Scythian to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

THE SCYTHIANS were a group of Iranian people and Eurasian nomads who inhabited the western and central Eurasian steppes from the 9th to the 1st centuries BC. Scythian is also the name of a US roots-rock band.

Campbells to mark 1,000th trad session

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

CAMPBELL'S TAVERN in Cloughanover, near Headford, is about to mark a major milestone, celebrating its 1000th trad session in a row this weekend.

The Clockworks to play Canada's Indie Week

Tue, Nov 07, 2017

ONE OF Galway's most exciting young bands, The Clockworks, landed in Toronto this week, having been selected as one of only a couple of Irish bands to play at Canada's Indie Week.

Franz Ferdinand - tickets for Galway show on sale tomorrow

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

FRANZ FERDINAND play only two shows in Ireland in 2018 - and one of them is in Galway, with the Scottish quintet in concert in Leisureland, Salthill, the day after they release their new album Always Ascending.

Album review: Lankum

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 02, 2017

I RARELY get excited about Irish folk/trad albums, given most are either of the sickly slick super produced variety or else have that purist reductionism which renders trad as a kind of 'living dead' form where jibes that 'it all sounds the same' are not without foundation.

Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

MARTIN HAYES and Dennis Cahill may be one of, if not the greatest, partnership in Irish trad. The duo, going strong since meeting in Chicago in the 1980s, return to Galway, to play the Róisín Dubh this month.

Katie Kim returns to Galway

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

KATIE KIM, the slowcore, ethereal, ambient folk/pop singer-songwriter is coming to Galway to play the next FEAST night at the Róisín Dubh, performing songs from her new album, Salt.

Can't get enough of ConTempo?

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

SLY STONE urged us to "dance to the music" and the ConTempo Quartet is about to take audiences through their dance-paces, bringing them on a sonic journey from the formality of the Austrian courts to the wildness of the Romanian steppes.

Young Galway musicians to perform in Dublin

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

TWELVE YOUNG amateur musicians from Galway will perform in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, next month, as part of Dave Flynn's Irish Memory Orchestra.

Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon @ Bus King

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

AARON HURLEY, one half of the Galway indie-rock/avant-garde duo Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon, plays a solo acoustic show this weekend as part of the Bus King gig series.

Nathan Carter's brother to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

JAKE CARTER, the younger brother of Irish country music sensation Nathan Carter, has just released his new EP Three Things, and is coming to play Galway as part of his current Irish tour.

Big Tom and Johnny McEvoy for The Galway Sessions

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

COUNTRY AND Irish legends Big Tom and Margo, along with folk singer Johnny McEvoy, headline the Galway Sessions, hosted by Michael Commins, in The Salthill Hotel, on Sunday November 5 and Monday 6.

Nirvana tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

NEGATIVE CREEPS, the Nirvana tribute band who take their name from the final song on side one of Nirvana's 1989 debut album Bleach, are coming to Monroe's Live.

Half Forward Line - Galway 'supergroup' launch debut album

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

HAVE SO Cow been brought to the slaughter house to allow Half Forward Line take to the pitch? It remains an open question since band leader Brian Kelly's said this new endeavour "was to write a set of new songs as quickly as possible and perform them as soon as possible".

Jerry Williams - rising star hits Galway

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

WHILE BEING unsigned, and having to self-fund and self-release music is by no means unusual in 2017, it is certainly no impediment to progress, as the rise of Jerry Williams shows.

Matthew E White - an intimate evening of blue eyed soul

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

MATTHEW E WHITE, an inspired purveyor of modern blue eyed, Southern soul, will next month, make what will be his third appearance at the Róisín Dubh, for a show billed as "an intimate evening".

Overoth - Galway album launch

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

DEATH METAL band Overoth will launch their new album The Forgotten Tome with a downstairs gig in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, this Saturday from 8pm.

Marc Roberts to celebrate the music of John Denver

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

HE WOULD never have cut it as Henry John Deutschendorf Jr, but as John Denver, he charmed the world with 'Take Me Home, Country Roads', 'Annie's Song', 'Rocky Mountain High', and 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy' - all of which are now undisputed classics.

Mark Geary returns to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

MARK GEARY has just released his new album The Fool and will play songs from it, and from across his 25 year career, at his show in Monroe's Live, part of his current Irish tour.

A Capella Knights to sing in aid of Simon

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

GALWAY'S A Capella Knights will host their third annual Christmas concert, The Knights Before Christmas, in aid of Galway Simon Community on Saturday December 2 in Galway Cathedral.

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