The Geddes - new single and Monroe's Live show

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

THE GEDDES play Dominick Street's Monroe’s Live venue at 10pm on Thursday November 26 and the following day, release their third single ‘Warrior’.

Detroit Swindle @ Electric

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

DUTCH DEEP House masters Detroit Swindle, responsible for dance floor staples like ‘The Wrap Around’, ‘The Break Up' and 'Figure of Speech', play Electric on Thursday November 26 at 11pm.

Russian music with the Jablokov brothers

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

MUSIC BY Russian composers, and music associated with that country will be performed by the much admired Jablokov brothers at a concert in An Taibhdhearc this Saturday at 8pm.

Ireland's 'unknown' guitar legend to play Monroe’s

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

GERRY QUIGLEY has earned the reputation of being Ireland's "unknown" guitar legend, but his upcoming show at Monroe's Live will leave audiences in no doubt about his prowess on the instrument.

Access Music Project students' concert

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

STUDENTS FROM the Access Music Project courses will take to the stage of The Crane Bar, performing songs in a variety of genres, styles, and on a variety of instruments, on Wednesday November 25.

Galway 'supergroup' Cranky Face to launch debut EP

Wed, Nov 18, 2015

IF THERE is such a thing as a Galway 'Supergroup', Cranky Face just might be it, being made up of guitarist Fuz Reilly (Boyfights), vocalist/guitarist Simon Noble (Spats Colombo, Mugger Dave), drummer Mosey Byrne (Rural Savage), and bassist/Citóg co-organiser Hob Junker.

King Kong Company unleash the beast @ Róisín Dubh

Wed, Nov 18, 2015

AHEAD OF the release of their new album, produced by Mercury Music Prize nominee Tim Holmes of Death In Vegas, Waterford band King Kong Company, are on an Irish tour, which takes in Galway this week.

Richard Hawley to play Black Box Theatre in February

Tue, Nov 17, 2015

RICHARD HAWLEY, one of Britain's finest contemporary songwriters, has announced a major Galway show for the New Year, as part of his forthcoming British and Irish tour in support of his latest album Hollow Meadows.

Get dancing to Fujiya & Miyagi

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

FUJIYA & MIYAGI are neither a duo, nor are they Japanese. They are however an English trio whose fusion of funk, electro, Krautrock, indie, dance, and rock combines to thrilling, room shaking, effect.

English composer's work to be premiered in St Nicholas’

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

A NEW work by the English composer Philip Stopford, 'I Sing Of A Maiden', will receive its world premiere in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Wednesday November 25 at 8pm.

The Album Leaf for Strange Brew

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE ALBUM LEAF, the indie/electronica/acoustic act, centered around San Diego-born, Los Angeles based songwriter Jimmy LaValle, play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh next week.

Liverpool's Ian Prowse @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

LIVERPOOL SINGER-songwriter Ian Prowse has been called “rousing, inspirational” by The Daily Mirror, while his music has been declared “passionate, engrossing, evocative” by Record Collector.

New release from Galway indie label Rusted Rail

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

THE INDEPENDENT Galway record label Rusted Rail has released Her Darke Aspects, the new EP by left-field Cambridgeshire singer-songwriter Good Shepherd.

Have Beethoven, Chopin and Bartok for lunch

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

A LUNCHTIME date with the music of Beethoven, Chopin and Bartok beckons with next week's Music For Galway lunchtime show, featuring a rising star of Irish classical piano, Fiachra Garvey.

Men of Twenty @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

INDIE-POP band Men Of Twenty, formerly know as Animal Beats, have just released their new single ‘Down By Your Side’, and will play Monroe's Live on Friday November 20 at 9pm.

Electro, folk, and the Mná Mná Music night

Tue, Nov 10, 2015

SOPHIE COYLE, "a natural talent and someone I wouldn't hesitate to recommend others to go and see", according to the Scotland's Libertine Bar Review, plays the next Mná Mná Music night at the Róisín Dubh.

Rackhouse Pilfer - roots'n'country @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

RACKHOUSE PILFER, the stompin’, alt country, bluegrass sextet, and Hotpress/Jaegermesiert Live Band of the Year 2015, return to Monroe's Live on Friday November 13 at 10pm.

Otherkin - new EP and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

OTHERKIN MATCH "feral grunge riffs to uproarious, hugely infectious songwriting" (Clashmusic.com), "play bratty Britpop" (NME), and are "reminiscent of The Strokes, with their blend of pop hooks, brash licks, and impassioned vocals" (Culture Collide).

Piaf - celebrating the little sparrow's centenary

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

EDITH PIAF was born 100 years ago this year in the Belleville neighbourhood of Paris, and although she died more than half a century ago, her songs and her remarkable voice will never perish.

Inni-K's indie folk @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

INNI-K's music, as heard on her debut album The King Has Two Horse’s Ears, is "effervescent folk pop with big slabs of smile-inducing tracks," according to Nialler9.

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