‘I walked down High Street and there was no one about’
Thu, Apr 30, 2020
WHEN DAVID Bowie entered the studio to record what would become Station To Station he had no songs written and little idea what he wanted to do.
Read more ...A Lilac Decline releases new single
Thu, Apr 30, 2020
CHIMING CHORDS bathed in hazy reverb and suffused with lush psychedelic tones go to create a sound which captures the feel and experience of this recent spell of fine weather.
Read more ...Online writing workshops with Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars
Thu, Apr 30, 2020
THE CORONAVIRUS lockdown has placed huge restrictions on our movements and ceased our social gatherings for the time being, but it has not dented our creativity.
Read more ...Tuesday night's alright for laughing!
Tue, Apr 28, 2020
THE LOCKDOWN is no laughing matter, but who says we cannot laugh during the lockdown? Right now, humour is essential to keeping the spirits up and a vital respite from these challenging times.
Read more ...Poems for the Lockdown - Curran's Hotel, Eyre Square
Coffee Break Read Mon, Apr 27, 2020
THIS TRIBUTE to Curran’s Hotel on Eyre Square is from my second poetry collection Time Gentlemen, Please, published in 2008. Curran’s was one of the main venues in the city for Left wing political meetings of all stripes from the 1970s until its eventual closure in 2002.
Read more ...Galway made feature film Calm With Horses gets early digital release
Mon, Apr 27, 2020
CALM WITH Horses, the critically acclaimed film from BAFTA and Sundance Festival award nominee Nick Rowland, and shot at numerous locations around Galway city and county, is getting an early digital release.
Read more ...Cian Ó Cíobháin seeks listeners’ favourite An Taobh Tuathail discoveries
Mon, Apr 27, 2020
AN TAOBH Tuathail, Cian Ó Cíobháin underground music show on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, celebrates 21 years on air tomorrow, Friday May 1, with a special programme focused on listeners’ favourite musical discoveries from the show.
Read more ...A choice of viewing from TG4's streaming service
Thu, Apr 23, 2020
AFTER SPENDING the last few weeks looking through streaming services from abroad, like Netflix and Amazon, I spent the last week trying to limit my content to local services. TG4 as we all know is a brilliant local resource, but maybe you have not seen the quality content they have in their website for free?
Read more ...TribeTones cover Kodaline to 'send a little positivity' to Galway
Thu, Apr 23, 2020
GALWAY MUSICIANS and singers have been remarkable and resilient in how they have continued to make music and song despite the lockdown, and the latest example is from The TribeTones choir.
Read more ...Cúirt 2020 - a weekend of literature online
Thu, Apr 23, 2020
THE CORONAVIRUS has curtailed Cúirt, but it could not stop it. The city's international festival of literature has moved online and over the next few days, Galway can enjoy a feast of author interviews, readings, and interaction.
Read more ...Album review: Ezra Furman
Music Reviews Thu, Apr 23, 2020
ART HAS the ability to resonate with, and speak meaningfully to, situations it was never conceived to address, and there are points on Ezra Furman's new album that feel as though is speaking about the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read more ...What Do You Mean You Haven't Read...?
Coffee Break Read Thu, Apr 23, 2020
Sasha de Buyl, director of Cúirt
The Lonely City by Olivia Laing
Galway Film Society to screen When All Is Ruin Once Again
Thu, Apr 23, 2020
WHEN ALL Is Ruin Once Again, a poetic documentary filmed in and around Gort, and which won Best Cinematography In An Irish Feature award at the 2018 Galway Film Fleadh, gets an online screening this weekend.
Read more ...Faraway Martin releases new single
Thu, Apr 23, 2020
WEST OF Ireland singer-songwriter, Faraway Martin, has released his new single, 'The Lights Turn On', a ballad following a couple's "journey through life, from love at first sight to bitter end".
Read more ...Oranmore Arts Festival goes online in May
Thu, Apr 23, 2020
THE ORANMORE Arts Festival has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, but rather than being cancelled, the organising committee has decided to move a selection of the programme online.
Read more ...Poems for the Lockdown - the Leaving Cert
Coffee Break Read Mon, Apr 20, 2020
THIS POEM is from my first collection, The Boy With No Face, which came out in 2005. If I remember right, I wrote it in 2000. It was inspired, or rather provoked, by walking down St Mary’s Road one evening.
Read more ...What Do You Mean You Haven't Read...?
Coffee Break Read Thu, Apr 16, 2020
Susan Millar DuMars, poet and short story writer
Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Getting To Know...
Thu, Apr 16, 2020
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being surrounded by family and friends which seems a distant memory now!
Town Hall Theatre Patron Donation Awards 2020
Thu, Apr 16, 2020
THE TOWN Hall Theatre Galway is inviting applications for its inaugural Patron Donation Awards from artists, companies, or producers based in Galway city and county.
Read more ...When this is all over, we have much to look forward to
Thu, Apr 16, 2020
RIGHT NOW, we are having to sacrifice much - going out, meeting friends, witnessing live music - but it needs to be done to stop the spread of Covid-19.
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