110th Street comes to Factory

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE FIRST 110th Street of the year rolls into Factory on Abbeygate Street, this Saturday from 11pm.

DJs Cyril Briscoe & Cian Ó Cíobháin will be spinning disco, house, techno, bass, and all manner of hybrids.

Imelda May - the rockabilly queen returns

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

IMELDA MAY returns to Galway this summer and for the second year in a row, headlines a concert at the Galway Arts Festival Big Top.

In Their Thousands @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

IN THEIR Thousands’ music sits somewhere between the folk-rock of Mumford and Sons and Devendra Banhart and the epic indie of Alt-J and Django Django.

Album review - The Pixies

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 17, 2014

WHEN THE Pixies reformed a number of years ago and started touring again, the welcome was warm and the verdict positive.

Silent Disco Street Party

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

THE SILENT Disco moves out from the Róisín Dubh live venue and onto Dominick Street for a massive street party this Easter weekend.

DJ Hunee @ Factory

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

GALWAY CLUB nights Alice and Epoch are joining forces this Easter Sunday to throw two parties - a boat party and after party in Factory.

Galway Baroque Singers in concert

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

MOZART’S REQUIEM and three works by Handel will be performed by the Galway Baroque Singers in Galway Cathedral on Friday April 25 at 7.30pm.

The GBS, with director Audrey Corbett, will be joined by the National Sinfonia Orchestra; soloists Colette Boushell (soprano), Stephen Wallace (counter tenor), Stuart Kinsella (tenor), Geoffrey Ledwidge (bass); and conductor Proinnsias O’Duinn,

A night of Palestinian dance

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

YOUNG, VIBRANT, proud, and engaging, the Lajee Dabka Dancers, will bring the traditional dance styles of Palestine to Monroe’s Live next week.

High voltage rock’n’roll

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

AC/DC TRIBUTE act Whole Lotta Voltage will bring a fearsome slice of ‘rock’n’roll damnation’ to Monroe’s Live tomorrow night from 10pm.

The band will perform a three-hour stage show, covering both the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson eras, complete with costumes, and high voltage renditions of such AC/DC classics as ‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap’, ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’, ‘Highway to Hell’ and ‘Thunderstruck’.

Reggae vibes with Murray Man

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

MURRAY MAN, one of the leading reggae singers and producers in Britain, is coming to Galway to headline a Rootical Sound System concert.

Rockabilly night @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

THE IRISH rockabilly trio The Screamin’ Bluecats are coming to play Monroe’s Live this Sunday at 10pm.

The band - Shiny Jimmy Fingers, Rockin’ Sammy Strongbow, and The Chief - have released an album, entitled Too Hot to Rock and Roll, featuring Waterboys’ saxophonist Anto Thistlethwaite, and a blistering mix of original tracks and rockabilly classics.

City girl wins place in All-Ireland schools final

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

CLARE QUINN, a young classical singer from Renmore, has reached the finals of the All-Ireland Schools Talent Search national final.

Bluegrass in Kilcolgan

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

BLUEGRASS MUSIC will be heard throughout the weekend in Rafftery’s Rest, Kilcolgan.

Bluegrass group Southern Welfare, who are based in Waterford, will be playing throughout Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. All are welcome to the session.

Tumbling Bones - on tour in Galway

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

AMERICAN FOLK/ROOTS trio Tumbling Bones are promoting their debut album Loving A Fool with an Irish tour, including two County Galway dates.

Lunchtime gigs @ Cúirt

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

GALWAY FOLK and American roots will be heard at the Cúirt International Festival of Literature at two different gigs from two fine Galway acts.

Eighties night @ Kelly’s

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

BIG HAIR, leg warmers, ra-ra skirts, mullets, and ten years of hit music will be the order of the day at a charity eighties night in Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street.

DJ Anthony Collins will be spinning classic songs from the 1980s from 9.30pm tomorrow. There will be prizes for the best dressed (eighties style of course) and best dance moves, along with cocktails and drinks promotions.

Scott Maher @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

JUDY COLLINS, the legendary British singer, best known for her interpretations of Leonard Cohen, is an admirer of Irishman Scott Maher.

“I feel something special, unique and very different about you,” she told the singer-songwriter. “This is beautiful music – amazing arrangements and you sing like an angel.”

Album review: Arc Iris

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 03, 2014

AFTER TWO barely noticed albums in the mid-noughties, Rhode Island folk-rock/indie-folk trio The Low Anthem struck creative gold with 2009’s Oh My God, Charlie Darwin.To hold their own and not be outdone by the considerable shadow cast by Fleet Foxes’ magical debut was some achievement, as was the band’s ability to balance the rabble rousing, beer’n’brawling side of folk, with the genre’s sensitive, introspective, side, showing in the process, an emphatic understanding and love for the heritage of this Hiberno-British-American strain of music.