Pet Sounds - made for all times

Mon, Jul 10, 2017

MAY 16, 1966, was the day The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds was released to the world. It is an album which still tops many ‘best ever’ lists yet it was initially greeted with dismay and bafflement by its label Capitol Records, and even within The Beach Boys opinion was divided on its merits.

Loner Deluxe to launch new album at Citóg

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

THE RELEASE of Loner Deluxe's second album, Songs I Taped Off The Radio, should be a red letter day, but given this album is being released on July 12 that makes it very much an 'orange' occasion.

Stockton's Wing - as long running as the arts festival

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

TWO IRISH cultural phenomena celebrate their 40th birthday this year, and they celebrate it together when Stockton's Wing play this month's Galway International Arts Festival.

Leading Galway trad musicians to play Spirit Of The West

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

SPIRIT OF The West - traditional music, songs, and dance, a new show produced and directed by folk singer Matt Keane, along with Colm Naughton, comes to The Claregalway Hotel this month.

Bounce - a clubnight for ID young adults

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

BOUNCE CLUB Night - the event which creates a fun, safe, and accessible space for young adults with intellectual disabilities to socialise, listen to music, and dance in a club environment - returns to the Róisín Dubh.

Waterboys headline the Carrick Water Music Festival 2017

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

THE 13TH annual Carrick Water Music Festival, staring July 12, and running for five days, will be headlined by the legendary Scottish folk-rock and roots band The Waterboys.

Ireland’s ‘Singing Soldier’ to play the Town Hall

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

DAVID MARTIN, known as Ireland’s ‘Singing Soldier’ takes to the stage of the Town Hall Theatre with his A Night At The Opera show, to perform an array of classical favourites.

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbot announce Galway concert

Mon, Jul 03, 2017

PAUL HEATON and Jacqui Abbot, the dream team vocalists of The Beautiful South and now a successful duo, have announced a Galway concert as part of their upcoming Irish tour in October.

Art festival gigs @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

BADLY DRAWN Boy, Stockton's Wing, Donal Lunny and Andy Irvine, are among some of the musicians who will be performing at Monroe's Live as part of the 40th Galway International Arts Festival.

The Deans - new sounds, Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

THEY BEGAN as an unrepentant blue-rock power trio, they then evolved into a full on roots-rock band. Today the sound is progressive and not afraid to get ambient. They are The Deans.

Féile Traidphicnic 2017

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

FÉILE TRAIDPHICNIC, the community festival of traditional Irish music and culture, returns to An Spidéal this weekend, with concerts from Kíla, Zoë Conway and Johnny Óg Connolly, and Treasa Ní Cheannabháin.

GIAF 17 trad lunchtimes at Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

THE ANNUAL lunchtime trad gigs, an essential part of any Galway International Arts Festival, return to Monroe’s Live, with shows taking place from July 20 to 22 and July 27 to 29.

Family lunchtime classical concerts

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

NICO AND Martin are taking children on a fascinting journey Out Of The Door. The WhistleBlast Quartet will bring them on a guided tour of the best loved characters from fairy tales - this is the Galway Music Residency's Family Lunchtime Concerts.

In Praise of Lol - a Cure playlist

Mon, Jun 26, 2017

LOL TOLHURST, co-founder of The Cure with Robert Smith, was invovled in the creation of much of the band's finest music from their 1979 debut album Three Imaginary Boys to Disintigration in 1989. In advance of Lol coming to the Róisín Dubh to read from his insightful, often fascinating, and poignant autobiography Cured, we present a selection of key album tracks, classic singles, and one oddity, from Lol's tenure in The Cure.

Niamh Regan - New EP and Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

NIAMH REGAN, the County Galway singer-songwriter, nominated for Best Solo Female Act by Pure M magazine this year, will launch of her new EP in the Róisín Dubh next week.

Album review: Radiohead

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 22, 2017

OK COMPUTER was where Radiohead went from delivering era-defining music - The Bends - to creating an album for the ages; revealing themselves as the successors to Pink Floyd, and admitting, without saying it out loud, that they are a prog-rock band.

Slow Place Like Home - new single, GIAF show

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

AHEAD OF their Galway International Arts Festival concert, supporting UNKLE, indie-electro trio Slow Place Like Home have released a new digital single, 'When I See You...Ice Cream' via Galway label Strange Brew Rekkids.

Michael O'Connor to launch new album at Town Hall

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

MICHAEL O'CONNOR, the Galway/Mayo country and folk singer-songwriter, launches his third album, Market Plaice, in the Town Hall Theatre studio on Thursday June 29 as part of the Colours Fringe Festival.

Galway Cathedral Summer Concerts 2017

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

GALWAY CATHEDRAL'S annual international summer concert series returns next month with performances by Paul Kieffer; The Choir of St Paul’s College, Hong Kong; Ansgar Wallenhorst; and an array of Galway talent.

The Curly Organ - a summer of EPs

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

THE CURLY Organ, a side project of Donal McConon, a founder member of Galway prog-folk band My Fellow Sponges, will release a slew of EPs throughout the month of July.

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