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For most of us last May’s Rhythm and Roots festival will seem a lifetime away as we continue to adapt to the reality that the word ‘summer’ may no longer require a place in our vocabulary.

Over the past decade or so Kilkenny’s popular Rhythm and Roots festival has succeeded in putting the city on the roots music map, just as the Cats Laugh has put it on the comedy map.

OKKERVIL RIVER, arguably the finest indie/alternative band in America right now, will play their only Irish show - apart from Electric Picnic - in the Róisín Dubh on Monday September 7 at 9pm.

JESS KLEIN and Meg Hutchinson are two American singer-songwriters who have been winning the praises of music critics these last few years and both of them play The Crane Bar, Sea Road on Thursday October 23 at 9pm.

KILDARE MAN David Geraghty began his musical journey in the mid-1990s when he joined Damien Rice, Paul Noonan, Dominic Phillips and Brian Crosby in the band Juniper for the recording of their second EP Manna. When Rice left the band in 1998 the remaining members continued to play together and formed the band Bell X1. To date Bell X1 have released four critically-acclaimed albums and have been gaining success in the United States in recent years, with Paste Magazine describing them as “one of Ireland’s greatest bands”. Geraghty released his debut solo album Kill Your Darlings in 2007 and earned himself a nomination for the Choice Music Prize alongside Roisin Murphy, Kila, and Delorentos. Next week sees the release of his second solo album The Victory Dance and as part of a nationwide promotional tour he plays Roisin Dubh on Friday September 11.

Learning difficulties such as dyslexia, ADD, ADHD and autism are affecting thousands of children all over Ireland. These children are awaiting proper assessment with regard to their conditions, in the hope that treatment can be provided to enable them to overcome their difficulties.

A RE-IMAGINING of The Alice In Wonderland story and two one-act comedies from the USA will be presented by ALâ Community Theatre in the Town Hall Studio next week.

THROUGHOUT THE 1980s Steve Earle was the poster boy of the Outlaw Country Music scene. Taking inspiration from Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, and Waylon Jennings his music had a harder edge than the pop-oriented Nashville sound of the time.

Loughrea singer-songwriter and company director Linda Welby can now add radio host to her CV as she is currently presenting a radio show in Nashville, Tennessee.

An American woman was shocked this week to discover her credit card was being used to pay for a room in a Galway hotel, while she was at home in Texas.