Soul/Americana singer Erisa Rei @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

SOUL, COUNTRY, and blues all originated in the American South and despite a history of racism and segregation, country and soul have often inspired and intermingled with each other.

Musical Mayhem

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

MUSICAL MAYHEM, the Galway based gig series night will celebrate six years on the go with a major showcase in Monroe’s on Friday February 5 at 9pm, featuring The Clandestinos, This Side Up, Cula Bula, and the Gabriel G Band.

DeFeKT to DJ @ The Loft

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

DEFEKT'S USE use of analog drum machines and modular synths is a breath of fresh air in today’s laptop dominated scene, and it has won him admirers throughout the electronic music community.

Little Green Cars - new album and Seapoint concert

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

ONE OF the most anticipated Irish albums of the year, Little Green Cars's Ephemera, will be released on March 11 and ahead of that the band will play Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill on Saturday March 29.

Lindi Ortega - country/soul @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

LINDI ORTEGA calls herself a "crazy storm chasin', red lipstick, red boot wearin', guitar slinging, singer songwriter gal!" while The Guardian said her voice "bears comparison with country forebears Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn".

Galway Sings Project Choir seeks new members

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

THE GALWAY Sings Project Choir is seeking new members for the upcoming term and is open to those who want to sing in a group, sing in public, learn how to sing in harmony, or who want to try something different.

The Henry Girls @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

THE HENRY Girls, who have won renown for what Songlines magazine calls their "graceful harmonies, charming vocals, and elegant musicianship", return to Monroe's Live on Wednesday January 20 at 8pm.

Highly Strung at Courthouse Square

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

FOR LITTLE John Nee and The Caledonia Highly Strung Orchestra, the boundaries between fiction and reality are a movable feast, it is hard to tell whether life imitates art or visa versa.

Ad Hoc choir voice workshops

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

AD HOC choir will host a series of voice workshops, entitled Free Your Voice, with classes taking place in the GTI, Fr Griffin Road, and in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street.

Duke Special to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

DUKE SPECIAL is an artist who is forever restless, forever on the move. "I don't want to be sounding like I sounded 10 years ago," he has said. "I want to keep adding to what I've learned, keep developing."

The High Kings play Seapoint next week

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

THE HIGH KINGS are coming back to Galway to play a ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ concert at the Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, on Saturday January 16 at 8pm as part of their Four Friends Live national tour.

Led Zeppelin tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

NO STAIRWAY, the brilliant Galway based Led Zeppelin tribute act, fronted by the brilliant and flamboyant Steven Sharpe, play Monroe’s Live on Friday January 15 at 10pm.

Bagatelle - last chance to see them live

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

BAGATELLE, BEST known from the song ‘Summer In Dublin’, will begin 2016 with a first and last concert at Monroe's Live on Saturday January 16 at 8pm, as part of their Final Year national tour.

Remember Phil Lynott at Monroe's Live

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

2016 MARKS the 30th anniversary of the death of the man who remains the most iconic Irish rock musicians of them all - Phil Lynott - and his life and music is to be celebrated in Monroe's live.

Giant Sand and Jason Lytle to play Róisín Dubh

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

IT HAS been a decade since Giant Sand, the alt.rock/Americana band led by Howe Gelb, have played Galway, but 2016 sees them return, as part of a co-headline tour with Jason Lytle.

Noelie McDonnell @ Monroe's Live

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

ONE OF the west of Ireland's finest songwriters, Noelie McDonnell, has resumed solo duties and will play Monroe’s Live, along with his band, on Thursday January 7 at 8.30pm.

Thrash Hat - ASIWYFA man goes electro

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

AND SO I Watch You From Afar have, through the albums All Hail Bright Futures and Heirs, rewritten the rule book on post-rock, kicking the genre out of the clichéd straight-jacket it had fallen into, and thrusting it towards new possibilities.

In a change of pace and direction, ASIWYFA leader Rory Friers has begun to explore other interests and musical approaches through his solo side project Trash Hat. Thrash Hat is a collection of songs, photographs and artwork by Rory, featuring recorded and sampled audio, together with electronic syntheses, created in the artist's studio on the north coast of Antrim and while travelling in a van on tour with ASIWYFA. The first fruits of this were heard in August via the track 'Pandaface'.

Captive - Music For Galway's multimedia festival

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

A MULTIMEDIA festival of music, film, and discussion will make up Captive, Music For Galway's mid-winter festival, which features music written by inmates of WWI Concentration and POW camps.

The best albums, songs, and Galway concerts of 2015

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 17, 2015

Best albums of 2015
1. Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People (Bella Union)

Galway Advertiser Galway Musicians of the Year 2015

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

GALWAY BAND OF THE YEAR: The Amazing Apples
One of Galway's most popular bands, The Amazing Apples are also one of it's success stories. Ploughing the independent furrow, their indie-folk stylings and early releases won fans across Ireland, and that hard work paid off this year with the release of their debut album, A Little Sense, produced by Joe Chester (The Coronas, Ryan Sheridan) which reached No 3 on the Official Irish Independent Charts and No 27 in the Official Irish Charts. They also played Electric Picnic in September.

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