ConTempo’s ‘Musical Exhibits’

Thu, May 29, 2014

THE CONTEMPO Quartet and saxophonist Gavin Brennan are joining forces to present a family concert of classical music in the Galway City Museum.

Album review - Sharon Van Etten

Music Reviews Thu, May 29, 2014

Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (Jagjaguwar)
SHARON VAN Etten’s world is of dark, late night confessionals of heartbreak, unrequited love, failing relationships, relationships that should have worked, and yearning for better times that may never arrive.

Album review: La Sera

Music Reviews Thu, May 29, 2014

La Sera - Hour Of The Dawn (Hardly Art)
“I WANTED the new La Sera record to sound like Lesley Gore fronting Black Flag. I didn’t want it to be another record of me sad, alone in my room.”

Sir Richard Bonynge to conduct in Galway

Thu, May 22, 2014

SIR RICHARD Bonynge, one of the greatest of all operatic conductors, playS a fundraising concert on Thursday May 29 in the Augustinian Church.

Mná Mná - a ladies night of song

Thu, May 22, 2014

MNÁ MNÁ, the night showcasing female musicians, holds its third birthday celebrations in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, tonight from 8pm.

Small Town Heroes @ The Stock Exchange

Thu, May 22, 2014

POP-ROCK band Small Town Heroes begin their Thursday residency at The Stock Exchange Bar on Shop Street tonight.

The quintet play everything from old-school party anthems to current chart hits and will also be playing on Friday night. Also playing the venue are Eleventh Hour, who are on-stage for the Super Sunday Session, followed by DJ playing chart hits and classic party tunes. Doors are at 8pm.

Mick Flannery’s Berlin inspirations

Thu, May 22, 2014

BERLIN HAS long been a place of inspiration to musicians, like David Bowie who recorded Heroes there in 1977, and later to U2 in the early 1990s.

Following in those footsteps is Mick Flannery, the stonemason turned singer-songwriter, who returns to the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm, to promote his new album, By The Rule, which was written in Berlin.

Michael Kaeshammer @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 22, 2014

MICHAEL KAESHAMMER, the jazz, swing, and boogie pianist, vocalist, and songwriter will play Monroe’s Live on Wednesday June 18 at 8pm.

Shuffle! with DJ Dave Barry @ Roisin Dubh

Thu, May 22, 2014

DAVE BARRY, one of Galway’s leading northern soul and ska DJ returns to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow for his SHUFFLE DJ night.

Stoner-metal band to launch EP @ The Cellar

Thu, May 22, 2014

ASTRALNAUT, THE Armagh stoner metal band will launch their new EP, the wonderfully entitled Thieves, Beggars and Swine, in Galway this weekend.

AC/DC tribute @ The Quays

Thu, May 22, 2014

HELLS BELLS, one of the leading AC/DC tribute bands play The Quays Music Hall, on Friday May 30.

Mike Denver in concert

Thu, May 22, 2014

MIKE DENVER, one of the leading country’n’Irish singers will headline the inaugural Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta festival in Moycullen on Thursday May 29.

RTÉ NSO to play Galway

Thu, May 22, 2014

THE RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra comes to Galway in October, to perform music by Brahms and Richard Strauss, in Leisureland, Salthill.

A night for Kathleen Neylan

Thu, May 22, 2014

A CLASSIC Rock and blues night takes place in Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 8pm to remember the late Kathleen Neylan and raise funds to support her daughter.

The Galway Sessions festival returns in June

Thu, May 22, 2014

COMPOSERS AND songwriters will be at the heart of The Galway Sessions 2014 festival, which runs from June 16 to 22 and features, among others, Mairtín O’Connor and Charlie Lennon.

Listen to new EP by metal band Astralnaut

Mon, May 19, 2014

ARMAGH STONER-metal band Astralnaut launch their new EP, the wonderfully entitled Thieves, Beggars and Swine, in Galway's The Cellar Bar this Saturday at 9pm.

Album review: windings/Land Lovers

Music Reviews Thu, May 15, 2014

THE SPLIT release has a long tradition within independent and alternative music, going back to at least the early 1980s. This particular incarnation of the format, released through Out On A Limb Records and the Popical Island lable finds Limerick’s windings sharing space with Dublin’s Land Lovers.