Back West - debut album and Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, May 11, 2017

BACK WEST - Galway brother and sister duo Maureen and Brendan Browne, Tyrone's virtuoso PJ McDonald, and Lord of the Dance's Peter Vickers - launch their debut album in the Róisín Dubh this weekend.

Brahms - the musician, the lover...

Thu, May 11, 2017

AIMEZ-VOUS Brahms? Music for Galway’s 36th International Concert Season comes to a close with two events, one celebrating Brahms' music, the other looking at his most enigmatic aspect - his love life.

Galway metal band reaches Metal to the Masses final

Thu, May 11, 2017

NA CRUITHNE, the Galway folk-metal band, have made it to the final of the prestigious Metal 2 the Masses competition in Dublin, which takes place in Fibber Magees in Dublin this Saturday.

Cut loose with Italy's Ensemble Micrologus

Thu, May 11, 2017

"A MEDIAEVAL band cutting loose in the village square on a festival day" is how The Boston Globe described Italian ensemble Ensemble Micrologus, who will be "cutting loose" in Galway this month.

Duke Special - on his way back to Galway

Thu, May 11, 2017

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."

Train Room to play Monroe's

Thu, May 11, 2017

TRAIN ROOM, the brainchild of Mayo songwriter/musician/producer Joe Monaghan, has been called "one to keep an eye on" by The Irish Times, and Galway has a chance to see why next week.

Sean Daly & The Shams to play Monroe's

Thu, May 11, 2017

DESPITE 'SHAM' being a word indelibly associated with Tuam, Sean Daly & The Shams do not hail from north Galway. Sean is from Donegal, while the band was founded in San Francisco in 2011.

Elaine Mai - new EP and Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, May 04, 2017

THE COLOUR Of Night, the new EP from electro singer-songwriter Elaine Mai will be launched at the Róisín Dubh. Almost three years in the making, it is a cathartic work about the human experiences of grief and hope.

Album review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Music Reviews Thu, May 04, 2017

“THIS RELEASE is designed to be a way into three decades of music making...the songs we have chosen are the ones that have stuck around, for whatever reason. Some songs are those that demand to be played live. Others are lesser songs that are personal favourites of ours."

Gospel Rising Music Festival arrives next week

Thu, May 04, 2017

GOSPEL RISING Music Festival, Ireland's biggest gospel music and choral festival, comes to Galway, for a weekend of concerts, workshops, and interactive events, with artists and mentors from Britain, Spain, and Ireland.

Katie O'Connor to launch new album

Thu, May 04, 2017

KATIE O'CONNOR, the Kerry born, Galway based singer-songwriter, will launch her new album, Fuel For Dreaming, and play live at Seven, Bridge Street, this weekend.

Walpurgis Night VI

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

THE NEW, the old, and the heaviest descend on Galway this weekend for the city's Doom Metal festival, Walpurgis Night VI, with gigs from Graveyard Dirt, Soothsayer, and Genuflection.

Album review: Ásgeir

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 27, 2017

WITH HIS debut album, In The Silence (aka Dýrð í dauðaþögn) having come out of nowhere to be a phenomenon in his native Iceland, and winning critical acclaim and audiences across Europe, expectations are very high for the follow-up.

Cabbage to play Strange Brew

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

CONTROVERSIAL MANCHESTER punk band Cabbage are "hell-bent on filling the current vacancy for rock’n’roll commentator on Brexit Britain" according to The Guardian, and they have Galway in their sights.

William McCarthy - Music For The People

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

WILLIAM MCCARTHY was songwriter and vocalist of the American indie rock band Augustines, but since that band's split, he has embarked on a solo journey as a singer-songwriter, storyteller, visual artist, and troubadour.

Four hands - one piano

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

THEY WILL play the piano separately and then, side by side, they will play the piano together, just to show that, not only do 'many hands make light work', but can, if they are the right hands, play wonderful music.

Áine Cahill to play The Loft

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

A FUSION of classic 1950s style jazz with contemporary pop defines the sound, style, and approach of Cavan singer-songwriter Áine Cahill, who plays Galway next week.

Baile An Salsa @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

FRESH FROM their recent tour of the US, Baile an Salsa - the Latin music/Irish trad fusion band - are back in Galway and will play the Monroe's Live Main Stage this Saturday from 9pm.

Bluesman WOLFF @ Monroe's

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

BLUES AND grunge combine in a primal and intense manner in the music of Wexford singer-songwriter WOLFF who plays Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Saturday May 6 at 9pm.

My Fellow Sponges Cúirt concert

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

GALWAY PROG-folk band My Fellow Sponges will play a one-off lunchtime concert, in the Ruby Room, The King's Head, as part of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

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