Joey Dosik - soul, pop, and jazz

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

HE HAS been praised by the legendary producer Quincy Jones, been inspired by jazz star Kamasi Washington, and played the US national anthem in Madison Square Garden - he is Los Angeles singer-songwriter and producer Joey Dosik.

Simon Armitage and ‘a good day’s work’ at poetry

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

AMONG THE hot tickets at this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature, one of the hottest is Simon Armitage. Since making his debut with Zoom, in 1989, the prolific and versatile Yorkshireman has produced brilliant, award-winning works in poetry, prose, television, theatre and opera.

Molly blooms and Marilyn flies at Galway Theatre Festival

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

MARILYN MONROE and Molly Bloom will be celebrated in two new, one-woman, shows, at the Galway Theatre Festival. Galway actor Tara Breathnach’s Molly is a staging of Molly Bloom’s famous soliloquy from Ulysses, while Marilyn Monroe Airlines: Always Late and Unreliable! features writer/performer Leonor Bethencourt in the comic persona of Marilyn-worshipping air hostess Zocorro.

Kevin Higgins to release his poetic 'Greatest Hits'

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

“AS NASTY a man as he is poor as a 'poet'” was what John McTernan, a former advisor to Tony Blair called Kevin Higgins - but then, that's Blairites for you. Diarmaid Ferriter though was on the mark, when he described the Galwegian as “Ireland’s accomplished political poet and satirist".

When the vampire stalks Connemara

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

THE SHADOW Of Carmilla, a new play inspired by one of the greatest vampire stories of all time, 'Carmilla', by Irish Gothic-horror writer Sheridan Le Fanu, will be premiered at the 2017 Galway Theatre Festival.

Underground folk and indie @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

THE RIGHTEOUS sounds of underground folk-rock and avant-garde indie will fill the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh this evening with a show featuring Toby Hay, Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon, Yawning Chasm, and Gavin Prior.

Take tea with Rogers and Hackett

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

"TEA IN the morning/tea in the evening/tea at suppertime..." sang Ray Davies in The Kink's 'Have A Cuppa Tea', and music will form one element in a new theatre piece for the Galway Theatre Festival, which looks at the the history and culture of tea.

Brahms' Third Symphony is not a 'racket'

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

SYBIL FAWLTY may have witheringly dismissed Brahms' Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 as "that racket" when she heard Basil playing a tape of it in Fawlty Towers, but Galway is about to hear why it is anything but.

Mark Kennedy - a night to honour local legend

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

MARK KENNEDY, the film-maker, scriptwriter, and one of Galway's best loved personalities, who died last year, will be rememberd, celebrated, and honoured, at a special event in the Róisín Dubh.

Interskalactic - new EP and Monroe's gig

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

INTERSKALACTIC, hailed as “the future of ska in Ireland” by The Late Late Show's Ryan Tubridy, have released their new, eponymously titled EP, and play Monroe's Live this week.

Loughrea Musical Society to stage Green Day’s American Idiot

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

LOUGHREA MUSICAL Society presents the west of Ireland's premiere of Green Day’s American Idiot, the story of Will, Tunny, and Johnny who become disaffected by their media saturated suburban life and seek to flee their stifled lives.

Frightened Rabbit vocalist for Nocturne

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

SCOTT HUTCHINSON, lead vocalist of the acclaimed Scottish indie band Frightened Rabbit, returns to Galway for a solo show, playing the Nocturne night at Loam restaurant.

The return of The Blizzards

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

THE BLIZZARDS, one of the most popular bands in Ireland of the noughties continue their comeback, with a new single, the appropriately titled 'Second Wind', and a gig at Monroe’s Live.

Mary Black - Town Hall concert

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

MARY BLACK, one of Ireland's finest and best loved singers, makes a welcome return to Galway this month, when she plays the Town Hall Theatre as part of her 2017 Irish Tour.

Easter weekend at HALO

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

CAFOLLA and Engel, the DJ and saxophone duo who have become firm live favourites at HALO, return to the Abbeygate Street venue as part it's Easter Weekend events.

Electric’s Easter line-up

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

THE EASTER weekend will be a full and busy one at Electric, with a host of DJs programmed across three rooms in the Abbeygate Street venue on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Exhibition explores the hidden spaces of Knocknacarra

Tue, Apr 11, 2017

GALWEGIANS OF a certain age will remember that, up to the very late 1980s, most of Knocnakacarra was fields, farmlands, and wide open spaces, as opposed to the vast series of homes and estates it is now.

Album review: The Jesus and Mary Chain

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 06, 2017

COULD THERE be a more quintessential Jesus and Mary Chain lyric than, "To old to crucify, but too young for suicide", the opening line of 'Song For A Secret', from their first new album in almost 20 years.

What Eamonn has to say about being Irish

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

WHAT DO Irish cultural identity and ‘having the craic’ mean in a post-truth world? What makes someone Irish? These are the weighty themes of a new musical-comedy which will also ask, "And do you have these in a size nine?"

Sing Along Social's Guilty Pleasures @ Roísín Dúbh

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

DO YOU fancy the idea of singing along - unashamed, out loud, and proud - in the company, and reputation saving safety, of others, to some of the most deliciously cringe-worthy songs known to humanity?

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