Heavy metals - new music, new restrictions, new problems

Thu, Nov 05, 2020

Providing a combination of DIY indie, folk, and rock and inspired by Joshua Burnside, The Frames, Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, and Band of Horses, Derek Ellard and the future business model's new album, Heavy Metals, is about modern grief, a loss of personality but, evidently, a new normal for many.

Luminosa Music to perform live streamed concert from Galway Cathedral

Thu, Nov 05, 2020

Luminosa Music, Galway’s own professional string orchestra, will perform a very special live streamed concert from Galway Cathedral tomorrow evening from 7.30pm.

ConTempo Quartet to celebrate female composer Dora Pejacevic in Croatia Concert

Thu, Nov 05, 2020

Galway Music Residency’s From Europe with Love is back with another instalment this Friday at 1pm.

This month ConTempo Quartet visit Croatia, the home of our sister European Capital of Culture, Rijeka, to explore the music of female composer Dora Pejacevic. Though a live audience is not possible, the lunchtime concert will be broadcast from the beautiful Oughterard Courthouse and will be available to watch for free on Facebook and YouTube.

'Freeze Frame' - new single from Galway artist Niamh Regan

Thu, Nov 05, 2020

Since the release of Niamh Regan’s debut album Hemet on September 4 this year, she has quietly and assuredly taken her position at the top table of the Irish music scene.

The Opacas release second single and video

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

THE OPACAS, the virtual band featuring members from Galway and Leeds released their second single, 'She Walks Away', along with a video featuring an array of local acting talent.

Twists of L - Harlean Palfrey releases new album

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

HARLEAN PALFREY, the Galway singer-songwriter, will release her new album, Twists Of L, tomorrow, Friday October 30. "The title describes twists of life, love, and discovering light in shifting times," the singer says.

Carpe Diem - Sing and Play: Remembering Eimear begins November 1

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

Carpe Diem - Sing And Play: Remembering Eimear is a novel online performance challenge, commencing on Sunday November 1 2020 on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. It will run for two weeks and is open to all levels of proficiency.

Album review: Denise Chaila

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 22, 2020

AN ARTICULACY and a wisdom beyond her years, armed with groove filled beats and melodies that are as catchy as they are clever, Denise Chaila has truly arrived with Go Bravely.

Keeping the music going - despite Covid-19

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

Against all the odds set by Covid 19, Music Generation Galway City - a new venture for teaching music to children and teens - has proven a resounding success.

Sunday concerts live-streamed from St Nicholas'

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

THIS SUNDAY at 5pm, the first in a series of five live streamed concerts, entitled Abendmusik, will be broadcast from St Nicholas' Collegiate Church.

'Tragic' - Cat Turner releases new single

Thu, Oct 22, 2020

"IT'S A love song you can sing to yourself, with a hint of sarcasm!" is how Galway singer/songwriter/producer Cat Turner describes her new single, 'Tragic', which is released on Friday October 23.

Billy Bragg to play Galway in 2021

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

BILLY BRAGG, one of the most powerful and incisive political songwriters of the last 40 years, will play the Black Box Theatre, Saturday November 6 2021.

The Clockworks cover Oasis

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

THE CLOCKWORKS, one of the most exciting bands to have emerged from Galway in recent years, have covered Oasis' 'Some Might Say' to mark 25 years of (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

Galway's John Fleming releases new single as J.A.M.F

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

JOHN FLEMING, the musical director of Galway's The Black Magic Big Band, has just released a solo single, 'Love Is Love', under the stage-name J.A.M.F.

'Alright' - Anna Mullarkey releases new single

Tue, Oct 13, 2020

'ALRIGHT', THE new single from Galway vocalist and composer Anna Mullarkey is released today, Tuesday October 13, via the independent Galway based label, Strange Brew.

John O'Conor - a Beethoven concert for Galway

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

AS THE year marking the 250th anniversary the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven begins to draw to a close, John O'Conor, one of Ireland's greatest pianists, will give a concert pertforming piano sonatas by Beethoven.

Album review: Future Islands

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 08, 2020

IT BEGINS with the call of birds in the wild and concludes with the sound of a cassette tape being switched off - a journey from the natural to the mechanical? More from the wilds to the security of a safe space.

A song recalling days at the Claddagh Palace

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

FOR MANY Galwegians, the Claddagh Palace in Salthill was "the first cinema we went to...a place of wonder, a doorway to everywhere", and a place still fondly remembered.

Collective Whisper release new single

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

GALWAY-POLISH duo Collective Whisper return after a long hiatus with a new single, 'Some 1' which will be released tomorrow, Friday October 9.

Compassion and empathy, wrapped in shoegaze

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

IT BEGINS with a reversal of linear time - with a sunset, and sees the encroaching darkness, not as forbidding, but as a moment to take stock and be glad of what has been, and what is.

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