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MENTION GALWAY to Eddi Reader, and the Scottish singer is likely to go into a rhapsody about the city and county - and with good reason, it’s a place that appreciates her voice and music; it’s somewhere she has played often; and a region of deeply personal significance for her.

FOR THE novelist Stephen King, Texan James McMurtry is "the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation"; for the BBC's Bob Harris he is "the most vital lyricist in America today"; while The Monkee's Mike Nesmith calls him, "a true Americana poet".

IT HAS been an extraordinary 12 months for Wicklow trio Wyvern Lingo. They have re-invented their sound and struck out on a new musical path, played to their largest audiences to date by supporting Hozier and James Vincent McMorrow on their British tours, and began the preparations for their highly anticipated debut album.

KRISTIN HERSH, leader of US alternative-rock icons Throwing Muses, frontwoman of power trio 50FOOTWAVE, solo artist of the highest calibre, and acclaimed author, plays Galway next week.

It is hard to believe that it is been more than 30 years since Rattlesnakes announced the arrival of the singular pop sensibility of Lloyd Cole. Literate and melodic with airy allusions to the likes of Eve Marie Saint and Simone Du Beauvoir, it was one of the defining albums of its time and sounds just as good today.

EAMONN CEANNT, the County Galwayman who was one of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation, and who was crucial in reviving interest in, and paving the way for, the uilleann pipes central role in modern Irish music, is to be celebrated through a series of events in the city.

The weekend's entertainment at The Snug Bar kicks off on Thursday evening, May 26, with solo artist Adrian Hyney from 9.30pm.

Thank Crunchie the weekend has almost landed, and what better way to spend your hard-earned free time than chilling and listening to great live music at The Snug Bar.

Sit back in your stool and enjoy the spectacle this week at The Snug Bar, starting with favourites Macey South on Friday, March 4 from 10pm.

It’s a busy weekend at The Snug Bar, with a cocktail of musical entertainment and sport that will get the adrenalin pumping!