Album review: Ezra Furman

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 29, 2019

THERE WILL not be a better live music gig in Galway in 2019 than the one Ezra Furman delivered in the Róisín Dubh in July as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Andreas Varady - a true jazz sensation

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

ANDREAS VARADY is the youngest person to have headlined Ronnie Scotts, his admirers include Quincy Jones and the late Louis Stewart, and he is about to make his Galway Jazz Festival debut.

Extras sought for new Echo Harte video

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

ECHO HARTE, the Galway singer-songwriter, will record a video for his new single 'Sun Don’t Rise' on Sunday September 8. Shooting takes place between 12 noon and 6pm, and extras are sought to appear in the video.

Partland releases 'Hope To Love Again' single

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

'HOPE TO Love Again' is the new single from Galway singer-songwriter Partland, one that draws on Glen Hansard's raw, intense, emotion, and Adele-like heartbreak.

Faraway Martin - new single, Galway gig

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

FARAWAY MARTIN has released his new single 'I Wanna Go' and plays Galway in September as part of his ambitious nationwide tour, which will see him play 32 gigs in all 32 counties, in 32 days.

Galway Choral Association seeks new singers

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

ANYONE WHO loves singing and who "wants a challenge" is being encouraged to audition for the Galway Choral Association, which is currently seeking new members.

YOYO - Rewinding Saturday Nights at Monroe’s.

Mon, Aug 26, 2019

Get ready for the ultimate retro night with the launch of YOYO at Monroes Late Bar & Venue - Rewinding back to the good old days with the very best of 80s,90s & 00s tunes.

Daithí releases new album in October

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

L.O.S.S., THE long awaited second album from producer, composer, DJ, and violinist Daithí, will be released on October 18, digitally and on vinyl, via Galway based label, Strange Brew Records.

Slyrydes - new single, Galway gig

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

'OUT PATIENCE', the new single from acclaimed Galway post-punk/indie band Slyrydes, will be launched at a free gig tonight in the Bierhaus, Henry Street, at 10pm.

Galway Jazz Festival 2019

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

THE GALWAY JAZZ Festival returns to the city from Wednesday October 2 to Sunday 6, with shows by musicians from Italy, Norway, Slovenia, and Britain, as well as Ireland.

So Cow to launch new album with Tuam gig

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

SO COW, the indie-rock one-man band that is Brian Kelly, launches the new album - Do Re Mi Fa So Cow - with a gig in his hometown of Tuam, playing Canavan's this Saturday, August 24, at 8.30pm.

Galway's Rhythm & Soul Weekender

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

NORTHERN SOUL, blues, r'n'b, soul, and jazz fans have something to look forward to when three of Ireland's biggest r'n'b/soul clubs - Rhythm & Booze, Shuffle! and For Dancers Only - join forces for the Rhythm & Soul Weekender.

Celebrating Billie Holiday in Galway

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

WHEN BILLIE Holiday died in 1959, The New York Times obituary stated: "Miss Holiday set a pattern during her most fruitful years that has proved more influential than that of almost any other jazz singer".

The Girls are back in Town

Thu, Aug 15, 2019

Celebrate the power of women in the history of the blues with ‘Ladies in the Blues’ music theatre show, from the gospel roots of the 1920s, through vaudeville and jazz, to the blues rock of the sixties and seventies.

Sinead O'Connor to play the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 15, 2019

On Thursday October 17, Sinead O'Connor upholds her promise of playing in Galway after missing out on the Galway International Arts Festival four years ago, by taking to the Róisín Dubh stage for a unique and intimate performance.

As Jack Kerouac states “Genius gives birth, talent delivers.” So where did Sinead O’Connor begin?

Niwel Tsumbu and Éamonn Cagney - an Afro-Irish fusion

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

A CONGOLESE guitarist and an Irish percussionist, who together create "redemptive music" that delivers "a cataclysm of moods and moves to share", according to The Irish Times, are coming to Galway.

The music of Miles Davis in Galway

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

THE CAREER of Miles Davis is almost the history of post-war American jazz, with the trumpeter exploring, and often pioneering, such genres as cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, as well as fusion through his embrace of rock, funk, and hip hop.

A concert in Thoor Ballylee

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

ORANMORE SOPRANO, Helen Hancock will give a concert, entitled The Art of Song, in the Yeats Tower of Thoor Ballylee on Saturday August 24 at 8pm as part of Heritage Week.

US choir's charity concert for COPE

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

MINNESOTA'S WRIGHT County Chamber Chorus are on their debut tour of Ireland and will perform a charity concert in St Nicholas Collegiate Church this weekend to raise funds for COPE.

Traditional song and dance in Kinvara

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

A NIGHT of traditional singing will take place in the Kinvara Community Centre this Saturday [August 10] at 8.30pm as part of the Cruinniu na mBad weekend.

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