Wild Youth, Daithí and Saint Sister for GIAF Big Top

Wed, Apr 10, 2019

SAINT SISTER, Daithí, and Wild Youth have been announced as support acts for shows at the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top in the Fisheries Field this July.

Inni-K - new album, Galway gig

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

INNI-K, "one of ten fierce women defining Irish culture," according to RTÉ, released her second album, The Hare and The Line, in March, while this month sees her play an intimate show in Galway city.

We Banjo 3 man at Mick Lally Theatre

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

FERGAL SCAHILL, fiddler and guitarist with the Irish folk/trad success story that is We Banjo 3, will be among the musicians performing at the next 3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music concert.

Japanese music at An Taibhdhearc tonight

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

AHEAD OF the 2019 Experience Japan Hanami Festival in Dublin, the event will be stopping off in An Taibhdhearc theatre tonight to present a concert fusing Japanese and Irish music.

Cois Cladaigh concert in aid of Galway Hospice

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

THE COIS Cladaigh Choir will perform a charity concert in aid of the Galway Hospice this Saturday at 8pm in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church.

Music workshop for young people

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

LIVEFEED: Workshop & Open Mic is a Galway 2020 project for young people interested in music performance, production, promotion, songwriting, sound engineering, and music related photography, social media, and journalism.

John Grant to return to Galway this summer

Mon, Apr 01, 2019

FOLLOWING HIS triumphant and powerful concert at Leisureland last Saturday, John Grant has made good on the promise he made to the audience that night when he said he would "see you sooner rather than later".

GZA - hip hop's science genius for the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 28, 2019

THEY DON'T call GZA "The Genius" for nothing. He is a member of the mighty Wu Tang Clan; he has the fourth largest vocabulary of any rap artist; he promotes science education in New York City; and has spoken at the prestigious Harvard University.

Album review: White Denim

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 28, 2019

IN SOME corner of a foreign field - Austin, Texas, to be precise - it will forever be the 1970s, but what kind of seventies depends on what White Denim album you are listening to.

Chris Haze releases new single 'So Long'

Thu, Mar 28, 2019

'SO LONG', the new single from Galway singer-songwriter Chris Haze, taken from his forthcoming EP Chasing Rivers, will be released tomorrow.

The Curly Organ's weekly HELPdesk

Thu, Mar 28, 2019

THE CURLY Organ, the solo project of My Fellow Sponges' Donal McConnon, returns for another of his regular residencies at the Róisín Dubh, this time with a new show entitled HELPdesk.

Jazz, trad, and classical on a Saturday

Thu, Mar 28, 2019

A JAZZ commentary on Brexit, TG4’s young Musician Of The Year for 2019, and the ConTempo Quartet will be in The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, for the upcoming 3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music concert.

Croi8 take The Musical Steps in An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Mar 28, 2019

CROI8, THE Galway folk-rock/prog-rock band, along with singer-songwriter Michael O'Connor, will give a performance, entitled The Musical Steps, in An Taibhdhearc on Saturday April 6 at 8.30pm.

Tracy Bruen and Ted Cronin @ Pálás

Thu, Mar 28, 2019

TRACY BRUEN, one of Galway's very finest singer-songwriters, and Ted Cronin of the much loved Converse All-Stars, will join forces again for the next instalment of Applause at Pálás.

Hollaback to the noughties @ DNA Live

Thu, Mar 28, 2019

HOLLABACK, THE ultimate noughties covers band, are coming to Galway to play the best loved hits of the 2000s in the DNA nightclub, on Saturday April 13.

Slyrydes launch 'Mental Health' single with Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

SLYRYDES HAVE been called "pertinent", "urgent", and "brilliant" by Today FM's Paul McLoone, while Nialler9 said of their songs: “Listen to this when you’re really angry”.

Album review: Ye Vagabonds

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 21, 2019

THROUGHOUT THESE last couple of years, Ye Vagabonds have steadily built a following and a fair measure of respect, culminating in their nomination for a 2018 BBC Folk Award on the strength of their self-released debut album.

Jack O'Rourke - new EP, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

JACK O'ROURKE seems on the crest of a wave at the moment, especially as his latest single, 'Ivory Towers', released via Reckless Records, has been going down well these last few weeks.

Seanie Vaughan - new single, Galway gig

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

'I CAN And I Will', the new single from Connemara singer-songwriter Seanie Vaughan, is out today, with all proceeds from the single, as well as from his upcoming gigs, going to Down Syndrome Ireland.

Sarah Nicolls and her 'Inside out Piano'

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

A DISTINCTLY left-field musician is coming to Galway to celebrate Piano Day, which falls on Friday March 29, and play a kind of piano, the like of which has never been seen in the city.

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