Podcasts about galway arts festival

Stand-up comedian, Aoife Dunne, told Oliver about finding comedy in grief, becoming the head of her household at the age of 23 and how she came to revisit her dreams and ambitions in her thirties. Aoife's show Good Grief is part of the Galway Arts Festival in July and will be in Dublin's Ambassador in September.

Ollie Jennings is the Manager of ‘The Saw Doctors', a founding member of The Galway Arts Festival, and the award-winning spectacle theatre company Macnas.

On ACE Galway from the Festival Garden in Eyre Square, Gary was joined by Fibín sa Taibhdhearc performers to discuss An Fear Liath in the Claddagh Basin. Guest critics Annie Duffy McMahon and Martin Kenny reviewed theatre shows Reunion and Endgame from first nights at the festival and looked forward to the remaining shows.   In the second half of the show, Gary was joined by Gerry Mallon to outline the huge range of comedy gigs at the Laughter Loft at lunchtimes. Artist Sean O'Riordan walks through his exhibition at Engage Studios with Gary and the team look at the whole visual arts programme for the remaining week and a half of Galway Arts Festival.   There's also a quick look back at the Film Fleadh award winners.

On today's show: 9am-10am Planning go ahead for 40-bed Community Nursing Unit in Clifden HSE recruitment freeze to end We speak about the Galway Arts Festival as the two week long event begins ‘Galway Talks with John Morley' broadcasts every weekday morning from 9am on Galway Bay FM

Slán Irish Voice Two weeks ago Niall O'Dowd, founder of the Irish American newspaper The Irish Voice announced that it was to close after 36 years. The New York based Irish Voice and the Irish Echo were the principle sources of news for decades of Irish Americans and new Irish immigrants moving to the USA. Now the Irish Voice is gone. But a far sighted Niall O'Dowd realised some years ago the direction of travel for newspapers competing against the huge growth in online media services and founded the online Irish Central. Today IrishCentral.com gets over two million visitors monthly.Every Brilliant ThingListening, as I usually do on Sunday mornings, to Sunday with Miriam on RTE Radio  after Sunday Miscellany I really enjoyed Altan's tunes and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's craic. I was also very taken by the preview of Every Brilliant Thing which is being staged at The Galway Arts Festival.Theatre Director Andrew Flynn gave us an insight into this play by Duncan Macmillan. Essentially this is about a young man who starts, at the age of seven, to compile a list of those things which make his life worth living. This is while he is battling with the challenges of the different stages of his life, including his mother's attempt at suicide. War Crimes in JeninThe Israeli Government's assault on Jenin, the Palestinian refugee camp, in the occupied west Bank left 12 people dead and scores more injured. Using bombs, Apache helicopters, drones, bulldozers and hundreds of troops Israel's apartheid regime imposed a reign of terror on the 14,000 people who live in Jenin. More than 3,000 civilians were displaced from their homes.

This month we talk to Galway artist Tracy Bruen. Tracy was on the lineup of the first ever Limerick Lady event at the Limerick Milk Market in the summer of 2016. She joins us 7 years on to catch us up on her life and career. Over the last ten years, Tracy has toured extensively throughout Ireland and Europe. Her debut album "Mirror" was released in 2017. Singles from her sophomore album, "Waiting", released in January 2023, have received extensive national and regional radio play, with "Dream Away" and "Silence Crawls" both reaching the top ten in the RTÉ Radio charts.   Over the years, Tracy has shared stages with some of Ireland's best loved acts such as Mick Flannery and Mary Coughlan, as well as playing many of Ireland's major festivals including Electric Picnic, Body & Soul, Sunflower Fest and the Galway Arts Festival. She is continually and consistently developing her audience both at home and abroad, and was dubbed Original Solo Artist of the Year in 2015 by the Galway Advertiser.  On this episode, Tracy talks about the cost – personal, emotional, and financial – of being an independent artist, and the investment of energy that every show and new release takes. She talks about hitting her limits; about coming through breast cancer, and the age-old issue among the self-employed of not listening to her body when it told her it needed rest.  We explore how hard it is to survive in the music industry; how an artist chooses the order of songs on a record; the current landscape of the industry in terms of gender balance; and why Tracy no longer plays old songs that she doesn't connect with.  Find Tracy at www.facebook.com/TracyBruenMusic or on Instagram at @tracybruen “..a gentle beauty, Bruen's folk and classical stylings crystallising in the pure notes of her voice” — Evoke.ie You can download her music at www.tracybruen.bandcamp.com    

