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Soda Blonde, the band that emerged from Little Green Cars, will kick off their winter tour around Ireland in the Roisin on 25 November. Having started Little Green Cars in their early teens, Soda Blonde was born just before the pandemic - so the return to live gigs was very much welcomed by the foursome. We sat down for a chat with Adam O’Regan, 1/4 of Soda Blonde, on the run up to the show.

One of the great pleasures to have returned for many over the last year has been the live gig. There truly is nothing like it, a room full of people entranced collectively by their favourite artist, seemingly playing just for them, only a few feet away.

Kelvin Gillmor is an award winning commercial, architectural, portrait and landscape photographer based in Galway City. When not behind his camera, Kelvin's other passion is drumming with Kif, the five piece Galway band.

The Galway Drum Show which commences this weekend is Ireland’s only drumming enthusiast event and is the largest drumming event ever to be held in Ireland.

Following the release of their well received and critically acclaimed debut EP “The Predecessor” in 2020, Mayo band, Powder House is back and performing live on stage at The Ruby Room in the Royal Theatre Castlebar, on Friday April 29 next.

FOLKLIFE, curated by Culture Works, culminates in an outdoor multi-disciplinary programme of inclusive and engaging arts events and interventions.

Roy Carroll was one of the best known characters of Galway City. As a resident musician in many city hotels in Eyre Square, he was forever the epitome of decorum, bedecked in his bow tie. He was known to many as the man on the scooter which he rode through the city while often carrying an open umbrella, Roy sadly passed away in early winter, but it would be remiss of the city to not pay tribute to this remarkable character with an even more remarkable back story. Because Roy Carroll was his stage name, not many knew that he was born Peter Salvatore Armonde Louis Volpe.

TWO GALWAY music legends; the inaugural winner of the Choice Music Award; a rising star among Irish singer-songwriters; and a Galway trad music and dance phenomenons.

FOR RAISING issues of “police brutality, racism, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, and fear mongering in the media”, Bob Vylan were deemed “too extreme”.

ON SAINT Stephen’s Day, TG4 will broadcast Steven Lock’s 1991 TV documentary on The Saw Doctors - Sing A Powerful Song - just after the Connacht versus Ulster rugby match.