Galway Baroque Singers auditions for new members

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

In preparation for an exciting new term, Galway Baroque Singers will hold auditions for new members in Saint Patrick's Bandroom on Tuesday September 1. Vacancies exist in all sections. For further information and to arrange audition, call Joan on 087 6911460.

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The Voice of Ireland needs you

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

RTÉ One hit show The Voice of Ireland returns for a fifth series and aspiring Galwegian divas, rock bands, and pop acts, are being sought for auditions, which will be held later in the autumn.

The show's format gives each singer 90 seconds to impress one or more of four coaches. Those interested in talking part can apply via www.rte.ie/thevoice and send an MP3 or YouTube clip of themselves singing, along with contact details.

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Ryley Walker - 'prodigious talent' for Strange Brew

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

"Walker is a prodigious talent. He possesses the light touch of Bert Jansch, the unbottled energy of Peter Walker, and the musical erudition of John Fahey...Walker is versatile, too, with a chameleonic quality that allows him to slip into ragged electric blues and bucolic acoustic reveries with equal ease. Of all the songwriters trying their hand at this revivalist approach...Walker is the most natural and enviable."

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Album review: Yo La Tengo

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 13, 2015

THIS IS not the first Yo La Tengo covers album, that was 2006's Yo La Tengo Is Murdering The Classics, featuring their take on artists as diverse as Yes and The Stooges. Stuff Like That There is a different, though equally eccentric, beast.

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Giveamanakick - reunion tour/Róísín Dubh show

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

THEIR LIVE shows were among the most incendiary and thrilling delivered by any Irish band in the noughties. At times it was hard to believe their furious, visceral mix of punk, hardcore, and metal, was the work of just two guys.

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Athru - exciting young trad band @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

THEY ARE only together for a year, but in that time Belfast trad band Athru have won Derry's An Re Nua 2014 Competition, recorded their debut EP, and been winning critical acclaim.

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Goldfish Syndrome @ Monroe’s Backstage Bar

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

GOLDFISH SYNDROME have been making a name for themselves across Europe, the USA, and South Africa, and Galway will soon to get a taste of what the Cork indie-rock band is about.

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Steven and Katie's Big Gay Pride Gig

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

STEVEN SHARPE and Katie O'Connor, two of Galway’s most prolific and established gay musicians, will host their Big Gay Pride Gig upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm.

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Mick Hanly to play An Spidéal

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

FOR THE first time in 23 years, Mick Hanly, one of Ireland's greatest songwriters, plays An Spideál, with a show at the new upstairs venue os Tígh Giblin's on Thursday August 20 at 9pm.

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Login Record Showcase @ The Loft

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

GALWAY/LONDON based electronic music label Login Records will hold a showcase at The Loft at Seven, tonight from 10pm, and headlined by label cofounder and owner, Qugas.

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Too Much for the Whiteman reform for SugarBeat

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

TOO MUCH For The White Man's SugarBeat Festival reunion show is possibly the most anticipated performance of the weekend, and the band, who enjoyed a wide following in Ireland in the late 1980s/early 1990s play Tuam Stadium on Saturday August 22.

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Album review: Led Zeppelin

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 06, 2015

IN LATE 1975, Led Zeppelin found themselves with just 18 days to record the follow-up to Physical Graffiti. The Rolling Stones were due at Musicland Studios in Munich, meaning Zep, despite their status as 'biggest band in the world', had to record the album and get out - quick.

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Light Over There - the unlikely duo for Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

THEY LIVE on different continents. They are from different generations, but together they create music of "beauty, emotion and urgency" according to the AAA Music website and as having "hints of Fleetwood Mac at their most country," by Whisperin' and Hollerin'.

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Whole lotta Led Zeppelin @ Róisín Dúbh

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

NO STAIRWAY, Ireland's finest Led Zeppelin tribute band, who deliver note perfect and thrilling renditions of the songs of Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham, play the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 11.30pm.

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David Kitt returns to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

DAVID KITT has recently been making a name for himself as a house and techno DJ/producer, under the New Jackson Moniker, but this month sees him return to his roots as a singer-songwriter.

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Andy Lamy - Irish trad clarinettist in concert

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

MEMBERS OF Altan and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will be among those taking to the stage of An Taibhdhearc for a concert of Irish trad and to mark the launch of the new album by clarinettist Andy Lamy.

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Philip Donnelly - new album and Monroe’s Live show

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

IRISH GUITARIST Philip Donnelly, who has worked with Gary Moore, Donovan, and Johnny Cash, is undertaking a solo acoustic tour to promote his new album Beyond the Pale.

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SHUFFLE! @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

THE VERY finest in funk, soul, disco, jump blues, jamaican ska, reggae, hip-hop, and what ever else happens to be in the loaded boxes of 12 and 7” records will be spun at Shuffle!

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The Alkove @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

CORK ALTERNATIVE rockers The Alkove, who have just released their debut EP Now Or Never, play a free show at Monroe's Live this Saturday at 9pm.

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Punk, surf rock, and indie @ Citóg

Tue, Aug 04, 2015

PUNK, SURF-rock, full on indie, and the new project from Oh Boland's Niall Murphy will all be heard in the Róisín Dubh over the next three Wednesdays as the Citóg music nights, promoting emerging Galway and Irish bands, return.

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