Hayseed Dixie - let there be rockgrass

Tue, Feb 26, 2019

THEY CREATED the musical genre rockgrass - a fusion of classic rock and bluegrass/American folk - have won the respect of legendary rockers, been going for nearly 20 years, and they are coming to Galway this week.

Galway Street Club St Patrick's weekend shows

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

IT IS something of a local institution, and always one of the liveliest music nights of the year, when the Galway Street Club play their annual St Patrick's Weekend shows at the Róisín Dubh.

Album review: Julia Jacklin

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 21, 2019

LOOKS CAN be deceiving. Or can they? The cover of Jacklin's second solo album finds her surrounded by bric-a-brac, almost drowning in it, but with an ecstatic expression on her face.

Chris Haze - new single and EP

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

CHRIS HAZE, the Galway singer-songwriter, will tomorrow [Friday February 22] release his new single, 'Chasing Rivers', which is also the title-track from his forthcoming EP, due for release on April 26.

Experience Dark Side Of The Moon in Galway

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

IF YOU did not manage to make it to either of Roger Waters magnificent Dublin concerts last summer, where he performed pretty much the entirety of Dark Side Of The Moon, then an upcoming recreation of that classic album is not to be missed.

Montauk Hotel to play Strange Brew

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

INSPIRED BY 1980s indie-pop, and creating "streamlined, chorus-drenched jangle-pop” with "earworming charm", according to The Thin Air, Montauk Hotel are fast becoming a rising force in Irish music.

A lunchtime concert of modern music

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

A LUNCHTIME concert from the composer and violist Sebastian Adams, and cellist Yseult Cooper Stockdale, takes place next week in the O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, NUI Galway.

Richard Thompson to play Town Hall Theatre

Wed, Feb 20, 2019

RICHARD THOMPSON, a key former member of Fairport Convention; one of Britain's greatest and most covered songwriters; and who worked with Nick Drake on Bryter Layter, is coming back to Galway in August.

Whiskey Shivers - good time bluegrass and punk

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

THEY CALL themselves "trashgrass". The Washinton Post calls them "bluegrass-fueled Americana for a generation that grew up listening to punk rock", while BBC Global Beats declared them "one of the best modern bluegrass outfits around”.

Album review: Porkstore

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 14, 2019

PORKSTORE IS Barry Richardson - Galwegian, all around top bloke, and inspiration behind one of the greatest songs So Cow (aka Brian Kelly) has ever written. And Barry is not just the subject of a song, but a songwriter himself.

Eddi Reader returns to the Town Hall

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

EDDI READER, one of the greatest singer-songwriters to ever emerge from Scotland, returns to Ireland for what will be her 11th consecutive tour of the country, and Galway is on her itinerary.

Quartetto di Venezia - first Galway show in a decade

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

THERE WILL be a strongly Italian flavour to the next Music For Galway concert when the world renowned Quartetto di Venezia perform in St Joseph’s Church.

Mob Wife - 'gonna be loud again'

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

MOB WIFE, the Belfast noise rock/punk band who have been causing ripples of excitement since the release of their debut single 'Warm Water' last summer, are coming to Galway.

Rory and the Island play Galway next week

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

AFTER A nine-year hiatus, singer-songwriter Rory Gallagher, formerly of Donegal rockers The Revs, returns to Galway with his current band project: Rory and the Island.

Let’s Set Sail to open new monthly gig night

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

INDEPENDENT GALWAY record label and collective Citóg Records begins a new monthly music night featuring an act from a small label/collective outside Galway in order to connect them in with the music community/audience here.

Cory Wong - the funk guitarist Prince's band admires

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

“WHEN I was a kid, I got a white Fender jazz bass and I freaked out. I had the most intense goose bumps. It felt liked I’d been given my sword and my journey could finally begin.”

Album review: Calva Louise

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 07, 2019

IT MAY be housed inside one of the most terrible album sleeves in living memory, but past the ghastly graphics lies a 30 minute treat of 10 fast and furious indie-pop/garage-rock songs.

Rhythm nation - Galway Drum Show 2019

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

CHAD WACKERMAN, who recorded 26 albums with Frank Zappa; and Darren Beckett, drummer for The Killers' Brandon Flowers; are coming to Galway as part of a major new event - the Galway Drum Show.

Electric Eel Shock - the wild men of metal return

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK, the Japanese metal, classic rock, and punk trio, whose music and stage shows are a wild, outrageous, and high energy filled celebration of the guitar, loud music, and a catchy chorus, are back.

US and Galway choirs to sing for Enable Ireland

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

MICHIGAN'S OXFORD High School Chorale, and Claregalway's Coláiste Bhaile Chláir School Choir, will give a concert next week to raise funds for Enable Ireland.

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