Russian Circles - new album, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

RUSSIAN CIRCLES release their new album Blood Year tomorrow [August 2] via the Sargent House label, and a week later, they will be in Galway to headline the Róisín Dubh.

LAOISE and Shrug Life release new singles

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

GALWAY ELECTRO-POP singer-songwriter LAOISE, and Dublin band Shrug Life, well known to Galway indie-rock audiences, have new singles. LAOISE's 'Seriously?' is out now, while Shrug Life's 'Strangers' arrives in late August.

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne annual Galway concert

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

THE CHAMBER Philharmonia Cologne, one of Germany's finest classical music ensembles, make their annual journey to Galway, to perform works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Paganini, and Saint-Saens.

The 'soothing vocal flicks' of Tiz McNamara

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

TIZ MCNAMARA has seen his independent releases achieve more than six million streams on Spotify, and feature on the British soaps Hollyoaks and Emmerdale. He has also performed with Paul McCartney and BRITS ‘Critics Choice Winner’ James Bay.

A night of hits with ABBAesque

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

ABBAESQUE ARE on the go longer than the Swedish pop legends to whom they pay homage, but there is good reason for that. The world still loves ABBA and ABBAesque are arguably the best ABBA tribute act.

Martin Hayes Quartet to play Feakle Festival 2019

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

MARTIN HAYES, Eleanor Shanley, Dennis Cahill, Steve Cooney, and Cormac Begley will be among the musicians playing the Feakle Festival, which runs in the east Clare village from Wednesday August 7 to Monday 12.

New Galway jazz session starts tonight

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

THE MUSIC of jazz visionary Thelonious Monk will be celebrated in Galway this evening in what will be the first of a new series of jazz nights taking place each Thursday throughout August.

Esker Festival Orchestra to play NUI Galway

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

'WATER MUSIC' a new work by Irish composer Donagh Marnane will receive its world premiere as part of the Esker Festival Orchestra's summer tour, which takes in Galway on Thursday August 8.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig 15

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

THE STRANGE BREW Summer Shindig, Galway city's annual celebration of all things indie-rock - from the idea of indie as a genre to the philosophy of independent music and labels - returns to the Róisín Dubh.

A weekend with Two Door Cinema Club and Orbital

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

DO YOU like your music indie based, guitar driven, and with funk grooves and pop hooks aplenty? Or do you prefer it chilled out and ambient sometimes, and other times raved up, but always electronic?

Album review: Ada Lea

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 25, 2019

THE BREAK-UP album - Blood On The Tracks, The Bride Stripped Bare, Rumours, Songs For Only The Lonely, Blue, Currents... - rarely do catharsis and creativity go so well and productively together.

An African take on Talking Heads

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

AFRICAN MUSIC was a huge influence on Talking Heads, particularly on albums like Fear Of Music and Remain In Light, so it makes sense that a group of West African musicians should re-interpret the New Yorkers' songs through an African filter.

Silent Disco Street Party is back

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘till you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be the return of the now legendary Silent Disco Street Party.

Rofi James - hometown show for summer tour

Mon, Jul 22, 2019

ROFI JAMES, the Galway pop-rock band, and previous recipients of the Galway Advertiser Galway Band Of The Year accolade, have embarked on their summer tour, which includes a hometown gig in Galway.

Ezra Furman - 'proudly ambiguous' indie-rocker plays GIAF 19

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

"I'M A Queer for life. Outlaw. Outsider!" So declared Ezra Furman on 'I Lost My Innocence', a highlight of his 2018 album, Transangelic Exodus, and a proud statement on just who he is.

Macy Gray headlines Big Top this Sunday

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

MEMORABLY DESCRIBED by MOJO magazine as "the Marge Simpson of soul", Macy Gray's distinctively gravelly, soulful tones, will be heard at the Heineken Big Top as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Lisa O'Neill and Junior Brother at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

THE LAST 12 months have been significant for Irish singer-songwriters Lisa O'Neill and Junior Brother, and both will share the stage of the Róisín Dubh as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Pete Higgins releases new album

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

PETE HIGGINS, the Galway singer-songwriter, has just released his new single, 'The Great Divide’, and his second full-length album Adrift In A Sea Of Apathy, with both available now on all major streaming services.

Monroe’s GIAF line-up

Tue, Jul 16, 2019

The Galway International Arts Festival 2019 line-up is here and Monroe’s have a star-studded

Huun-Huur-Tu - throat singing and trad from Tuvan

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

IT PROMISES to be one of the most exciting, and utterly different, musical events at this year's Galway International Arts Festival, when the extraordinary tradition of Tuvan/Mongolian throat singing comes to the Róisín Dubh.

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