Usher's Island - Irvine, Lunny, and friends

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

FORMER MEMBERS of Planxty and The Bothy Band, including Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny, two absolute legends of Irish folk, join forces as Usher's Island, and play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday April 7 at 7.30pm.

Album review: Parquet Court

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 31, 2016

PARQUET COURTS' previous album, the excellent Sunbathing Animal, wore its Pavement influence on its sleeve and made no apologies for it. Human Performance, appears to do the same with their other chief inspiration - The Velvet Underground.

The Shaker Hymn - 'top drawer' indie @ Strange Brew

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

THE SHAKER Hymn play the "kind of proud, unashamedly guitar-driven record debut that would once have been pounced on by an enlightened imprint such as Creation or Go! Discs”.

Tudor Cinema Club - better than the real thing?

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

THE RÓISÍN Dubh does not normally book tribute bands so it is surprising to see Tudor Cinema Club, a tribute band to County Down's Two Door Cinema Club on their way to the Dominick Street venue.

Young Galway musicians are put to the test in youth music competition

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

YOUNG GALWAY musicians will be among the finalists in this year's Irish Youth Music Awards, which takes place in Dublin next month. The Irish Youth Music Awards is a competition where teams and youth centres from all over Ireland pick a representing act and an original song.

Daring vocals and pumping rhythms

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

CLASSICAL MUSIC goes clubbing next month when opera singer Salome Kammer, the Vogler Quartet, and DJ Cyril Briscoe join forces for a show at the Electric Garden & Theatre on Friday April 8 at 8pm.

The lively Celtic sound of Scythian

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

AMERICAN TV show, Nashville's Music City Roots, has called Scythian "what happens when rock star charisma meets Celtic dervish fiddling", as Galway will see when they play Monroe’s Live on Thursday April 7.

Dominick Street Sessions starts in April

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

PADRAIG STEVENS may originally be from Sligo but he is a legend within the idiosyncratic and brilliant music community of Tuam, and will headline a new music night in Galway.

Scoops @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

SCOOPS, THE Dublin band whose debut EP Scenes Of Joy went straight in at Number 2 in the iTunes Album charts behind Adele, play Monroe’s Live on Friday April 29 at 9pm.

Classical lunchtime with ConTempo

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

CLAUDE DEBUSSY'S String Quartet in G minor, Op 10, a watershed in the history of chamber music, will be performed in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Tuesday April 5 at 1.10pm.

SHUFFLE! but this time in Seven

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

SHUFFLE! DAVE Barry's nothern soul, funk, ske, rock'n'roll, blues, and reggae clubnight is back the Saturday of the May Bank Holiday weekend, but this time in The Loft @ Seven.

Exmagician - Cashier No 9 duo's new venture

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

"LIKE EARLY Beefheart meets Add N To X" is how Belfast duo Exmagician describe their music, and Galway has a chance to hear that claim up close and personal when the band play the Róisín Dubh.

Album review: The Goon Sax

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 24, 2016

THE ESSENTIALS of Indie music - a sense of the fey and jangly; an appreciation for DIY punk, but softened by the melodicism of The Beatles and The Smiths; a regard for the slacker ethos; nerdy preoccupations, sometimes ambiguous sexuality; and always a deep strain of melancholy.

Bry to play all ages show at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

BRY, THE Irish singer-songwriter, YouTuber, and blogger, plays an all ages show in the Róisín Dubh on Saturday April 23 at 6pm, and he remains determined to play every country in the world.

Tracy Bruen to get 'Dubhsexy'

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

TRACY BRUEN, the Galway singer-songwriter and Galway Advertiser Solo Artist of the Year 2015, will headline Dubhsexy, the next Steve Sharpe curated night in the Róisín Dubh, on Thursday March 31 at 9pm.

Outlaw Country with Daniel Kemish

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

OUTLAW COUNTRY is a form of country music pioneered by the maverick brilliance of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, a tradition continued by Daniel Kemish, who plays Monroe's Live on Sunday April 24 at 9pm.

Opera singer to perform at Monroe's

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

THE OPERA singer Amanda Neri will be among those performing a charity concert for COPE Galway and Icefight Brisbane in Monroe’s Side Bar on Sunday April 3 from 2.30pm.

Ad hoc choir workshops

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

THE AD Hoc choir will begin a new term of workshops, entitled Free Your Voice, starting April 4, and running on Mondays and Tuesdays in the GTI, Fr Griffin Road.

Dimitri From Paris @ Electric

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

DISCO KING Dimitri From Paris comes to Electric for the club's Easter party this Saturday from 11pm.

Road Wives debut @ The Loft

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

ROAD WIVES - AKA DJ, producer, and recording artist Jack Quinn - will perform his debut live show in The Loft at Seven this Sunday at 11pm and admission is free.

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