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SINGERS AND Their Songs is an annual series of live sessions in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, promoting Galway based singer-songwriters, acoustic groups, and roots bands.

Memories of this year’s Rhythm and Roots Festival will be revived with a full programme of shows at Cleeres this weekend.

HUNDREDS OF years ago the music played on Scottish and Irish fiddles combined with Spanish guitar, Italian mandolin, and West African banjo in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of America.

FOR MANY years Nanci Griffith has straddled the fine line between folk and country with a unique style of playing and singing she has christened ‘folkabilly’

Blackheart: County Folk duo at the Linenhall

AUSTRALIAN GUITAR virtuoso Bruce Mathiske first picked up the instrument at seven and since then has established himself as a true musical great.

TEXAN SONGWRITER Nanci Griffith released her debut album Lone Star State Of Mind in 1987 and made an immediate impact when it peaked at number 23 in the US charts.

Meteor Award winner Luan Parle will perform live at The Courtyard, Silky’s Ballinrobe on the October 24. This year has seen a lot of hard work and perseverance pay off for Luan with the release of her smash hit single ‘Ghost’, which spent three months in the singles charts, peaking at number seven. Her style of music is unique, crossing the boundaries of pop, rock, folk and alternative country.

Philip Donnelly one of Ireland's most gifted and popular musicians, is treating Kilkenny fans to a night of fun and excellent music in Cleere’s this weekend.

ARTY MCGLYNN, Jim Rooney, John Faulkner, and friends, will take to the stage of the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday November 18 at 8pm for a special charity concert.