Ahead of the staging of Every Brilliant Thing at the Galway Arts Festival, we hear from theatre director Andrew Flynn on why he wants us all to compile a list of Every Brilliant Thing in our lives If you want to get involved and submit all the brilliant things in your life, email everybrilliantthinggalway@gmail.com

The Hard Shoulder is LIVE from the Galway Bay Hotel as part of Newstalk's Summer Tour. Kieran was joined by John Crumlish, Chief Executive, Galway Arts Festival and Eibh Collins, Short Films Programmer with Galway Film Fleadh...

10am-11am Cllr Mike Cubbard on Scaremongering on Vacant Buildings "Emmanuel" Speaks to Keith about the struggle to get a secondary school place for his son Senator Sean Kyne says that the current system is not fit for purpose Dave O'Connell on the City Tribune Headlines Andrew Flynn on the show he is directing for Galway Arts Festival, called Every Brilliant Thing. It stars the brilliant Galway Actor, Clare Barrett.   

“On Banjo” In sunny a San Diego high school somewhere in the 70s, while kids were listening to Aerosmith and Van Halen and Boston, Alison Brown was listening to bluegrass. She had started on guitar but gravitated to the banjo and by her teens, she was already pretty proficient on the instrument. She won first place at the Canadian National Banjo Championship, played a gig at the Grand Ole Opry and toured one summer with fiddler Stuart Duncan. After high school She headed to Harvard, knocked out an MBA at UCLA and then went to work as an Investment Banker. You know—the typical bluegrass story you hear all the time. Thinking music was a weekend thing, Brown had a nice balance going but then music decided to tip the scales. Alison Krauss flashed the bat signal for a banjo player and Brown answered the call, and gave up her Wall Street environs for a life in music. And what a life it has been. An internationally recognized virtuoso on banjo, Brown has played with Alison Krauss, Michelle Shocked, fronted her own Alison Brown Quartet, toured all over the world, from Japan to South America, along the way playing The Kennedy Center, the Newport Folk Festival, The Cambridge Folk Festival in England and the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland. With a Grammy in her trophy case along with multiple Grammy nominations, features on CBS Sunday Morning, NPRs All Things Considered and close to 15 critically lauded albums under her belt, including her fabulous new one No Banjo, Alison Brown is an artistic force. And what of On Banjo? Well, putting it simply, it's a stunner. A deftly played album filled with technical prowess, musical finesse and compositional dexterity, On Banjo is a song cycle that's celebratory, joyful and cathartic. Brown is the co-founder of Compass Records Group, she serves on the Board of the Nashville Chapter of the Recording Academy and she's the co-chair of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize. She's kind of a big deal and guess what? She's as nice as can be. www.alisonbrown.com www.bombshellradio.com www.stereoembersmagazine.com www.embersarts.com www.alexgreenonline.com Twitter: @emberseditor IG: @emberspodcast Email: editor@stereoembersmagazine.com

Liam talks about Angela Lansbury's love for Ireland. Liam and his wife Anne had lunch at the actress' Cork home. They met at the Galway Arts Festival and kept in touch ever since.

