Gold Panda @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 26, 2011
GOLD PANDA is, according to The Guardian, “armed with an ear for a skilful beat and an array of weird samples”.
Pitchfork described his music as “top-shelf pieces of spliced together beat science” while MOJO praised his “wonky beats and shimmering twisted tech melodies”.
Read more ...Bipolar Empire @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 26, 2011
BIPOLAR EMPIRE’S debut album Feel That You Own It came out late last month and has enjoyed a warm response from the critics; now they are taking it on the road.
Read more ...A folk night @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 26, 2011
THREE FOLK-influenced, acoustic acts - Fia Rua, Sweeney Lee, and Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies, will play upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday June 2 at 8.30pm.
Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies have members from Ireland, The Basque Country, and Holland, and have been described by London Music Blog as “a fantastically enjoyable chilled out mesh of musical culture”.
Read more ...Seán Tyrrell & friends @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 19, 2011
THE GREAT folk-singer-songwriter Seán Tyrrell, fiddle player Kevin Glackin, and uilleann piper Ronan Browne have joined forces to produce a new album and they are taking it on the road.
Read more ...Sharon Shannon @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 19, 2011
SHARON SHANNON will play a special charity show in aid of the Animal Heaven Animal Rescue in Monroe’s Live on Wednesday June 22.
Suzanne Gibbons runs AHAR on a voluntary basis in Castleisland, Co. Kerry. The centre is located on a 30 acre farm and has no running water or electricity.
Read more ...Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 12, 2011
IDLEWILD’S LEAD singer Roddy Woomble is taking time out from his duties with his band to tour and promote his new album The Impossible Song & Other Songs.
Read more ...Republic of Loose @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 12, 2011
IRELAND’S LIBIDINOUS funk’n’soul brothers, The Republic of Loose, return to Monroe’s Live tomorrow night.
Read more ...Whose Line Is It Anyway? @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 12, 2011
THE EVER popular Whose Line Is It Anyway? returns to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday May 18 for another night of mayhem, mirth, and improv.
Read more ...Natty Wailer’s Bob Marley celebration @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, May 05, 2011
BOB MARLEY, a cultural icon, a prophet and hero to Jamaicans, and one of the worlds most loved musicians will be celebrated and remembered in Galway next week.
Read more ...Jamie Lawson @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 05, 2011
JAMIE LAWSON, the English singer-songwriter behind the song ‘Wasn’t Expecting That’ returns to play Galway tomorrow night.
Read more ...More reggae @ Monroe’s
Thu, May 05, 2011
INTINN, the west of Ireland band who reggae, dub, and drum’n’bass with Irish trad, play The Backstage Bar at Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.
Read more ...New Model Army men @ Monroe’s
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
NEW MODEL Army have been going strong for 30 years but they have never played Galway in all that time. That, however, is about to change.
Read more ...Cuba Libre @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Apr 28, 2011
CUBA LIBRE, one of Ireland’s leading Latin music bands, featuring a line up of international musicians, plays Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Martin Staunton & The Lost Parade @ Monroe’s
Thu, Apr 21, 2011
MARTIN STAUNTON & The Lost Parade will bring their folk-rock styled sound to Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 8pm.
Read more ...The Walls @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Apr 21, 2011
THE WALLS were originally a band centred on brothers Joe and Steve Wall, but this year finds them in a new incarnation.
Read more ...Elly O’Keefe @ Monroe’s
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
ELLY O’KEEFFE, the Cork based singer-songwriter plays Monroe’s The Backstage Bar this Sunday at 9.30pm.
Read more ...Colin Murphy @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
THE BRILLIANT and ever popular Colin Murphy (pictured) makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Paddy Casey @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
SINGER-SONGWRITER Paddy Casey returns to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Friday April 15 at 9pm.
Read more ...Jinx Lennon @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
SPOKEN WORD artist, social commentator, and agit-folk singer-songwriter Jinx Lennon plays upstairs at the Róisín Dubh on Friday April 15 at 9pm.
Read more ...Get ready to Testify! @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Mar 31, 2011
TESTIFY!, THE new, free, night of poetry, music, and whatever else happens, takes place at the Róisín Dubh next Monday at 8pm.
Galway poet Laurie Leech will be the host and MC for the night which will feature performances from poets Pete Mullineaux and Sarah Griff; Galway singer-songwriter Poppy Nuckels; and hip-hop artist MC Global Gypzy.
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