A court summons to listen to music

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

COURT ROOMS are not associated with musical concerts - unless there was a fall-out between artist and promoter - but they are places of performance and controversy.

Julie Feeney to judge Choirfactor 2014

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

JULIE FEENEY, the award winning, Athenry-born, vocalist and composer, will be among the judges at Galway’s Choirfactor competition.

Líadan to play Claregalway

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

TRAD/FOLK band Líadan celebrate their 10th anniversary this year with a nationwide tour which begins with a gig in County Galway next month.

Freddie White to play Moycullen

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

WHETHER INTERPRETING songs by Randy Newman, Tom Waits, John Hiatt, and Guy Clark, or performing his own compositions, Freddie White’s live performances are legendary.

Galway bands to release new singles

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

GALWAY BANDS Harrison & The Devil and The Followers Of Otis release new singles, at two separate gigs, in the Róisín Dubh.

Harrison & The Devil, whose sound draws on Nick Drake, Nick Cave, and Supergrass, and whose debut EP Cat Matters featured on Nialler9’s reader’s Top 5 Irish EPs list, release the double A-side single ‘Mary/Blue Blood’ on Citóg Records.

Frankie Gavin to play NUIG concert

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

TRAD FIDDLE great Frankie Gavin will be among the stellar line-up of musicians performing at the NUI Galway’s Arts in Action Finale Concert.

Rackhouse Pilfer album launch

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

RACKHOUSE PILFER, the Sligo alt-country and bluegrass sextet, launch their new album, Love and Havoc, at a concert in Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 10pm.

Beardyman @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

BEARDYMAN – DJ, producer, and entertainer – brings his Eat Sleep Shave Repeat Irish Tour to Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday April 3.

Beardyman, who has been called the “king of sound, ruler of beats,” by BBC1 Breakfast, and “like Bobby McFerrin on Speed” by the Evening Standard, is promising audiences a rip roaring, beat filled and lavishly improvised gigs.

Cornerboy @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

COMBINING APPALACHIAN folk, sea shanties, arena rock choruses, vocal harmonies, and an indie sensibility, Wexford’s Cornerboy epitomise nu-folk.

The ‘indietronic’ Mineral

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

“THE MINERAL album is really beautiful... it reminds of Screamadelica.” So said Alan McGee whose Creation label released the Primal Scream classic in 1991.

Nicole Maguire @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

AHEAD OF the release of her debut album next week, Cork singer-songwriter Nicole Maguire plays upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night.

Nicole, who has been championed by Damien Dempsey and Nancy Griffith, releases the album What You Really Mean on Friday March 28. The Daily Telegraph said her voice and songwriting abilities were “pure and elegant”, while Acoustic Magazine called the album a “promising debut from sweet voiced young folk/pop singer”.

John O’Conor in concert

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

THE GREAT Irish pianist John O’Conor will perform John Field’s Three Nocturnes in the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, on Friday March 28 at 8pm.

Sing with The Ad-Hoc Choir

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

GALWEGIANS INTERESTED in singing are being encouraged to check out The Ad-Hoc Choir’s month of song.

Union University Singers in concert

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

THE UNION University Singers, the acclaimed choir from Jackson, Tennessee, will give two performances in Galway on Saturday March 29.

Acoustic blues gig

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

HARD DRIVING acoustic blues band One Horse Pony will make their Galway debut when they play Kelly's Bridge Street, tomorrow night.

The Dead Heavys @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

“THE DEAD Heavys deal a psychedelic-tinged guitar-pop that could easily grab a whole stadium full of post-Oasis fans as well as the charts.”

Re-live Oasis @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

COME AUGUST, Oasis’s Definitely Maybe will be 20 years old, yet despite reaching this milestone, songs like ‘Slide Away’ and ‘Live Forever’ still sound timeless.

Gamper and Dadoni @ Electric

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

GERMAN HOUSE duo Gamper and Dadoni, who have won attention for their catchy, laid back, mixes, are coming to Electric tonight.

Funk, Soul and Reggae at Massimo

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

GALWAY DJ Dave Barry’s monthly vinyl excursion into funk, northern soul, boogaloo, r’n’b, Jamaican ska, and more, returns to Massimo tomorrow night. The emphisis is on the dancefloor but there are plenty of snugs for a quiet pint not to mention the smoking room.

Irish-American hoe-down @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 13, 2014

ST PATRICK’S Eve and St Patrick’s Day will be celebrated musically at Monroe’s Live with two gigs from Minnesota’s The Hounds of Finn.

The Hounds of Finn are an Irish-American quartet from St Paul, Minnesota, that combine Irish and Scots music with bluegrass, folk, and modern pop.

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