Davey Furey to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THREE OF Ireland's greatest songwriters, Phil Coulter, Luka Bloom and Jimmy McCarthy, have lavished praise on folk-rock musician Davie Furey and his debut album Easy Come Easy Go.

The Living Stream St Patrick's Day gig

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

THE LIVING Stream, the 2015 IMRO Emerging Talent Award winners, known for their fresh take on Irish trad, will play Monroe's Backstage Bar on St Patrick's Night, Thursday March 17, at 9pm.

Mike Denver to play Salthill Hotel

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

LEADING IRISH country singer Mike Denver plays the Salthill Hotel on Wednesday March 9 as part of his current nationwide tour. The show will feature special guests Philomena Begley, Ray Lynam, and Mick Flavin.

American choir to sing Bernstein in Galway

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S 'Chichester Psalms' will be performed by the West Liberty University Singers from West Virginia, in the Galway Cathedral on Sunday March 6 at 8pm.

4 Men and a Bass @ Monroe's Backstage Bar

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

BLUEGRASS FUSED harmonies, with a soulful, rock'n'roll,beat, will be heard in Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Sunday April 3, when Galway's 4 Men and a Bass take to the stage.

Epic, dark, and doom - Irish Metal Archives fifth birthday gig

Wed, Mar 02, 2016

A QUARTET of the some of the finest underground metal and dark ambient acts in Ireland - The Bogs Of Aughiska, Soothsayer, Corr Mhóna, and Weed Priest - will gather upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 8pm.

Elvis Costello to play Galway International Arts Festival

Tue, Mar 01, 2016

ELVIS COSTELLO, and his band The Imposters, have just been announced to play the Absolut Festival Big Top on Friday July 15 as part of this summer's Galway International Arts Festival.

Orchid Collective kick off new month of Citóg gigs

Mon, Feb 29, 2016

RISING IRISH band Orchid Collective will kick off the Citóg gigs for March at the Róisín Dubh, which will also see performances from such exciting new Galway band Field Trip, whose new single has just been released.

Brian Deady - Ireland's new soul star for Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

BRIAN DEADY has been declared Ireland's "new soul star," by The Irish Times and "our favourite act in Ireland” by no less a legend than Nile Rodgers of Chic. Clearly this is an artist on the rise.

Album review: Låpsley

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 25, 2016

IN SPITE of the name, she's not Nordic, but English. Liverpudlian Holly ‘Låpsley’ Fletcher has created some excitement with her EPs, but now comes her debut album Long Way Home. So, does it deliver on the earlier recordings promise?

Preston Reed - guitar genius to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

PRESTON REED, "widely thought of as the world’s most gifted guitarist,” according to Total Guitar, and described by the Manchester Evening News as “a major musical talent”, is coming back to Galway.

Mr C brings the SuperFreq clubnight to The Loft

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

MR C, once the lead vocalist with The Shamen, who had hits in the early 1990s with 'Ebeneezer Goode' and 'Love Sex Intelligence', and who today is recognised as one of the world's leading DJs, is coming to Galway.

Chris Haze to headline charity gig @ Monroe's

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

RISING SINGER-songwriter Chris Haze will headline a charity concert at Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday March 18 at 8pm, to raise funds for injured jockey Brendan McDonagh.

One Horse Pony - a very Irish take on the blues

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

THEY COME from Ireland, France, and Poland, they play highly charged, original, acoustic blues. They are One Horse Pony, and they play the Róisín Dubh's upstairs bar this Saturday at 9pm.

US orchestra to give charity concert for Jigsaw

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

THE LINCOLN Youth Symphony will perform a concert at St Nicholas Collegiate Church on Saturday March 5 at 1pm, with a programme featuring Copland, Bach, Faure, and Irish composer William Balfe.

Have some Dvorák for lunch

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

'AMERICAN', ONE of Antonín Dvorák’s musical responses to his time in the New World, will be performed at a lunchtime concert with the ConTempo String Quartet next week.

Marty 'Hit The Diff' Mone @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

MARTY MONE, who has enjoyed success with the singles ‘Slip the Clutch’ and 'Hit The Diff’, is now touring Ireland to promote his debut album, including a show at Monroe’s Live on Friday March 4 at 9pm.

St Patrick's Day trad music @ Monroe's

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

TRAD MUSICIANS James Sheridan and Martin O’Connor, will play Monroe’s Tavern on St Patrick's Day, Wednesday March 17, at 1pm.

Daithí - new EP to reveal new direction

Tue, Feb 23, 2016

WHEN DAITHÍ launches his new EP, Tribes, at the Róisín Dubh this week, he will not only be unveiling a new set of songs, but unveiling an entirely new direction and approach - creatively and philosophically - to his music.

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

SCOTT BRADLEE'S Postmodern Jukebox has clocked up millions of YouTube hits, but the man and his band's approach in rendering Miley Cyrus’ 'We Can’t Stop' as doo-wop, and Sam Smith’s 'Stay With Me' as 1940s big-band, is as much about education as it is about entertainment.

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