Album review: Ásgeir

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 27, 2017

WITH HIS debut album, In The Silence (aka Dýrð í dauðaþögn) having come out of nowhere to be a phenomenon in his native Iceland, and winning critical acclaim and audiences across Europe, expectations are very high for the follow-up.

Confessions Of An Immigrant - Peadar de Burca is back

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

THROUGHOUT THE noughties writer/director/performer Peadar de Burca was a familiar presence on Galway's theatre scene with a string of shows under the Morwax Productions banner.

'You can feminise yourself in a macho way and no one can touch you'

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

TRY SAYING ‘Shut Up, Dylan’, the title of Steven Sharpe & The Broke Straight Boys' debut album, either in your head or out load, and it’s near impossible to deliver it without the inflections, patterns, and tones with which Steven would say it himself.

Far From Literature returns to Cúirt

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

FAR FROM Literature We Were Reared, the night showcasing prose, poetry, spoken word, music, and comedy from local writers and performers, returns to the Róisín Dubh this weekend as part of the Cúirt literary festival.

Colin Bateman's Bag For Life

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

CAN FORGIVENESS overcome the desire for revenge in 21st century Northern Ireland? This is the question Colin Bateman asks in his new, blackly humorous play, Bag For Life, which is coming to the Town Hall.

Cabbage to play Strange Brew

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

CONTROVERSIAL MANCHESTER punk band Cabbage are "hell-bent on filling the current vacancy for rock’n’roll commentator on Brexit Britain" according to The Guardian, and they have Galway in their sights.

William McCarthy - Music For The People

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

WILLIAM MCCARTHY was songwriter and vocalist of the American indie rock band Augustines, but since that band's split, he has embarked on a solo journey as a singer-songwriter, storyteller, visual artist, and troubadour.

Rock Of Ages - glamour and decadence

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

SQUEEZE INTO the spandex, get that poodle perm, strap on your air guitar, remembering to heroically abuse and overuse the imaginary whammy bar, and party like it's 1987 and you are about to hit the Sunset Strip with a vengeance.

Four hands - one piano

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

THEY WILL play the piano separately and then, side by side, they will play the piano together, just to show that, not only do 'many hands make light work', but can, if they are the right hands, play wonderful music.

Áine Cahill to play The Loft

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

A FUSION of classic 1950s style jazz with contemporary pop defines the sound, style, and approach of Cavan singer-songwriter Áine Cahill, who plays Galway next week.

Baile An Salsa @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

FRESH FROM their recent tour of the US, Baile an Salsa - the Latin music/Irish trad fusion band - are back in Galway and will play the Monroe's Live Main Stage this Saturday from 9pm.

Bluesman WOLFF @ Monroe's

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

BLUES AND grunge combine in a primal and intense manner in the music of Wexford singer-songwriter WOLFF who plays Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Saturday May 6 at 9pm.

My Fellow Sponges Cúirt concert

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

GALWAY PROG-folk band My Fellow Sponges will play a one-off lunchtime concert, in the Ruby Room, The King's Head, as part of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Bank Holiday weekender @ Electric

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

WITH THE May Bank Holiday Weekend coming hot on the heels of the Easter Bank Holiday, it will be another chance to dance, with leading Galway and Irish DJs taking over all floors of the Electric Garden and Theatre.

Bank Holiday Weekend @ HALO

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

WITH ANOTHER Bank Holiday coming so soon after the last it's another chance for a long weekend and big nights out, and HALO nightclub, Abbeygate Street, has a stacked line-up of resident DJs all weekend.

Review: Galway Theatre Festival

Theatre Reviews Wed, Apr 26, 2017

ONE OF the most keenly anticipated shows of the 2017 Galway Theatre Festival was Emma O’Grady’s What Good Is Looking Well When You’re Rotten On The Inside? at An Taibhdhearc and it fully lived up to expectations.

Simultaneous Vinyl Love for Repeal events across 8 Cities and 2 Countries..

Wed, Apr 26, 2017

Sunday May 14th in 8 cities of Ireland and the UK with more to be announced.

The Coronas, Jenny Greene, and RTÉ Concert Orchestra for Big Top

Tue, Apr 25, 2017

THE CORONAS, one of Ireland's best loved bands will play a headline at the Big Top to close the Absolut Big Top music programme at the Galway International Arts Festival this summer, while the day before 2FM’s Jenny Greene and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra will join forces for a night of dance anthems.

'Reading, writing, and thinking together will sustain us'

Tue, Apr 25, 2017

WITH THE Galway Theatre Festival having wound down on Sunday, it was time for the Cúirt International Festival of Literature to take the baton in Galway’s annual cultural relay race.

An Taobh Tuathail - a sonic journey to 1972

Mon, Apr 24, 2017

1972 WAS one hell of a year for music. It was the year of Roxy Music's debut album; David Bowie's breakthrough with The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars; and Bowie also wrote a hit song for Mott The Hoople and produced Transformer for Lou Reed.

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