A bluegrass night in Galway

Thu, May 15, 2014

THE BLUEGRASS sounds of the Southern states of America will be heard loud and proud in Galway, tomorrow, with a gig by Gone To Grass.

A night for Billy Mulholland

Thu, May 15, 2014

GALWAY MUSICIAN Billy Mulholland will be honoured with a night of ‘ song and craic’ in Monroe’s Live on Thursday May 22 from 8.30pm.

Midlake to play Róisín Dubh in June

Tue, May 13, 2014

ALTHOUGH THEY began as jazz students, Midlake eventually pioneered a kind of 1970s styled, west-coast Americana, which paved the way for Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver.

The Radioactive Grandma @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 08, 2014

THE RADIOACTIVE Grandma, the Cavan trio have been described as “Brit pop crossed with guitar driven new wave”, by Music Review Unsigned.

Scottish composer to lead young Galwegians in concert

Thu, May 08, 2014

THE ACCLAIMED Scottish pianist and composer James Ross and students from the Galway Music Education Partnership will be in concert this Saturday from 7pm.

The Deans - new single and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, May 08, 2014

THE DEANS, the roots-rock trio, are set to release their award winning song, ‘Lonely Like Me’, as a single with a show in the Róisín Dubh.

Gypsy jazz and bellydance

Thu, May 08, 2014

AN ORCHESTRA playing Eastern European folk and a bellydance group will share the stage at Kelly’s Bar tonight from 9pm.

The Underscore Orkestra, from Portland Oregon, play Balkan folk, Klezmer, Gypsy jazz, and swing on violin, guitar, accordion, horns, clarinet, bass, sousaphone harmonica, piccolo, ukulele, and bambazoo. They have toured Europe and the Americas over the past seven years.

Heathers @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 08, 2014

THEYPLAYED the prestigious South by Southwest Festival in Texas for the first time in March; they also toured Malaysia this year, and now they are coming home.

Renmore girl wins national singing final

Thu, May 08, 2014

CLARE QUINN, a 14-year-old from Renmore, has won the National All Ireland Schools Talent Final, which took place recently in Limerick Concert Hall.

Mozart’s Mass in Galway Cathedral

Thu, May 08, 2014

NEW YORK soprano Marcy Richardson and English soprano Denise Leigh will perform Mozart’s ‘Great’ Mass in C minor in Galway Cathedral on Thursday May 15 at 8pm.

Southern choir to sing for Simon

Thu, May 08, 2014

A CHOIR from North Carolina is coming to St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church to perform a fundraising concert for Galway Simon.

Music for Celts and Romans to battle to

Thu, May 08, 2014

THE CELTS and the Romans were never bosom buddies. The Celts sacked Rome in 390 AD and Caesar conquered Gaul in the Fifties BC.

Listen to new album by Galway folk singer

Tue, May 06, 2014

GALWAY BASED folk/alternative singer-songwriter Brigid Power-Rice has released her new album I Told You The Truth, which was recorded in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

Alabama 3 and Songs For Amy concert

Thu, May 01, 2014

ALABAMA 3 will headline a concert in Monroe’s Live tomorrow from 9pm, featuring musicians involved in the award-winning independent Irish film Songs for Amy.