In 1994, Kimberly Brown embarked on a lifelong dream of travelling the globe overland.  Her trip innocently began in San Francisco on a hippie bus called the Green Tortoise. She worked the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland, traversed Russia on the Trans-Siberian railway, and rode horses on the high Mongolian plains. If it hadn't been for a nasty stomach bug she caught in China, she may never have volunteered as a teacher at Mae La refugee camp on the Thai/Burmese border in the middle of a war.  Immersing herself in the ways of the Karen people, Kimberly discusses some of the harrowing events she experienced and witnessed (including having her own life threatened twice), the enduring spirit of a country less people, and how the refugees healed her and changed her life forever. Now a naturopathic doctor, in much due to her experience with the Karen refugees, you can find Dr. Kimberly Brown at www.sanjoseintegrativemedicine.com and follow her at: https://www.instagram.com/drkimberlybrown/ https://www.facebook.com/drkimberlybrownFind out more at www.ruthmillingtonauthor.comDon't forget to RATE, REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app. It means you will be the first to hear when new episodes come out and it will help others to find this podcast!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthmillingtonauthor/Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuthMillington1Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruth.millington.52/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-millington-54915b24/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSShare Your Story  Have an extreme travel story to tell? Contact me at: https://ruthmillingtonauthor.com/contact/Support the ShowSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ruthmillington)SponsorA huge thanks to today's sponsor HelpYouFind.Me a secure - yet simple - way to share private data for use in emergency situations that is end-to-end encrypted and accessible only by you and the people you choose to share it with. Perfect for the extreme traveller! Find out more at https://helpyoufind.me/Extreme10 and get a 10% discount when you sign up! Production (for this episode) Creator, co-producer, writer and host: Ruth MillingtonCo-producer: Don RobbieMusic credit: Epic Orchestra - Blockbuster Adventure Music by JuliusHAdditional Music: Thai Lullaby, Sophie Kilroy

Welcome back to another episode of the Knockabout Travel Podcast. Today, we are virtually traveling to Ireland, and our guide is Stephanie Chastain of https://infiniteireland.com (infiniteireland.com). Stephanie has traveled to Ireland on nine separate occasions and has explored the island extensively. She talks about both the Republic of Ireland as well as Northern Ireland and the natural and cultural beauty that can be found there. Some of the topics that we touch on today include: Dividing Ireland up into manageable sections to explore The most popular attractions including the Cliffs of Moher and Giants Causeway Different festivals like the Galway Arts Festival and the Matchmaking Festival (yes, it means what you think it means) Travel tips like renting a car and driving on the left side of the road Traveling with young children Irish food and cuisine This is a great conversation with someone who is truly passionate about Ireland and helping you to plan out your first trip.

