Other Voices have revealed the first headline acts for St James’ Church in Dingle, West Kerry from November 29th to December 1st for its 23rd year.
The three-day festival built around its TV recording offering has expanded into a music trail, storytelling, conference and more in recent years.
But the acts playing St James’ Church are the heart of the experience.
This year, Laura Marling will return to Dingle eleven years after first appearing on the show. Marling’s new album Patterns in Repeat was written after the birth of her daughter and is released October 25th.
UK grunge band Wunderhorse who have sold out Vicar Street in Dublin this week make their Dingle debut, while Cavan folk songwriter favourite Lisa O’Neill returns with Morgana (Saint Sister) who debuted her solo single yesterday with a video starring Ardal O’Hanlon will also perform in the church and Nialler9 fav Rachael Lavelle’s spectral songs will fill the church.
The IMRO Other Room
The IMRO Other Room has also been announced and the other livestreamed sets aside from St James’ Church emphasis the next big things in Irish music – Shiv, Curtisy and Ellie O’Neill.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the cohost of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, event curator and producer of gigs, parties & events.