Beth Nielsen Chapman - the Essential Songs Playlist

Essential Playlist Wed, Aug 06, 2014

BETH NIELSEN Chapman, the twice Grammy-nominated Nashville singer-songwriter, is a woman of many talents, commitments, and achievements.

Weed Priest’s new EP reviewed and streamed

Music Reviews Tue, Aug 05, 2014

IF THERE was a musical sound to denote heavy, dense, flows of molten lava, slowly burning everything under its wake, then the opening riff to Weed Priest’s ‘Possessed’ would be it.

The timeless magic of Peter Pan

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THE CLASSIC Broadway musical Peter Pan is set to light up the Town Hall Theatre ’s August programme and captivate Galway audiences in a new staging from Twin Productions.

‘The nooks and crannies of the human condition’

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

WHERE DO you start when representing the human figure? This is the question six artists explore in a new exhibitionin the Galway Arts Centre.

Beth Nielsen Chapman to play Galway

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

BETH NIELSEN Chapman, the twice Grammy-nominated Nashville singer-songwriter, who has written songs for Willie Nelson, Bette Midler, and Faith Hill, is coming to Galway.

Setting sail with My Fellow Sponges

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

ON FRIDAY August 1 at 9pm, My Fellow Sponges take to the stage at the Róisín Dubh for a gig which should get the weekend off to a perfect start.

The Ollam - a prog/trad/ jazz fusion

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

“NEO-ACOUSTIC Celtic post-rock” and “progressive traditional” are two of the terms which have been used to try to capture the sound and style of The Olllam.

Booka Brass Band return to Galway

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THE BOOKA Brass Band, who have only just played the Galway International Arts Festival, are back in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm.

American folk and blues @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

MARTY O’REILLY is from California, but his music is steeped in the heritage of the Mississippi Delta and Southern folk.

Rackhouse Pilfer @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THEY HAVE sold-out gigs throughout the country, played for Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins, and released their second album - all in 2014.

The Deans come back to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THE DEANS, the Galway roots-rock trio, are coming back to the Róisín Dubh and will take to the stage this Sunday at 9pm.

Rofi James in concert tonight

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

ROFI JAMES, the Galway acoustic duo, play Monroe’s Live Backstage Bar tonight as part of the venue’s Race Week celebrations.

Vivaldi, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THE MUSIC of Vivaldi, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky will be heard in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church next month.

Schumann’s music in the cathedral

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

THIS EVENING at 8pm, Schumann’s Kinderszenen will be played in the Galway Cathedral by the Finnish organist Tuomas Pyrhönen.

A Few Good Men

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

YOU CAN’T handle the truth!” For years after the 1992 film version, Jack Nicholson’s declaration during A Few Good Men’s climatic courtroom scene became one of the catch-phrases of the decade.

New book on the Land War in east Galway

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

GALWAY SAW some of the highest levels of incidents during The Land War, including murders, woundings, arson, boycotting, and intimidation.

Druid start rehearsals on new Tom Murphy play

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

DRUID BEGAN rehearsals this week on a new Tom Murphy play, Brigit, and on his 1985 classic Bailegangaire, both of which will be staged in the Town Hall Theatre in September.