The stormy life of Granuaile

Literature Reviews Thu, Mar 05, 2015

IRISH HISTORY and mythology, and indeed the points where they intersect, are rich materials for the graphic novel, leading, over the last number of years, to Irish writers and artists exploring the potentialities of such as Cúchulainn and The Táin.

Mad About Mark - a night to remember Mark Logan

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THE LATE Mark Logan, percussionist with the Disconauts, passionate Chelsea FC fan, and all-round top bloke, will be remembered and celebrated at a special Mad About Mark night in the Róisín Dubh this Friday [March 27] at 9pm.

Meltybrains? headline Strange Brew tonight

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

NOBODY KNOWS quite how to define Meltybrains? Some even wonder if they are actually human. What is not in doubt is that they play fearlessly imaginative, wildly original, music.

Book review: John O’Donohue

Literature Reviews Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THERE WAS a day in January 2008 when suddenly the valleys, streams, rivers, and lakes of Connemara and the Burren lost their colour and blackened, when the silent music of the stones, hills, and mountains abated for just a moment, for at that moment, in far off Italy one of the few men who fully understood their physical and spiritual presence experienced, to quote his own words,

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

WRITERS FROM Galway, Dublin, Cork, and Belfast will read at The Over The Edge March Writers’ Gathering in the The Kitchen, Galway City Museum, Friday March 13 at 8pm.

A Turkish-Irish collaboration

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

IRISH JAZZ/folk musician Aengus Hackett and Turkish singer Sanem Kalfa, have joined forces to explore their respective country’s traditional music.The results of this collaboration will be heard during the Irish-Turkish Project tour which comes to Galway on Thursday March 12 at 1pm in The Cube Theatre, NUI Galway, and Friday 13 at 9pm in Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover.

Tickets selling fast for Hermitage Green @ Kelly’s

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

HERMITAGE GREEN, led by former Irish rugby international Barry Murphy, play Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on St Patrick’s Day at 9.30pm, and tickets are selling fast.

Echotape @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

ENGLISH INDIE-rock band Echotape play Monroe’s Live on Sunday March 15 at 8pmas part of an Irish tour promoting their new single ‘See You Soon’.

The Jig Jams @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THE JIG JAMS, whose music fuses Irish folk with Bluegrass, are coming to Galway to play Monroe’s BackStage Bar on Saturday March 14 at 9pm.

Italian post-rock for FEAST metal night

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THEIR MUSIC has the riff fuelled power of metal and their rhythms the nimble dextrousness of post-rock. They are Italian duo Hibagon and they will play FEAST at the Róisín Dubh.

Rootical Soundsystem @ The Cellar

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

ROOTICAL SOUND System will hold its first Galway show of 2015 in The Cellar Bar, tomorrow from 10pm.

Beethoven concert @ The Eye

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

TWO OF Beethoven’s greatest works will be performed by The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, with the concert broadcast live to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

Puzzle to pump out the drum’n’bass

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

SOME OF the most exciting emerging DJs on the Irish and British drum’n’bass and techno scenes are in Galway this Saturday to play Puzzle at Kelly’s.

Duo Vocis to sing at Town Hall

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

DUO VOCIS, the popular pairing of tenors Sean Costello and Frank Naughton, perform an Irish themed concert in the Town Hall Theatre on Monday March 16.

No Country for Young Women

Wed, Mar 04, 2015

SINCE 1993, the Mexican border town of Juarez has been the location of the violent deaths of hundreds of women and girls, including numerous unsolved, under-reported, murders.

Cinema review: The Boy Next Door

Films Reviews Mon, Mar 02, 2015

SINCE DRIVE there has been a steady stream of solid, slightly camp, low budget commercial movies. They have not always found the right audience but from 2011’s Hobo With A Shotgun to last years incredible The Guest, there has been a steady flow of B-movie action and erotic thrillers.

Citóg - a left-field musical world on Wednesdays

Mon, Mar 02, 2015

KRAUTROCK LOVING post-rockers, stripped down punk influenced bands, folk’n’country acts, and everything inbetween, the Citóg nights continues its excellent tradition of showcasing the finest in independent and imaginative Irish music, when it returns to the Róisín Dubh this month on Wednesdays from 9pm.

The chef, the cyclist, and the photographer

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

CHUTZPAH, RESTLESSNESS, imagination and no little skill across a range of disciplines have all played their part in photographer Reg Gordon’s eventful and varied career path.

Al Porter ‘Is Yours’ at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

AL PORTER, “Ireland’s ascendant king of camp” according to the Irish Independent, and for David McSavage, “one of the few comedians that actually makes me laugh”, is coming to Galway.

Booka Brass Band - New Orleans brass Irish style

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

THEY HAVE “every right to be claimed as Ireland’s best live act right now,” according to Golden Plec; they are Ireland’s first New Orleans style brass band, and they have just released their first EP.

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