Richard Hawley to play Black Box Theatre in February

Tue, Nov 17, 2015

RICHARD HAWLEY, one of Britain's finest contemporary songwriters, has announced a major Galway show for the New Year, as part of his forthcoming British and Irish tour in support of his latest album Hollow Meadows.

Get dancing to Fujiya & Miyagi

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

FUJIYA & MIYAGI are neither a duo, nor are they Japanese. They are however an English trio whose fusion of funk, electro, Krautrock, indie, dance, and rock combines to thrilling, room shaking, effect.

English composer's work to be premiered in St Nicholas’

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

A NEW work by the English composer Philip Stopford, 'I Sing Of A Maiden', will receive its world premiere in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Wednesday November 25 at 8pm.

The Album Leaf for Strange Brew

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE ALBUM LEAF, the indie/electronica/acoustic act, centered around San Diego-born, Los Angeles based songwriter Jimmy LaValle, play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh next week.

Liverpool's Ian Prowse @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

LIVERPOOL SINGER-songwriter Ian Prowse has been called “rousing, inspirational” by The Daily Mirror, while his music has been declared “passionate, engrossing, evocative” by Record Collector.

New release from Galway indie label Rusted Rail

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE INDEPENDENT Galway record label Rusted Rail has released Her Darke Aspects, the new EP by left-field Cambridgeshire singer-songwriter Good Shepherd.

Have Beethoven, Chopin and Bartok for lunch

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

A LUNCHTIME date with the music of Beethoven, Chopin and Bartok beckons with next week's Music For Galway lunchtime show, featuring a rising star of Irish classical piano, Fiachra Garvey.

Men of Twenty @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

INDIE-POP band Men Of Twenty, formerly know as Animal Beats, have just released their new single ‘Down By Your Side’, and will play Monroe's Live on Friday November 20 at 9pm.

Electro, folk, and the Mná Mná Music night

Tue, Nov 10, 2015

SOPHIE COYLE, "a natural talent and someone I wouldn't hesitate to recommend others to go and see", according to the Scotland's Libertine Bar Review, plays the next Mná Mná Music night at the Róisín Dubh.

Rackhouse Pilfer - roots'n'country @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

RACKHOUSE PILFER, the stompin’, alt country, bluegrass sextet, and Hotpress/Jaegermesiert Live Band of the Year 2015, return to Monroe's Live on Friday November 13 at 10pm.

Otherkin - new EP and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

OTHERKIN MATCH "feral grunge riffs to uproarious, hugely infectious songwriting" (Clashmusic.com), "play bratty Britpop" (NME), and are "reminiscent of The Strokes, with their blend of pop hooks, brash licks, and impassioned vocals" (Culture Collide).

Piaf - celebrating the little sparrow's centenary

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

EDITH PIAF was born 100 years ago this year in the Belleville neighbourhood of Paris, and although she died more than half a century ago, her songs and her remarkable voice will never perish.

Inni-K's indie folk @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

INNI-K's music, as heard on her debut album The King Has Two Horse’s Ears, is "effervescent folk pop with big slabs of smile-inducing tracks," according to Nialler9.

Puccini, Mozart, and the Galway Baroque Singers

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

MORE THAN 180 voices, the combined talents of The Galway Baroque Singers, Our Lady’s Choral Society, internationally-renowned soloists, and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, will sing works by Puccini and Mozart tomorrow.

Grounds For Invasion @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

GALWAY INDIE-electro band Grounds For Invasion unleash their new live show upstairs in the Róisín on Thursday November 12 at 9pm.

Queer feminist migrant synth wave

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

THEY CALL themselves Prison. They describe themselves as "queer feminist migrant synth wave". They come from Denmark, and they play Galway this weekend.

Christy Moore returns to Galway

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

THE GREAT Christy Moore will "finish year 49 of the never ending tour", as he calls it, with a concert in the Galway Bay Hotel next month.

Metallica and AC/DC tribute @ Seven

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

WHIPLASH, the Galway based Metallica tribute act, and IE/DC, the Kildare tribure to Australia's finest, will bring the rock and metal thunder to The Loft at Seven this Saturday at 9pm.

Twenty years of the Black Magic Big Band

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

THE BLACK Magic Big Band celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion the band will be in concert in An Taibhdhearc this evening at 8pm.

Classical and sacred music in St Nicholas'

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

ST NICHOLAS Schola Cantorum will host a series of concerts and performances throughout November, with the shows billed as 'Remembrance, Contemplation, Reflection, Fun, Anticipation'.

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