Cello, piano, and a bit of Beethoven

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

HUNGARIAN CELLIST István Várdai, whose playing The New York Times praised for its “fluidity and virtuosity” and “a fleet-fingered lightness and a rich timbre” is coming to Galway.

Galway to celebrate European Day of Early Music

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

SATURDAY MARCH 21 is European Day of Early Music which Galway will mark with a concert of medieval and renaissance music and a harp workshop.

Launched in 2013 by the European Early Music Network, the European Day of Early Music is presented in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union. Galway Early Music is organising the local events.

A world of choral music at St Nicholas’

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

CLASSICAL, FOLK, and sacred music from across Europe will be performed by Cork choir CanTúr tomorrow at 8pm in the Augustinian Church.

CanTúr, a six male-voice ensemble will present a one-hour set featuring works by Schubert and Mendelssohn, Ukranian folk, and Chinese song, sung in English, German, Old Church Slavonic, Ukranian, and Mandarin.

A night of cello quintets - tonight

Mon, Mar 09, 2015

CELLO QUINTETS by Mozart, Schubert, and Boccherini will be performed by French cellist Raphaël Merlin and the RTÉ ConTempo Quartet this evening at 8pm in the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway.

Amazing Apples to launch new single in Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THE AMAZING Apples will launch ‘Lullaby’, the first single from their forthcoming debut album, when they play the Róisín Dubh on Friday March 13 at 9pm.

Album review: Bob Marley

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 05, 2015

ROBERT NESTA Marley would have celebrated his 70th birthday this year had he not been cruelly called back to Zion in 1981 at the tragically early age of 36.

Mad About Mark - a night to remember Mark Logan

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THE LATE Mark Logan, percussionist with the Disconauts, passionate Chelsea FC fan, and all-round top bloke, will be remembered and celebrated at a special Mad About Mark night in the Róisín Dubh this Friday [March 27] at 9pm.

Meltybrains? headline Strange Brew tonight

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

NOBODY KNOWS quite how to define Meltybrains? Some even wonder if they are actually human. What is not in doubt is that they play fearlessly imaginative, wildly original, music.

A Turkish-Irish collaboration

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

IRISH JAZZ/folk musician Aengus Hackett and Turkish singer Sanem Kalfa, have joined forces to explore their respective country’s traditional music.The results of this collaboration will be heard during the Irish-Turkish Project tour which comes to Galway on Thursday March 12 at 1pm in The Cube Theatre, NUI Galway, and Friday 13 at 9pm in Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover.

Tickets selling fast for Hermitage Green @ Kelly’s

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

HERMITAGE GREEN, led by former Irish rugby international Barry Murphy, play Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on St Patrick’s Day at 9.30pm, and tickets are selling fast.

Echotape @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

ENGLISH INDIE-rock band Echotape play Monroe’s Live on Sunday March 15 at 8pmas part of an Irish tour promoting their new single ‘See You Soon’.

The Jig Jams @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THE JIG JAMS, whose music fuses Irish folk with Bluegrass, are coming to Galway to play Monroe’s BackStage Bar on Saturday March 14 at 9pm.

Italian post-rock for FEAST metal night

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THEIR MUSIC has the riff fuelled power of metal and their rhythms the nimble dextrousness of post-rock. They are Italian duo Hibagon and they will play FEAST at the Róisín Dubh.

Rootical Soundsystem @ The Cellar

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

ROOTICAL SOUND System will hold its first Galway show of 2015 in The Cellar Bar, tomorrow from 10pm.

Beethoven concert @ The Eye

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

TWO OF Beethoven’s greatest works will be performed by The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, with the concert broadcast live to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

Puzzle to pump out the drum’n’bass

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

SOME OF the most exciting emerging DJs on the Irish and British drum’n’bass and techno scenes are in Galway this Saturday to play Puzzle at Kelly’s.

Duo Vocis to sing at Town Hall

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

DUO VOCIS, the popular pairing of tenors Sean Costello and Frank Naughton, perform an Irish themed concert in the Town Hall Theatre on Monday March 16.

Citóg - a left-field musical world on Wednesdays

Mon, Mar 02, 2015

KRAUTROCK LOVING post-rockers, stripped down punk influenced bands, folk’n’country acts, and everything inbetween, the Citóg nights continues its excellent tradition of showcasing the finest in independent and imaginative Irish music, when it returns to the Róisín Dubh this month on Wednesdays from 9pm.

Booka Brass Band - New Orleans brass Irish style

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

THEY HAVE “every right to be claimed as Ireland’s best live act right now,” according to Golden Plec; they are Ireland’s first New Orleans style brass band, and they have just released their first EP.