Serafino Quartet’s Irish début

Thu, May 01, 2014

MUSIC FOR Galway’s 33rd season comes to a close with the Irish début concert by the Serafino Quartet, on Wednesday May 7 at 8pm.

The concert takes place in the Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, and the quartet will perform Beethoven’s String Quartet in C major Op 59 no 3, also known as the ‘Razumovsky’, after the then Russian ambassador to Vienna; Schubert’s Quartettsatz in C minor, D703; Frank Bridge’s ‘Three Idylls’; and Grieg’s ‘String Quartet Op 27’, which the composer said “aims at breadth, to soar, and, above all, at vigorous sound for the instruments for which it is written.”

Damon Albarn's Everyday Robots

Music Reviews Thu, May 01, 2014

IS IT surprising Damon Albarn has taken this long to make a solo album? As one of the major figures in British popular music for close to 25 years, Blur, Gorillaz, his collaborations with African musicians and composer Michael Nyman, have given him plenty creative endeavours to be going on with.

We Cut Corners - new album and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

WE CUT Corners release their second album, Think Nothing, on the Delphi label, tomorrow, and play the Róisín Dubh that night at 9pm.

Think Nothing is the duo’s follow-up to their Choice Music Prize nominated debut Today I Realised I Could Go Home Backwards, and like that album, features mellow, highly melodic and intelligent songs (‘Maybe In The Future’, ‘Every Thief’) backed by sweeping strings - scored by respected contemporary Irish composer John Buckley - revealing the sophistication of We Cut Corners own writing.

Dolores Keane and Mary Black in concert

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

MARY BLACK and Dolores Keane, and an outstanding cast of trad/folk musicians, will be in concert at The Salthill Hotel on Sunday May 11 at 8pm.

Yuck to play Strange Brew

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE DEPARTURE of a band’s co-founder/lead singer could be a devastating blow, but London Indie-rockers Yuck survived, regrouped, and delivered a second album.

An Taobh Tuathail at fifteen

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

ON THURSDAY May 1, An Taobh Tuathail, Raidió na Gaeltachta’s alternative music show, celebrates 15 years since its first broadcast in 1999.

Reggae and Soul In Galway this weekend

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

A TREAT is in store for lovers of reggae and soul both tomorrow and Saturday.

The return of Wallis Bird

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

WALLIS BIRD is back, with a new album, Architect, and a tour which takes in Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.

La’s/Cast man to play Galway

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

HE WAS a member of The La’s, whose enduring song ‘There She Goes’ has rarely left the airwaves these last 20 years, and he was the founder/leader of Cast.

Kidisco @ Leisureland

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

KIDISCO, A fun show to inspire children to express themselves through movement and dance, is coming back to Leisureland.

The disco takes place on Sunday from 2pm and is suitable for children aged between three and 12. Music will be provided by DJ Will Softly who is happy for those coming to the disco to send song requests through the Kidisco Facebook page.

EDFT @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

EDTF, WHO have been described as playing “no-nonsense feel-good rock” by Musician.ie, play Monroe’s Live on Thursday May 1 at 10pm.

The Dirty Circus’ A Big Dirty Party

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE DIRTY Circus is going to throw ‘A Big Dirty Party!!’ of cabaret, burlesque, song, and sauce, in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, this Saturday from 9pm.

AD/BC - the really early music

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

ROMAN, CELTIC, and Ancient Greek music will be the ‘Archaeolomusicological Adventure’ at the 19th Galway Early Music Festival.

Clarinbridge Banjo Gathering

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

CROSSING THE Bridge - The Clarinbridge Banjo Gathering, takes place in the south Galway village tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.

Events start tomorrow with a gig by Charlie Harris and Des Mulkere in Jordan’s. On Saturday at 12 noon, there will be workshops (from beginners to advanced) for tenor and five string banjos with Brian McGrath, Colm Naughton, Tom Cussen, and Bill Forster. Those interested in how the instrument is made can take a tour of Clareen Banjos’ workshop at 3.30pm.

Rofi James @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

ROFI JAMES, the 2013 iRocks band competition winners, launch their debut EP with a gig at Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 9pm.

The Last Friday Club

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE LAST Friday Club, a new clubnight at Monroe’s Live, is aimed at anyone who was around for the hits from the seventies to the nineties first time around.

Kurt Cobain anniversary

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

TO MARK the 20th anniversary this month of Kurt Cobain’s tragic death, a tribute night will take place in the Róisín Dubh on Monday.

110th Street comes to Factory

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

THE FIRST 110th Street of the year rolls into Factory on Abbeygate Street, this Saturday from 11pm.

Imelda May - the rockabilly queen returns

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

IMELDA MAY returns to Galway this summer and for the second year in a row, headlines a concert at the Galway Arts Festival Big Top.

In Their Thousands @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

IN THEIR Thousands’ music sits somewhere between the folk-rock of Mumford and Sons and Devendra Banhart and the epic indie of Alt-J and Django Django.

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