Light Over There - the unlikely duo for Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

THEY LIVE on different continents. They are from different generations, but together they create music of "beauty, emotion and urgency" according to the AAA Music website and as having "hints of Fleetwood Mac at their most country," by Whisperin' and Hollerin'.

Whole lotta Led Zeppelin @ Róisín Dúbh

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

NO STAIRWAY, Ireland's finest Led Zeppelin tribute band, who deliver note perfect and thrilling renditions of the songs of Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham, play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 11.30pm.

David Kitt returns to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

DAVID KITT has recently been making a name for himself as a house and techno DJ/producer, under the New Jackson Moniker, but this month sees him return to his roots as a singer-songwriter.

Andy Lamy - Irish trad clarinettist in concert

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

MEMBERS OF Altan and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will be among those taking to the stage of An Taibhdhearc for a concert of Irish trad and to mark the launch of the new album by clarinettist Andy Lamy.

Philip Donnelly - new album and Monroe’s Live show

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

IRISH GUITARIST Philip Donnelly, who has worked with Gary Moore, Donovan, and Johnny Cash, is undertaking a solo acoustic tour to promote his new album Beyond the Pale.

SHUFFLE! @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

THE VERY finest in funk, soul, disco, jump blues, jamaican ska, reggae, hip-hop, and what ever else happens to be in the loaded boxes of 12 and 7” records will be spun at Shuffle!

The Alkove @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

CORK ALTERNATIVE rockers The Alkove, who have just released their debut EP Now Or Never, play a free show at Monroe's Live this Saturday at 9pm.

Punk, surf rock, and indie @ Citóg

Tue, Aug 04, 2015

PUNK, SURF-rock, full on indie, and the new project from Oh Boland's Niall Murphy will all be heard in the Róisín Dubh over the next three Wednesdays as the Citóg music nights, promoting emerging Galway and Irish bands, return.

The West End Street Party

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

DOMINICK STREET will come alive to the sound of music, song, and dancing for The West End Street Party, which starts today, and features shows from the Booka Brass Band, Hermitage Green, the Ignite Gospel Choir, as well as the open air Silent Disco.

Album review: The Frames

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 30, 2015

MY OPINION of The Frames has always been skewered towards the negative because of their debut single, the hideously awful 'The Dancer'. The band's knack of repackaging indie and alternative rock for mainstream audiences made them appear edgy to many - but only if you ignored what was going on in indie and alternative rock. Forgive the Indie-snobbery but that did not sit well with me either.

Frankie Gavin and De Dannan's charity concert for Zambia

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

FRANKIE GAVIN and De Dannan will play Monroe's Live on Friday August 7 at 9pm in a fundraising concert for Gorta-Self Help Africa in partnership with Alan Kerins Projects.

Amazing Apples to perform 'secret gig' @ The Loft

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE AMAZING Apples, one of Galway's leading and most popular bands, will play a 'surprise gig' on Friday July 31 in The Loft at Seven, Bridge Street, ahead of their upcoming slot at the main stage of the Indiependence Festival in Mitchelstown.

Orpheus - Elizabethan style

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE MYTH of Orpheus, retold through the songs and instrumental music of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, is the stuff of Orfea Britannica, a concert in the Galway Cathedral on Thursday August 6 at 8pm.

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne returns to Galway

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE CHAMBER Philharmonia Cologne, or to give the ensemble its proper title, the Kammerphilhamonie Köln, make their annual pilgrimage to Galway to play the music of Vivaldi's Four Seasons in St Nicholas Collegiate Church.

Rural Savage @ Strange Brew

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

RURAL SAVAGE are different. Unlike most punk bands, their dark humour, cynicism, and world view owe nothing to American hardcore and British Oi, but comes instead from the peculiarly strain of the music that is Ulster punk, pioneered by Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones, Rudi, and The Outcasts.

Get ready to rock and jive

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE JIVE Aces, one of Britain's leading jive and swing bands, renowned for their high-energy music and flamboyant live shows, as well as being the first live band to reach the finals of Britain’s Got Talent, are coming to Galway.

A Galwegian and a Galician in concert

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

A GALWEGIAN and a Galician, singer-songwriters Kevin Herm Connolly and Susana Garrido Pombo will play two shows in County Galway this weekend, playing both original songs and "some covers with a twist".

Lunchtime sax with the Chatham quartet

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

CLASSICAL, JAZZ, rock, and music from the films The Little Mermaid and Frozen will be heard in the Galway City Library during the Chatham Saxophone Quartet's free concert there on Tuesday August 4 at 1.10pm.

Mollusk - Niall Murphy's other band to headline Citóg

Wed, Jul 29, 2015

NIALL MURPHY is best known as the leader, vocalist, and songwriter of the great Tuam indie-punk band Oh Boland, but he is hitting such a purple patch these days he needs a second band to explore a different side to his creativity.

Rising Irish folk/roots bands @ Monroe's Live

Tue, Jul 28, 2015

FOLK BANDS Old Hannah and The Mariannes, both of whom draw on Irish folk, roots, and Americana, pla a double headline show at Monroe’s Live on Thursday August 6 at 9pm.

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