The Yeti Suite - singer/songwriter night @ The Loft

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

THREE SINGER-songwriters - Felix Sonnyboy, Shaunna McEvilly, and Eoin Dolan - take to the stage of The Loft @ Seven tonight at 9pm for The Yeti Suite.

Seanie Vaughan @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

SEANIE VAUGHAN, the Connemara folk-rock/indie singer-songwriter has seen his second album Redemption reach No 11 in the Irish indie charts, and he will play songs from that record in Monroe's Live on Saturday June 20 at 9pm.

Cantar! - The Marine Institute Singers in concert

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

THE MARINE Institute Singers, winners of the inaugural 2013 ChoirFactor competition will host Cantar!, a night of choral music on Saturday June 13 at 8pm in St Nicholas's Collegiate Church.

Charity concert for Jigsaw this evening

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

THIS EVENING at 8pm in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, a visiting choir of 42 singers from Evansville, Indiana, will perform a charity concert in aid of Jigsaw.

Jazz, folk, and maybe metal - The Underscore Orkestra

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

HE SOUND of New Orleans, Eastern European folk, jazz, and Jewish music will collide in a rambunctious and exciting fashion when Portland, Oregon's The Underscore Orkestra plays the Róisín Dubh on Sunday June 7 at 9pm.

Tír na nÓg to play Gort

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

TÍR NA nÓg, the legendary folk-rock duo of Leo O’Kelly and Sonny Condell have reunited in recent years to great acclaim and they play The Gallery Cafe, Gort, on Sunday June 14 at 8.30pm.

Americana band Midnight Union @ Monroe's

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

THE MIDNIGHT Union Band will bring their Americana/folk sound to Monroe's Backstage Bar on Friday June 19 at 10pm for a free show as part of their tour to promote their new album, Of Life And Lesser Evils.

Citóg gigs for June

Wed, Jun 03, 2015

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED Irish indie bands will be taking to the stage of the Róisín Dubh over the coming Wednesday nights for the monthly Citóg gigs, with folk-blues, rock, electro, and acoustic genres well to the fore. Admission to all three shows are free. Doors are at 9pm.

Slow Magic to play Strange Brew

Thu, May 28, 2015

A MAN in a tribal like fox mask, bathed in fantastic light, with electronic triggers and a drum, playing a future-primitive combination of electronic compositions - this is Slow Magic.

Tom Baxter to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 28, 2015

TOM BAXTER'S "commitment to songwriting could inspire the lovelorn and unjade the jaded’……it’s our good fortune that Baxter abides by his own rules and that’s what helps to make his records a genuine event."

Lúnasa play Monroe's Live in June

Thu, May 28, 2015

THEY HAVE performed more than 1,500 shows across 36 countries since forming in 1997, and their line-up features some of the most respected names in contemporary Irish trad. They are Lúnasa.

Haydn, Nyman, and ConTempo

Thu, May 28, 2015

THE CONTEMPO Quartet will play music by Joseph Haydn and Michael Nyman at a concert in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street, on Tuesday June 2 at 1.10pm.

Harris and McIvor @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 28, 2015

BRITISH SINGER-songwriter Harry Harris and Derry vocalist Anna McIvor will bring their close harmonies, captivating songs, and warm stage presence to Monroe's Live on Sunday June 14 at 9pm.

Galway Choral Association Summer Choral Concert

Thu, May 28, 2015

AFRICAN-AMERICAN spirituals, sacred music, and opera will all be performed in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Saturday June 6 at 8pm for the Galway Choral Association Summer Choral Concert.

Gypsy Folk @ Monroe's Live

Thu, May 28, 2015

GYPSY FOLK band The Eskies play Monroe’s Live on Saturday June 6 as part of their nationwide tour to promote their debut album, After the Sherry Went Down.

The Silent Disco Street Party

Thu, May 28, 2015

BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘til you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be the Silent Disco Street Party this Sunday from 8pm.

Improvise with Community @ The Loft

Thu, May 28, 2015

COMMUNITY IS the improv alter-ego of Galway band My Fellow Sponges, whose drive is to see the audience create music along with the band.

Galway Guitar Night returns to The Cellar

Thu, May 28, 2015

THE GUITAR, whether used to play rock, jazz, or classical, will be the centre of attention on Tuesday June 2 at The Galway Guitar Night, in The Cellar Bar.

Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross to play Róisín Dubh

Mon, May 25, 2015

IN THE late eighties and early nineties, it was impossible to escape Scotland's Deacon Blue and songs like 'Real Gone Kid', 'Dignity', and 'Fergus Sings the Blues', and later this year, the man who wrote those songs - Ricky Ross - will be in Galway.

Album review: My Morning Jacket

Music Reviews Thu, May 21, 2015

I CAN never listen to My Morning Jacket without thinking of the American Dad episode where Stan becomes fanatically, hopelessly, obsessed with Jim James, in what has to be the programme's funniest 25 minutes to date.

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