FEAST brings the metal to the Róisín
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
MARES OF DIOMEDES, the doom/fuzz/sludge metal band are back in Galway this weekend, having just released a new split record with Copenhagen based purveyors of bleak doom, Dreich.
Read more ...Syrias Vibes Fundraiser @ Electric
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
THE DISCONAUTS, Shake!, Gigantic, 110th Street, Graham Dolan, and other leading Galway and Irish DJs hit the decks at Electric tomorrow from 8pm, to raise funds for Syrias Vibes.
Read more ...Seán Keane's Town Hall Christmas show
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
THIS YEAR saw Seán Keane release his first new album in almost a decade and he closes 2016 with his Christmas By The Hearth show in the Town Hall Theatre on December 9 and 10.
Read more ...Frank Naughton's A Vintage Christmas
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
FRANK NAUGHTON, one of Galway's best loved singers, host shis annual yuletide concert, A Vintage Christmas, in the Town Hall Theatre, where he will be joined by soprano, Sandra Oman.
Read more ...Rusangano Family - music for a new Ireland
Tue, Nov 29, 2016
THE RUSANGANO Family are from Zimbabwe, Togo, and County Clare; they are based in Limerick; their bass-led sound fuses hip-hop and world music; Nialler 9 said they "continue to impress everywhere they play"; and they are coming to Galway.
Read more ...Richie Egan to play final Nocturne of 2016
Tue, Nov 29, 2016
RICHIE EGAN, the solo artist best known as JAPE and also as the bassist for the pioneering Irish post-rock band The Redneck Manifesto, will play the final Nocturne concert of 2016 this weekend.
Read more ...Daniel O’Donnell - Galway concert in 2017
Mon, Nov 28, 2016
DANIEL O'DONNELL will tour Ireland for the first time in four years when he takes his Back Home Again tour on the road in August 2017, and Galway will be among the first ports of call to play a concert.
Read more ...Beardyman - DJ improv king @ The Loft
Thu, Nov 24, 2016
“A CROSS between a DJ, a comedian, and a human sound-sample library," is how The Guardian described Beardyman. It could have also added front-rank improv artist and entertainer to that description.
Read more ...The Low Anthem - foward thinking indie-folk
Thu, Nov 17, 2016
AFTER A four year hiatus, American indie-folk and roots band The Low Anthem released their long awaited new album in June, and this month they tour Ireland and Britain, including a show in Galway.
Read more ...Album review: Body/Head
Music Reviews Thu, Nov 17, 2016
IN HIS despair MacBeth chastised humans, and thereby life, as "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing". Kim Gordon's music has long been driven by "sound and fury" but is certainly not meaningless.
Read more ...Rofi James - new single and launch gig
Thu, Nov 17, 2016
ROFI JAMES, the Galway pop/rock duo, officially launch their new single 'Fool For Your Love' this weekend, and proceeds from half of all downloads/sales of the single will be donated to the Solidarity-Pikpa refugee camp in Greece.
Read more ...Sample Answer - indie-soul with a real edge
Thu, Nov 17, 2016
HE PLAYS "soulful pop with a dusting of hip-hop thrown in for good measure," say Gigwise, while that pop has "a real sense of edge" according to Clashmusic.com. He is Sample Answer, and he is coming to Galway.
Read more ...Declan O'Rourke to play Down Syndrome Galway charity concert
Thu, Nov 17, 2016
LEADING IRISH singer-songwriter Declan O'Rourke will join a gathering of Irish trad titans in the county this weekend for a charity concert in aid of Down Syndrome Galway.
Read more ...Charlie Landsborough to play Lough Rea Hotel
Thu, Nov 17, 2016
CHARLIE LANDSBOROUGH, praised by BBC Radio Ulster's Gerry Kelly for his "warmth, honesty and credibility", will be in concert in the Lough Rea Hotel and Spa on Wednesday January 11.
Read more ...FEAST on Hope Is Noise's alt-rock
Thu, Nov 17, 2016
HOPE IS Noise, long time stalwarts of the Irish alternative/heavy scene, will bring their polished alt-rock and feral post-hardcore broadsides, to the next FEAST gig in the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Pierre Bensusan - genius of the acoustic guitar
Thu, Nov 17, 2016
PIERRE BENSUSAN, the genius of the acoustic guitar, "one of the most unique and brilliant acoustic guitar veterans in the world music scene today", according to the LA Times, makes his annual pilgrimage in Galway this weekend.
Read more ...We Cut Corners - new album and Róisín Dubh show
Wed, Nov 16, 2016
ACCLAIMED DUBLIN indie-rock duo We Cut Corners are enjoying a busy November, with the month having already seen the launch of their third album, The Cadences of Others, and the double A-Side single, ‘Oh’/‘Mandinka’, and now comes a Galway show.
Read more ...Cranky Face - new EP and new video
Essential Playlist Wed, Nov 16, 2016
GALWAY BAND Cranky Face - Simon Noble, Stephen Curren, Sam Wright, and Mosey Byrne - launch their new EP, Bowdown, with a show at Citóg in the Róisín Dubh tonight [Wednesday November 16] at 9pm.
Read more ...Andy Irvine and Paul Brady to play Galway in 2017
Tue, Nov 15, 2016
TOGETHER THEY created one of the greatest Irish albums - in folk, or any other genre - with 1976's Andy Irvine Paul Brady, aka The Purple Album, and individually, they are two of the greatest and most influential figures in Irish music.
Read more ...John Spillane - Nocturne #7
Thu, Nov 10, 2016
JOHN SPILLANE is a busy man. In September he launched a new TG4 series; last month saw him publish his first book, Will We Be Brilliant Or What?, a collection of lyrics and memoir; and this month he plays Galway.
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