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Teenage heartbreak, the hard school of busking, “fluke” success, a Number 1 with ‘Galway Girl’, and the late Shane McGowan: Irish folk hero Mundy explains all to the Advertiser ’s Jamie Conlon on the long drive to Galway.

Starting 2023 as one of Whelan’s ‘Ones to Watch,’ Galway native and Tipperary-reared indie, folk and pop artist Conor Fahy, known as Dàwna, is set to ignite the intimate setting of the Backstage Bar at Monroe’s Live on Friday, April 28.

Acclaimed American singer-songwriter, Steve Earle, who composed the world famous ‘The Galway Girl’, will perform at the Seapoint ballroom, Salthill on Tuesday, June 13 as part of the Galway Folk Festival 2023. Known for his soulful storytelling, the multi Grammy award-winning Earle has been captivating audiences for over 30 years, and is set to headline this years’ festival, taking place from June 13-18.

Mary Coughlan was listening to the radio when she heard Anne O'Rourke, founder of TIAFI, an organisation dedicated to helping vulnerable women and children across Turkey and Syria. "I heard Anne on the news a week after the earthquake. She is from Waterford, and she has been living and working in a refugee camp on the Turkish Syrian border for years. Following the earthquake, she had an influx of about 26,000 people looking for help, some of whom had lost every member of their family.

Excitement is building in the south Mayo and north Galway regions as the hugely popular Ballinrobe Festival returns after a three-year absence enforced by Covid-19.

After two years of waiting the highly anticipated Quay Live event takes place this coming Sunday, June 5.

After two years of waiting the highly anticipated Quay Live event takes place this coming Sunday, June 5.

TODAY SEES the release of 'Somehow', the new single by Loughrea indie-folk quartet EVØKE, via the Limerick based music collective, BitDepth.

‘SORRY THAN Safe’, the new single from Loughrea indie-pop/trad fusion trad band, EVØKE, represents possibly their boldest statement to date.