Otherkin - 'Straight in, no kissing'
Thu, Jan 12, 2017
"WE WANT our records to be punchy, lean, and blazing. Straight in, no kissing." So declare Dublin grunge-pop/garage rock band Otherkin who The Independent call "a big mass of energy...who write hugely infectious tracks".
Read more ...Galway Music Centre - new education and support project launched
Thu, Jan 12, 2017
THE GALWAY Music Centre, a collaborative project to enhance music education and performance facilities and services, and to develop "coordinated and community-based supports" for music, was launched this week.
Read more ...Wallis Bird to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 12, 2017
WALLIS BIRD, the Wexford singer-songwriter, returns to the Róisín Dubh this month as part of her new tour, promoting her latest album, Home, which also takes in the continent, Japan, and Australia.
Read more ...Irish-language-song club seeks new members
Thu, Jan 12, 2017
GALWEGIANS WHO like the idea of singing songs as Gaeilge - even if their Irish is far from perfect - around the fireside with others who enjoy doing the same, are sought to join Club Amhránaíochta na Gaillimhe.
Read more ...Weekend gigs @ The Quays
Thu, Jan 12, 2017
THE QUAYS is hosting gigs by some of Galway and Ireland's most popular covers bands this weekend, and the venue is also running an offer of free entry to gigs on Fridays and Sundays.
Read more ...The High Kings - Galway bound
Thu, Jan 05, 2017
THE HIGH KINGS – Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey and Darren Holden – will get Galway's 2017 off to a rousing folk and trad start when they play the Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, on Saturday January 14 at 8pm.
Read more ...James McMurtry - 'a true Americana poet'
Thu, Jan 05, 2017
FOR THE novelist Stephen King, Texan James McMurtry is "the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation"; for the BBC's Bob Harris he is "the most vital lyricist in America today"; while The Monkee's Mike Nesmith calls him, "a true Americana poet".
Read more ...Take up singing with the Ad Hoc choir
Thu, Jan 05, 2017
MANY PEOPLE would love to sing, but maybe do not have the confidence. Others would love to sing as part of a choir, but have no experience or do not know where to start.
Read more ...New Pope - new album
Essential Playlist Wed, Jan 04, 2017
DAVID BOLAND is one of the main figures in the indie-rock and alternative music scene in Galway city and a prime figures behind the Citóg nights in the Róisín Dubh. As a musician in his own right, he goes under the name of New Pope, and his new album is out now.
Read more ...Cass McCombs - acclaimed songwriter for Róisín Dubh
Tue, Jan 03, 2017
CASS MCCOMBS, “one of the most compelling singer-songwriters of the past decade", according to Uncut, and “arguably the greatest American singer-songwriter of this generation”, say Vice, is coming to Galway.
Read more ...Remember Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy this weekend
Tue, Jan 03, 2017
PHIL LYNOTT - rock icon, Black-Irishman, singer, songwriter, icon, inspiration, and the personification of Thin Lizzy, died 31 years ago this year, and Galway will mark his passing and celebrate his music, this week.
Read more ...Prodigy - a classical start for 2017
Thu, Dec 29, 2016
ALMA DEUTSCHER is no ordinary 11-year-old. She is acclaimed as one of today’s most exciting young composers and pianists, and she joins a long line of classical musicians who have genuine claim to be considered a prodigy.
Read more ...Poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre
Thu, Dec 29, 2016
GALWEGIANS WHO have long wanted to write poetry, but are not sure how, and poets looking to improve their skills, should check out a series of New Year classes with acclaimed poet Kevin Higgins.
Read more ...New teachers choir for Galway
Thu, Dec 29, 2016
A NEW choir is starting in Galway and is looking for members. It will be open to teachers and those associated with the primary, secondary, further, and higher education sectors.
Read more ...Theatre 2016 — from stage to stage
Thu, Dec 29, 2016
And so the curtain falls on another lively year of Galwaytheatre in which both home-based and visiting companies provided much to savour and, as is the way of things, some misses as well as hits.
Read more ...New Year’s Eve at the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 29, 2016
THE VERY cream of Galway and Irish rock, indie, singer-songwriter, and electro talent will ring out 2016 and welcoming in 2017 from the stage of the Róisín Dubh for the venue’s marathon New Year’s Eve bash.
Read more ...Breathe in the brilliance of Floyd
Thu, Dec 29, 2016
BREATHE - THE very best of Pink Floyd Live, the acclaimed tribute act to the British art-rock legends, comes to Galway in the New Year, to perform a two hour show of Floyd classics.
Following their Dark Side of the Moon - Live production which recently sold out Vicar Street and Cork Opera House, Breathe return in 2017 with their new show, Welcome to the Machine - The Very Best of Pink Floyd - LIVE to the Seapoint Ballroom on Saturday February 18 at 8pm.
Read more ...Galway Advertiser Galway Musicians of the Year 2016
Thu, Dec 15, 2016
Galway Band of The Year 2016: We Banjo 3
We Banjo 3 - David Howley, Martin Howley, Enda Scahill, Fergal Scahill - became the first independent Irish band to reach No 1 on the US Billboard World Music Charts with their album, String Theory, released in July. It was a year in which they also played for outgoing US president Barack Obama; performed at 2-3,000 seater venues across the States; and headlined MerleFest, one of the most prestigious folk festivals in the world.
THE BEST MUSIC OF 2016
Music Reviews Thu, Dec 15, 2016
Irish Album of The Year
Jealous Of The Birds - Parma Violets (Rough Trade) - JOTB is 19-year-old Armagh singer-songwriter Naomi Hamilton. A considerable gift for melody, her knack for a catchy chorus, a poetic lyrical ability, and ease in ranging from Steven Malkmus-like slacker rock to delicate indie folk-pop, without ever sounding unfocused, makes this startling debut Irish album of the year.
New Year's Eve at the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Dec 15, 2016
THE VERY cream of Galway and Irish rock, indie, singer-songwriter, and electro talent will ring out 2016 and welcoming in 2017 from the stage of the Róisín Dubh for the venue's marathon New Year's Eve bash.
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