Continuing the family legacy
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
WALK THE Line told the story of Johnny Cash and his tempestuous love affair with the woman who was to become his wife - singer/songwriter June Carter. It won an Oscar, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes and the soundtrack won legions of new fans for the Carter/Cash family.
Read more ...Newton Faulkner’s boisterous method of playing
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
DREADLOCKED ACOUSTIC guitarist Newton Faulkner started his music journey in a Green Day cover band but he soon found his own voice and his unique style of guitar playing.
Read more ...Win Newton Faulkner albums
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
THE GALWAY Advertiser has three copies of Newton Faulkner’s latest album Rebuilt By Humans to give away. To be in with a chance to win just answer the following question:
Read more ...Emmet Scanlon and What The Good Thought to help Haiti
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
GALWAY SINGER-songwriter Emmet Scanlon is going to Haiti to help the Haven charity’s work in building houses for the earthquake stricken island.
Read more ...NUI Galway Theatre Festival
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
THEATRE FEVER is grabbing NUI Galway as students and alumni theatre companies get ready to tread the boards for the university’s first dedicated theatre festival.
From Monday March 1 to Friday 5, the new theatre space in Áras na Mac Léinn and the Bank of Ireland Theatre will play host to the Jerome Hynes one-act play series, a radio play series, a new Dramsoc production of the Oscar Wilde classic Starchild, and plays from guest theatre companies Mephisto, Waterdonkey, and Poormouth.
Read more ...Get All Shook Up in Athenry
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
ALL SHOOK UP, a “camp, romantic farce”, featuring the music of Elvis Presley, will be performed by the Athenry Musical Society in the Presentation College, Athenry, from Wednesday February 17 to Saturday 20.
Read more ...Brendan Bowyer and Mike Denver at Town Hall
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
THE LEGENDARY Brendan Bowyer and country’n’Irish singer Mike Denver join forces for a special concert in the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday February 20 at 8pm.
Read more ...Brigid Power Ryce to launch debut EP with Róisín Dubh gig
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
THE INDIE film screenwriter Mary Case is well known for her phrase “No pressure, no diamonds.” It’s true. Sometimes you need a bit of pressure or stress to force you into action. One woman who can testify to this is Brigid Power Ryce .
Read more ...High voltage hoe-down with Hayseed Dixie
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
GET READY for a barn stormin’, hell raisin’, high falutin’ hoe down when Hayseed Dixie bring their adrenaline fuelled bluegrass take on classic rock to Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh.
Hayseed Dixie - John ‘Barley Scotch’ Wheeler (vocals/guitar/fiddle), Rev Don Wayne Reno (banjo/vocals), Deacon Dale Reno (mandolin/guitar/vocals), and Jake ‘Bakesnake’ Byers (bass/vocals) - play Strange Brew on Thursday February 18 at 8pm.
Read more ...‘Exceptional’ Congolese guitarist to play Galway
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
CONGOLESE MUSICIAN Niwel Tsumbu and his band Song Of The Nations are coming to Galway to play two dates - Friday February 19 in the Róisín Dubh and Aras Eanna Arts Centre, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, on Saturday 20.
Read more ...Port O’Brien and Richard Hawley gigs
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
THE BRILLIANT American indie-rock band Port O’Brien make a welcome return to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday April 10.
Read more ...2010 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
THE 2010 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition is seeking entries from poets and fiction writers and this year’s judge is James Martyn of The Talking Stick Writing Workshop.
Fiction of up to 3,000 words, three poems of up to 40 lines, or one poem of up to 100 lines, can be submitted. Multiple entries are acceptable but each must be accompanied by a fee. The fee for one entry is €10 and multiple entries is €7.50 per entry. The fee is payable by cheque or money order to Over The Edge.
Read more ...North Beach Poetry Nights
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
BRENDAN MURPHY, the 2007 All-Ireland Slam Champion will perform his poetry at the North Beach Poetry Nights in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday at 9pm.
Read more ...French poet to read in Charlie Byrne’s
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
THE FRENCH poet Colette Wittorski will be reading in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle Street, on Thursday February 18 at 6pm.
Read more ...Proust Questionnaire - Catherine Ní Ghuairim, RTÉ Nuacht
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A bottle of Pinot Grigio and a double episode of Family Guy.
‘Ballet is like a sport, you’re an athlete first and then you become an artist’
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
IRELAND’S LEADING ballerina, Monica Loughman, brings her Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company to Galway on Thursday February 18 at 8pm with its production of La Sylphide.
Read more ...‘I don’t feel truly normal’
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
IT’S NOT every musician who can say she has a friend and mentor in Tom Waits, or that she baby-sat for his children, but the American born, Manchester based singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jesca Hoop certainly can.
Read more ...Rich Hall to play The Laughter Lounge in March
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
THE GROUCHY, deadpan, comic genius Rich Hall, the Edinburgh fringe favourite and Perrier Award winner, is back on the road and will be coming back to Galway next month.
Read more ...‘Let us go then, you and I…’
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
INSPIRED BY TS Eliot’s The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, Waterdonkey Theatre’s new show, Love Song, receives its premiere at the Town Hall next week, running from February 10 to 13.
Read more ...The wizard gets funky
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
THE WIZ, a funk-soul retelling of The Wizard Of Oz, will be staged by the Galway University Musical Society as part of this year’s NUI, Galway Múscailt arts festival.
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