE HOT 8 Brass Band, the phenomenal New Orleans jazz-funk-hip hop band have brought the house down on numerous occasions when playing Galway in the past and will do so again this weekend.

Chad Valley to play Strange Brew

Thu, May 05, 2016

OXFORD HAS a rich tradition of producing some of England's best rock and alternative music acts; witness Radiohead, Supergrass, Foals, and Sornoway, and to that illustrious list we can also add Hugo Manuel, who goes under the stage name Chad Valley.

Cian Finn - Irish reggae man @ The Loft

Thu, May 05, 2016

CIAN FINN, a leading exponent of reggae in Ireland, will perform songs from his debut solo album, This Applies, when he plays The Loft at Seven, Bridge Street, this Saturday at 11pm.

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