Album review: Oh Boland

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 03, 2016

ASK NIALL Murphy, or rather, get into an engrossing discussion with him on music, and eventually he will come straight out and say it: "I'm a punk". Give him another few minutes and he'll cough up: "But I really like Yes...but no I'm a punk!"

Saint Sister bring the ‘atmosfolk' to Seven

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

"THEIR MUSIC is folk, pastoral, and dreamy with its pop eyes wide open." This is how Nialler9 has described Saint Sister, the 'atmosfolk' duo of Morgan MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty, who play Galway next week.

Fear not - Windings return

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

FROM ITS beginnings as a solo side project for the quieter songs of Giveamanakick's Steve Ryan, to a fully fledged band enjoying critical acclaim and Choice Music Award nominations, Windings have come a long way.

Joe Fox - A$AP Rocky protegé plays Seven

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

JOE FOX is not a man who does things in the traditional manner. He is a musician who admits he used to believe, "music always seemed like a very elitist thing”, and once thought it was odd that a friend of his kept a guitar in his house.

The soundtrack to France at war

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

TWO PIECES of music, both written in France during WWI, will be performed by Duo Chagall at a lunchtime Music For Galway concert entitled Notes from the Great War: French Chamber Music from 1917.

My Fellow Sponges return to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

TAKE AN obsession with words, add a splash of weirdness, some theatrical training, and you have something like what My Fellow Sponges get up to on and off stage.

Galway Baroque Singers' new concert series

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

THE GALWAY Baroque Singers will join forces with the Dun Laoghaire Choral Society, under conductor David Brophy, for Choral Fusion, a new project where both groups will tour and perform together for what they promise will be a "challenging double choir repertoire".

Soulboys v Rudeboys

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

THE FINEST music ever produced by African-Americans, Jamaicans, and Caribbean emigrants to Britain, will be heard via 7" vinyl when the Soulboys V Rudeboys clubnight makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh.

Will Softly's Rock Gods DJ night

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

WILL SOFTLY is well known throughout Galway as a leading World Music DJ, but there is another side to the man, a side with a passion for guitars cranked up to a Nigel Tufnel approved 11, and enough riffs to keep headbangers and air guitarists in action.

John Prine - Salthill bound in 2017

Wed, Nov 02, 2016

FOR MANY years he lived in Galway, but it has been a long time since he played a concert here. That changes next year as John Prine, the two time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, returns to Galway as part of his forthcoming tour of Ireland.

Kristin Hersh - new album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

KRISTIN HERSH, leader of US alternative-rock icons Throwing Muses, frontwoman of power trio 50FOOTWAVE, solo artist of the highest calibre, and acclaimed author, plays Galway next week.

Chainska Brassika - rising ska stars

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

CHAINSKA BRASSIKA have been called "one of the most impressive and promising upcoming acts in the reggae/ska genre," by no less than the masters of that genre - The Skatalites. What more recommendation do you need?

New JACK swing

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

THEY ARE the "superheroes of the new music world," say the Boston Globe; while the Washington Post call them "the go-to quartet for contemporary music, tying impeccable musicianship to intellectual ferocity and a take-no-prisoners sense of commitment."

The 'miraculous' Oh Pep! to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

OH PEP! play "faultless folk-rock," according to Rolling Stone, that is "filled with magic," say NPR Music, and which Consequence Of Sound has described as "pop at its most kinetic”. Galway will find out why next week.

A Feast of scuzz rock with Animal Lover

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

FULL OF buzz-saw guitars and throbbing rhythm, and drawing on the legacy of NoMeansNo, Shellac, Fugazi, North Dakota’s Animal Lover are coming to Galway to play the next Feast gig.

Aimee Banks to star in new opera

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

AIMEE BANKS, the 14-year-old soprano who burst on to the international scene last year after representing Ireland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, will appear in Heresy, the first opera by the celebrated Irish composer, Roger Doyle.

Padraig Jack to release debut single

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

'ONE WAY Ticket Time', the debut single from Aran Island singer-songwriter Padraig Jack, will be released tomorrow, followed by a national tour, which includes a show in Galway city next week.

Wille and the Bandits @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

A CLASSIC blues-rock trio inspired by Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Wille and the Bandits, like their forerunners, enjoying pushing at the boundaries of what blues-rock can actually be.

Sing Sing Sing! with Bel Canto

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

A NIGHT of drama, intrigue, comedy and romance, will emerge from the songs that will be sung by Galway vocal group Bel Canto, when they bring their new show, Sing Sing Sing! to the Town Hall Theatre.