Shock World Service 096: I Didn't Want The Night To End (Cian Ó Cíobháin) 19/10/2020 Galway, Ireland 1. Phil Lynott - One Wish (Demo with Huey Lewis) Phil Lynott's friendship with Huey Lewis dated back to the mid-70s and this extraordinary demo, one of the last songs Lynott wrote, was never officially released. 2. John Cale - Dying On The Vine The eternally creative John Cale recorded this around the same time that Lynott collaborated with Lewis on the previous track. 3. OMD - Souvenir Possibly the most beautiful song in the entire OMD catalogue features the band's keyboard player Paul Humphreys on vocals. 4. Karen Marks - Cold Café Wistful new wave track from Melbourne from '81. 5. Clannad - Theme From Harry's Game Regularly played on the radio in the 80s, I had almost forgotten about it until I happened upon a Twitter thread admiring it no end. 6. Lani Hall - Never Say Never Again From an unofficial Bond movie from '83, I've always had a soft spot for the title track, sung by Lani Hall, who was married to Herb Alpert and briefly fronted Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66. 7. Sparks - I Want To Hold Your Hand Stunning cover from 1976 of The Beatles standard which was introduced to me by Barry Murphy of The Last Sound. 8. Chris Clark - How About You Chris Clark is one of a very small number of white performers who recorded on Motown during the 60s. 9. Love - My Little Red Book I first heard this when composer Burt Bacharach performed it at Galway Arts Festival in 2019. Next morning, I was on the hunt and discovered a number of covers, including this one from 1965 from the mighty Love. 10. BEAK> - Yatton From one of Geoff Barrow's post-Portishead Bristol bands. 11. De Ambassade - Geen Genade Like the previous track, this Dutch song has the spirit of 1980s new wave all over it, though it came out in 2016. 12. Turquoise Days - Grey Skies Astonishing synth-pop classic from ‘84 from a duo based in Jersey on the Channel Islands, who released a number of cassettes in the 80s. 13. Ariel Pink - Stray Here With You Only a genius like Ariel Pink would have an unreleased pop gem like this in his locker. It surfaced last year on his ‘Oddities Sodomies Vol 2' compilation of previously unreleased tracks. 14. Toasted Heretic - Another Day, Another Riot I've been after a good quality version of this track for ages - one of Toasted Heretic's greatest moments, which will forever remind me of moving to Galway. I was thrilled when Neil Farrell, who used to record with the band (and also records as The Melancholy Thug), gifted me with a high quality version a few months ago. Indeed, I borrowed from the lyrics to give this podcast its title. 15. Jan St. Werner - VS Cancelled Jan St. Werner of Mouse On Mars collaborated with The Fall's Mark E Smith as Von Südenfed. This track features Smith reading an email from Domino detailing why the band had been dropped by the label. 16. The Fall - Paint Work The Fall's 8th studio LP ‘This Nation's Saving Grace' is a masterpiece and this ramshackle track is one of its defining moments. 17. Billy Fury - I'm Lost Without You This track almost sounds like a blueprint for the music of early Tindersticks. Indeed, Morrissey was also a huge fan of this 60s Scouse singer. 18. The Kinks - I Go To Sleep (Demo) We kicked off with a demo and so we'll part with one. Written by Ray Davies, it was never formally recorded by The Kinks, but has been covered many times since. https://cianociobhain.com/ https://www.rte.ie/rnag/

John Connolly on his new novel, The Dirty South, Enda Walsh & Paul Fahy chat immersive theatre installation as part of the Galway Arts Festival & also Louise Burton & Simon Maher review new albums from Katy Perry, Gregory Porter & Emperor of Ice Cream.

This week Tom Dunne joined Mark Cagney to discuss if the album is dead and if the  Galway Arts Festival could be set for a resurgence this Autumn!

This week The Coronas frontman, Danny O’Reilly, joined Jarlath on stage at the Galway Arts Festival to discuss how things have changed for him since Danny’s first appearance on the podcast three years ago. Danny spoke openly about walking away from Island Records to start their own label (4:00) and how he now keeps his private life away from the media spotlight having learned from past experiences (45:00). While discussing the bond between The Coronas, Danny explains why he does not think the band will ever break up and why going solo is not on his radar (24:00).   From taking notes while watching Coldplay in Croke Park (23:00), to his mother paying him to learn the guitar (36:00) and tricking his audiences (19:00), this episode is a hilarious and fascinating conversation with one of Ireland’s finest musical talents.   To access this episode in full and to hear all of our episodes in full each week, visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad and sign up for just the price of a pint every month. In return, you will gain full access to our entire archive of all of the podcasts we have ever released including - An Irishman In America, Men Behaving Better and An Irishman Behind Bars. If you come over and join in the first two weeks of August 2020, you will be given something very special as an additional thanks that won't disappoint.   Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation.   For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on irishmanabroadpodcast@gmail.com.   Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.    

