Haley Heynderickx - upstairs in the Róisín

Thu, Apr 25, 2019

SHE DOES not spell it like Jimi. It's more complicated, more eye-catching, but once past the letters, it is the music that counts, and the words. As Pitchfork said: "she turns her incisive gaze inward, writing from the feelings in her heart and the visions in her head".

Johnny McEvoy and Tom McBride jnr play Loughrea

Thu, Apr 25, 2019

ONE OF Ireland's leading folk singer-songwriters, Johnny McEvoy, and country singer Tom McBride jnr, son of the late, legendary, Big Tom, play the Lough Rea Hotel on Tuesday April 30.

Charity gig for Galway Anti Racism Network and The Melting Pot Luck

Thu, Apr 25, 2019

TRACY BRUEN, one of Galway's finest singer-songwriters, will be among the performers at the Rowing Club this weekend, in a show to raise funds for the Galway Anti Racism Network and The Melting Pot Luck.

The event takes place on Saturday at the club in Woodquay from 8pm. Also performing will be The Curly Organ (solo project of My Fellow Sponges' Donal McConnon), The Barcelo Brothers, Bannedwagon, MAC, and Touché, followed by a DJ set from Black MC.

Talos - doubt, dust, and discovery

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

"I'M AN architect. But it’s not my profession. I love making music. At times, I design things…and it’s a welcome release. But music is what I do.” So says Talos who is on his way back to Galway.

Galway Street Club announce Irish tour

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

GALWAY STREET Club, the 12 member strong, multi-national, sometimes bare-chested, busking brigade, are hitting the road in June for what will be their biggest Irish tour to date.

Galway record labels feature in new documentary series

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

INDEPENDENT'S DAY, 10-part radio series looking at the state of independent music and record labels in Ireland, will be broadcast on RTÉ 2XM on Mondays at 1pm, and repeated on Wednesdays at 1pm, for 10 weeks starting April 22.

KeyWest play the Black Box next week

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

“NO BAND gets a crowd going quite like KeyWest…they truly are masters of eliciting maximum crowd responses,” so said Hot Press, about a band who are no strangers to Galway.

Macy Gray and The Coronas announced for Festival Big Top

Mon, Apr 15, 2019

SOUL SINGER Macy Gray and one of Ireland's favourite bands, The Coronas, have been announced as the final headline acts to play the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top this summer.

Album review: Fontaines D.C.

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 11, 2019

IMAGINE A song which sounds as though it were written by Shane McGowan, but performed by The Velvet Underground. That song is 'Dublin City Sky', the closing track on Fontaines D.C.'s debut album.

Ye Vagabonds - new album, Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

FOLLOWING THE release of their very fine new album, The Hare's Lament, folk/trad duo Ye Vagabonds - Carlow brothers Brían and Diarmuid MacGloinn - return to the Róisín Dubh.

Music for Good Friday

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

THE ANNUAL concert of sacred music for Good Friday returns to St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, with a performance of Heinrich Schütz’s setting of the last words of Christ on the cross: Die Sieben Worte Jesu Christi Am Kreuz.

New release and gig from Junior Brother and PowPig

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

IT COULD have been called a split EP, but why go for the obvious when you can have "a quadruple A-side single release"? That is just what Junior Brother and PowPig have done.

My Fellow Sponges/Rufus and Jess gig

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

MY FELLOW Sponges, the Galway folk-rock/prog-rock band, and the Berlin based, Irish folk-blues duo, Rufus Coates and Jess Smith, will play a gig in Galway city this week.

New Galway orchestra's inaugural concert series

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

LUMINOSA MUSIC, Galway's new orchestra, will present its inaugural concert series, Soundings, at Galway Cathedral, with a programme spanning eight centuries of female composers.

Bob Skeleton announce Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

FOLLOWING A busy 2018, Bob Skeleton, who describe their music as "midnight-pop" with shades of "West Coast cool and Mancunian mood", will play a headline show in the Róisín Dubh on June 7.

ConTempo and Coole Music play Loughrea

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

THE CONTEMPO Quartet and the Coole Music Youth Orchestra are joining forces to perform a concert of works by Arthur Duff, Werner Thomas, Katharina Baker, and Luís De Freitas Branco, in Loughrea.

Wild Youth, Daithí and Saint Sister for GIAF Big Top

Wed, Apr 10, 2019

SAINT SISTER, Daithí, and Wild Youth have been announced as support acts for shows at the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top in the Fisheries Field this July.

Inni-K - new album, Galway gig

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

INNI-K, "one of ten fierce women defining Irish culture," according to RTÉ, released her second album, The Hare and The Line, in March, while this month sees her play an intimate show in Galway city.

We Banjo 3 man at Mick Lally Theatre

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

FERGAL SCAHILL, fiddler and guitarist with the Irish folk/trad success story that is We Banjo 3, will be among the musicians performing at the next 3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music concert.

Japanese music at An Taibhdhearc tonight

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

AHEAD OF the 2019 Experience Japan Hanami Festival in Dublin, the event will be stopping off in An Taibhdhearc theatre tonight to present a concert fusing Japanese and Irish music.

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