Album review: John Grant

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 01, 2015

IT BEGINS with St Paul's celebrated description of love from his First Letter to the Corinthians, Ch 13, two voices reading, both male, one in English, the other in Icelandic, before white noise drowns them out.

Ron Sexsmith to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

IN A career spanning 25 years and counting, Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith has won critical acclaim, built a loyal fanbase across the world, and earned the admiration of Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, and John Hiatt - the artists who inspired Sexsmith to become a musician.

Plan a date in Baboró's creative zone

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

THE HAPPY Heart Zone, a place where children and adults can come together to play, invent, be curious, and do just about anything, is coming to Galway and opening its doors as part of the Baboró International Festival for Children.

The Callback Queen

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

GEORGE RR Martin, the creator of the phenomenon that is Game of Thrones, has called described new Irish film The Callback Queen, as a "romantic comedy about moviemakers and aspiring actors that pokes fun at the whole casting carousel...very enjoyable with lots of laughs."

Damian Clark; stolen phones, rude pics, and laughs galore

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

AMONG THE posse of cool comics riding into Galway for the Vodafone Comedy Carnival is acclaimed Aussie gagmeister, Damian ‘Damo’ Clark with his new show, Grand Theft Damo. Originally from Perth, Damian has been based in Britain for the past three years, following a stint living in Ireland, and has been delighting audiences and critics with his infectious energy and rambunctious routines.

The Hot Sprockets to headline Rocktoberfest

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

THE HOT Sprockets, the high energy Irish blues-rock band will headline the Rocktoberfest weekender at Monroe's Live, which starts today and runs throughout the weekend, up top Sunday.

Conal Gallen at the Town Hall

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

Donegal comedian Conal Gallen returns to the Town Hall Theatre this Saturday at 8pm, where he will deliver a highly entertaining two hour set of songs and jokes.

A mystery woman in post-war Berlin

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

A WOMAN who has survived the concentration camps returns to Berlin after the end of WWII. Surgeons have managed to reconstruct her damaged face, but she now looks entirely different.

Book review - Nuala O’Connor's Miss Emily

Literature Reviews Thu, Oct 01, 2015

AT FIRST glance, Miss Emily by Nuala O’Connor - aka Nuala Ni Chonchúir - is a relatively simple tale of a growing relationship, not to say friendship, between two women, one the daughter of a working class Irish family who decides America offers her a better future than the humdrum poverty stricken life in late 19th century Dublin, and the other a somewhat withdrawn daughter of a middle class New England family, in whose house the Irishwoman finds a job as a housekeeper.

Electro new wave from Vann Music

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

IRISH ELECTRO-pop/new wave quartet Vann Music will be among the bands playing the Roctoberfest weekender in Monroe's Live, taking to the stage of the Dominick Street venue tomorrow.

Verdi’s Il Trovatore at The Eye

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

IL TROVATORE, Verdi’s popular Spanish opera, will open New York's Metropolitan Opera House 2015/2016 season and it will also be screened live, via satellite, to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, this Saturday.

Book Reviews: Robyn Rowland and Elaine Gaston

Literature Reviews Thu, Oct 01, 2015

FROM WHAT some would consider inauspicious beginnings, Doire Press has flourished to become a professionally run publisher of quality new fiction and poetry. One of its publications was last year shortlisted for the massively prestigious UK based Forward poetry prize; and Doire is now, quite rightly, in receipt of Arts Council funding.

The Original Rudeboys @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

THE IRISH hip hop/acoustic/indie sensation, The Original Rudeboys will play a show for their teenage fans in Galway city with a special gig for over 14s at Monroe's Live on Sunday October 11 at 6pm.

The 4 Of Us @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

LONG RUNNING Newry band The 4 Of Us, led by brothers Brendan and Declan Murphy, bring their critically acclaimed acoustic show to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 8pm.

100 Onces - furious math-rock

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

"100 ONCES retain the callous punk nature of being loud and rambunctious, disordering the order, and never following a predefined path. This is real math-punk.” so declared online music magazine Fecking Bahamas about the LA duo who play Galway this week.

The 'sublime' Old Hannah

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

OLD HANNAH have been called “a sublime band who straddle folk, country, roots, bluegrass, and more” by The Irish Times, while The Waterboy's Steve Wickam said their songs have "a great and unique intimacy and atmosphere".

Radikal Guru - reggae and dub @ The Loft

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

ONE OF the brightest lights of the roots-influenced underground in recent years, Poland's Mateusz Miller, has pioneered a compelling and unique fusion of sounds that encompasses dub, reggae, and dubstep under his Radikal Guru moniker.

The New Triangle

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

IN 2013, during a speech launching, A Portrait Of A Dubliner, a documentary about his life and work, violinist John Sheahan remarked that "after 50 years I have decided it’s time to put a lid on the The Dubliners, but I think you'll all agree that with Damien and Declan, the future is in good hands."

Lunchtime concerts with ConTempo

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

THE GALWAY Music Residency continues its monthly lunchtime concerts with shows by the brilliant ConTempo Quartet at the Galway City Museum on Tuesday October 6 at 1.10pm.

Vodafone Comedy Carnival – new acts added

Wed, Sep 30, 2015

AN 81-year-old who has been doing stand-up comedy since she was 71, an author of 15 books, with two masters degree's, who even made Simon Cowell laugh on Britain’s Got Talent, has just been added to the line-up of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

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