Musici Chats is presented by Beth McNinch:Freelance violist living in Ireland.Artistic Director of www.musici.ieTo find out more about Musici Ireland please visit our website www.musici.ieBe sure to Subscribe and tell all you friends about us!!Tom Creed-Opera and Theatre DirectorOpera and music theatre productions include The Tales of Hoffmann with Irish National Opera, Owen Wingrave with the Opéra national de Paris and Opera Collective Ireland, Irish tours of Acis and Galatea,  The Human Voice and Susanna's Secret for Opera Theatre Company, Mavra and The Bear with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and Die Zauberflöte, Suor Angelica, Mavra and Renard with the Royal Irish Academy of Music.World premieres of new work include The Hunger by Donnacha Dennehy at Opera Theatre of St Louis and the BAM Next Wave Festival in New York, Private View by Annelies van Parys, produced by Muziektheater TransparantPrivate View was awarded the FEDORA Rolf Liebermann Prize for Opera in 2014, Best Production at the Armel Opera Festival in Budapest in 2015, and was named by Music Theatre NOW 2015 as one of 14 notable productions “which are aesthetically innovative and reflect new developments in this genre” .He was an Opera Hub associate artist of Opera Theatre Company in Dublin from 2015 to 2017.He directed Vivaldi's Griselda with Irish National Opera in Autumn 2019 and is developing a new opera with composer Michael Gallen for premiere in France and Ireland in 2021.TheatreHis extensive work as a theatre director includes productions with the Abbey Theatre, Gate Theatre, Rough Magic, Playgroup (which he co-founded in 2003) and a range of independent Irish companies, which have played in Ireland, the UK, Europe, the USA and Australia. He was nominated for Best Director at the Irish Times Theatre Awards in 2007.His productions of Watt by Samuel Beckett with acclaimed Irish actor Barry McGovern has been presented at the Dublin Theatre Festival, Galway Arts Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Perth International Festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Barbican Centre in London, the Public Theatre in New York and on tour in the USA.Tom is a member of the steering group of the National Campaign for the Arts

Tonight Vinny spoke to Rosita Boland about her new Book "Elsewhere" about her lifetime addiction to travel and the universal  need to hit out for places new and unexplored. Rosita also talks about her new long form podcast for the Irish Times "Atlantic" which looks at the mysterious story of Peter Bergmann who washed up on Rosses Point beach in Sligo 10 years ago on this very day, Bloomsday 2009. Irish film directer Peter Butler talks about his new film Papi Chulo which is showing currently in the Eye, IMC and Palas cinemas. Mairead Ni Chronin talks about Moonfish Theatre's World premiere "Redemption Falls" based on the novel of the same name by Joseph O'Connor which will come to the Tabhdhearc heatre as part of this year' s Galway Arts Festival in July. Music by the great Tinarawen.

Jinx Lennon tackles subjects in songs like Peter Stringer used to tackle All Blacks; fearlessly, ferociously, skilfully, with a mesmerising intensity and a seeming disregard for his own well-being. Jinx released his 9thalbum last year, and it's some of his strongest work yet. We talk about family life, gigging with Christy Moore and speaking your truth.   Gugai McNamara is booker and part owner of The Roisin Dubh Galway, he owns and runs Strange Brew Records, he manages acts that include Junior Brother and Daithí O'Dronai, he books acts for Galway Arts Festival, he makes the Strange Brew Radio Show and he designs sock. 

Sheelagh Dempsey has details of the best live concert and festivals including the Galway Arts Festival, the 39th Cork Folk Festival and a tour of a new work from poet Martin Dyar and composer Ryan Molloy, ‘Buaine Na Gaoithe’.

In this week’s Culture podcast, Shane Hegarty talks with Una Mullaly, Jim Carroll and Mick Heaney about the Galway Arts Festival and up-and-coming Irish music acts

Hi,wir sind Joanne und Kayleigh und wir studieren in Galway. Jedes Jahr findet hier das Galway Arts Festival statt, ein internationales Kulturfest, das auch viele ausländische Besucher anzieht. Wir haben mit Einheimischen und Zugezogenen darüber gesprochen, wie sich das Fest mit der Zeit verändert hat und was ihr Lieblingsteil ist. Viel Spaß beim Zuhören!Download MP3Viele GrüßeJoanne und KayleighWeitere Informationen und Neuigkeiten zum Galway Arts Festival 2009 gibt es hier:http://www.galwayartsfestival.ie