Former Strypes members new band - The Zen Arcade - to play Róisín Dubh in December

Mon, Jun 28, 2021

THE ZEN Arcade, the Irish garage rock band featuring three former members of The Strypes, will play the Róisín Dubh this winter.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Galway gig for summer 2022

Mon, Jun 28, 2021

CLAP YOUR Hands Say Yeah entered the hearts of many indie fans with the release of their debut album in 2005 and the now classic indie anthem, ‘The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth’ the following year.

Album review: John Grant

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 24, 2021

JOHN GRANT has always been searingly honest, often brutally so, about himself in his songwriting, but Boy From Michigan may be his most personal yet. It is certainly his most political.

Robocobra Quartet to play Róisín Dubh in September

Tue, Jun 22, 2021

ROBOCOBRA QUARTET, hailed as “pioneers” by the BBC and who have been compared to a cross between Fugazi and Charles Mingus by Drowned in Sound, are coming to Galway.

HousePlants - new single and debut album date

Tue, Jun 22, 2021

MEMORIES OF the aftermath of the 2015 marriage equality referendum have inspired the new single by HousePlants, a collaboration between Galway based musician, Daithí, and Bell X1’s Paul Noonan.

‘We Used To Play Here’ - a pop-up concert for Inishbofin

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

A POP-up gig amid the wild splendour of Inishbofin awaits music fans when the ‘We Used To Play Here’ tour comes to the Connemara island next week.

Baba Yarga - Galway multicultural band release new single

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 17, 2021

AN EASTERN European folk song, transformed into a modern, soul-pinching, ethno-pop ballad - this is ‘Vershe’, the new single from Galway multicultural band Baba Yarga.

The Raines - cowgirls get their guns on new single

Wed, Jun 16, 2021

"This is our version of a folk cowgirl song, that feeling of falling madly in love, a whirlwind of desire with someone, and then that same love falling apart.”

The Mary Wallopers - live and unleashed in Galway

Tue, Jun 15, 2021

"ISN’T THERE hope for the country with The Mary Wallopers in it." So said Tommy Tiernan about the raucous Irish folk band who are playing the Róisín Dubh later this year.

Take a musical trip to Greece with ConTempo

Tue, Jun 15, 2021

“THINKING IS the best way to travel,” sang The Moody Blues in 1968, and with the Covid-19 pandemic, journeys of the imagination are the best way to ‘go abroad’.

Album review: Saint Sister

Music Reviews Mon, Jun 14, 2021

“MY BRILLIANT friend traces where I should end and where I should begin, and he touches me with all the need and the want that goes on between us.”

Frankie Gavin, Mairtín O’Connor, Johnny Duhan - live at the Town Hall

Mon, Jun 14, 2021

FRANKIE GAVIN, Mairtín O’Connor, and Johnny Duhan - three titans, not only of the Galway folk and traditional scene, but of Irish music, will be live in concert at the Town Hall Theatre.

Album review: Noel Gallagher

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 03, 2021

NOEL GALLAGHER’S refusal to wear a face mask has hardly been edifying, and his claims of “there's too many liberties being taken away from us”, is verging on tin foil hat territory.

Jane O’Leary’s music to be performed at Mayflower 400

Tue, Jun 01, 2021

MUSIC BY the Galway based composer, Jane O’Leary, will be performed at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, and by Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra.

‘Summer Boy’ - Crescent Moon releases new single

Tue, Jun 01, 2021

CRESCENT MOON, the Galway rapper and producer, releases his new single ‘Summer Boy’ on Thursday June 4, which also features Dublin rapper Conman Conrad and pop singer Viscose.

Opacas release new single and Lego video

Thu, May 27, 2021

OPACAS, THE Galway/Leeds 'virtual’ rock band whose catchy singles and quirky videos have brought much joy during the pandemic, are back - and this time with a Lego video.

Maija Sofia to play live online concert this week

Mon, May 24, 2021

MAIJA SOFIA, the Galway singer-songwriter, along with Tipperary musician Elaine Howley, will play a concert which will be streamed live from Cork this week.

Anna Mullarkey features in new short film series from TG4

Thu, May 20, 2021

ANNA MULLARKEY, the brilliant Galway vocalist and composer will be featured in one of the episodes of a new series of short-films being streamed on the TG4 player.

Galway Street Club singer releases solo single

Wed, May 19, 2021

GALWAY STREET Club’s vocalist, James Dillon, has released his debut solo single, ‘Radio Caroline’, as a taster for his forthcoming debut EP.

ConTempo to perform online concert of Slovenian music

Wed, May 19, 2021

GALWAY CAN immerse itself in the music of Slovenia when the ConTempo Quartet perform music from that country with an online concert tomorrow, Friday May 21 at 1pm.

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