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THIS YEAR will finally see the reopening of the Druid theatre following an extensive refurbishment, while the company itself is set to give 335 performances in 26 venues in Ireland, Britain, the USA, Canada, and Australia.

We're into April, we've survived the first quarter of 2009 and, for me, there's no ignoring the fact that it's exactly four weeks to the start of the Rhythm and Roots Festival.

I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the Easter bank holiday weekend than to head to Kyteler’s Inn next Thursday night to see one of the best bands on the Irish music scene show exactly why they are constantly on the radio and our television sets.

Grassroots is watching the political temperature rise in the past few months. And no it is not about the local elections, its about the impotent rage that many people feel at their lives and the lives of those close to them being turned upside down.

Roscommon Arts Centre and Music Network are delighted to announce a concert by The Callino Quartet on Wednesday April 8, at 8pm in Castlecoote House, Roscommon. The quartet will perform Joseph Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of the Saviour on the Cross.   

OWEN PALLETT is many things - composer, violinist, winner of the inaugural Polaris Music Prize, and co-writer of the string arrangements for the Arcade Fire’s Funeral. However he is best known as Final Fantasy.

“IN THE hip hop world I am a dissenter,” declared the Canadian rapper Buck 65 when I interviewed him in 2007, and this dissenting voice is returning to Galway.

The upcoming Rhythm and Roots Festival is guaranteed to be a grand feast for all music fans once again this May bank holiday weekend. Musicians from across Europe, the United States, and Canada will fly into the marble city next month to perform at what is undoubtedly one of the best weekend music festivals in the country.

Three weeks to Roots festival lift off. The launch was held in the Cellar Bar at the brewery on Wednesday night, the last relaxing night for the next few weeks.