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THEY WERE formed in the turbulent years following the collapse of the Ceausescu regime in Romania, and in Ireland they survived the recession, and later, the lockdowns enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic.

‘AN COSÁN Draíochta’ - a new music commission by musician Johnny Óg Connolly in memory of his late father, renowned melodeon player Johnny Connolly, will be the first public event in the newly refurbished Stiúideo Cuan.

Five men accused of the murder and robbery of Lahardane musician Thomas Kennedy in Georgia last week have been remanded in custody and face up to 17 years in jail if found guilty of the crime, a Georgian court has been told.

Music for Galway, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this autumn, begins its new season with a gala concert next Thursday September 30th, 8pm, at the Town Hall, Galway.

HIS MUSIC has been praised by Paul Weller and Pete Townshend; his songs have been covered by Josh Groban and Eddi Reader; while writer Pete Paphides has called him, “the Irish John Prine”.

JOHN PRINE, the late, great, American singer-songwriter, best known for such songs as ‘Same Stone’, ‘Illegal Smile’, and ‘Angel From Montgomery’, will be celebrated next month in his adopted home of Galway.

FOR 18 months the arts were in lockdown, but the autumn saw them return, and this weekend there will be events all over the city and county with Culture Night 2021, under the theme of ‘Come Together Again’.

FOR MORE than 30 years, Laura Vecchi Ford taught Italian at NUI Galway, but for much longer than that she has been a visual artist.

SOMETHING CATHARTIC, something collective, happened when Mick Flannery played the first live gigs in Galway in more than a year, a spontaneous response to seeing such a thing happening again.

The programme for Birr Festival of Music 2021 has been announced.