Other Voices Festival returns to Dingle, Kerry on 29 November-1 December. This is the 18th instalment of the truly magical three-day festival of music, song and story, creating an incredible atmosphere both in St James’ Church and throughout the town of Dingle.
Joining The Murder Capital (pictured) and Soak in the church venue will be Jafaris, Whitney and Angie McMahon.
On the Dingle Gin Music Trail are Soda Blonde, Gypsies on the Autobahn, Fehdah, The Scratch, Sim Simma Soundsystem, Cherym, Gemma Bradley and many many more!
Dublin-based five-piece The Murder Capital have built a formidable reputation. They have been included in The Guardian’s Ones to Watch 2019, NME’s 100 Essential New Artists for 2019 and The Irish Times calling them out as Ireland’s best new rock band. The live version of their latest video for More Is Less went viral and forged the band’s breakthrough. Their debut album ‘When I Have Fears’ reached a Top 20 chart position in the UK, and a #2 position in Ireland.
Chicago-based band Whitney, led by vocalist/drummer Julien Ehrlich and guitarist Max Kakacek, released their album, Forever Turned Around, earlier this year. The follow up to their much-beloved debut, 2016’s Light Upon the Lake. Forever Turned Around was co-produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver) and Jonathan Rado. Whitney has a full-fledged live band with keyboardist Malcolm Brown, guitarist Print Chouteau, bassist Josiah Marshall, and trumpeter Will Miller.
Dublin based, hip-hop artist Jafaris received critical praise for his debut album Stride, which earned him his place as one of Ireland’s foremost players of the new generation of Irish hip-hop. With the release of his EP in 2017, Jafaris produces nostalgic nineties hip hop and pure, contagious happiness.
Derry singer Soak released her debut album Before We Forgot How to Dream in 2015 which won the Choice Music Prize Album of the Year. The Guardian described Soak’s music as ‘a vivid portrait of teenage deep-thinking’. Earlier this year, Soaks’s second album Grim Town was released to rave reviews. Watch the lead single Déjà Vu taken from Grim Town.
Australian songwriter Angie McMahon is the twenty-something heroine you can relate to and root for; her charming, honest songs about life, love, and comfort food. Her debut album Salt is stocked with the raw, honest anthems – like ‘Slow Mover’, ‘Missing Me’, and ‘Pasta’ – that have enraptured fans and charts. Drawing inspiration from Bruce Springsteen, Lianne La Havas and Big Thief, her music ranges from punchy rock to whispering ballads but hums with realness of a true original.
This year Other Voices Dingle are thrilled to welcome local heroes Dingle Gin as the new partner on the Dingle Gin Music Trail, a dynamic series of gigs at venues across the town throughout the weekend. Joining us on this year’s trail we have stylish alt-pop from Soda Blonde. Dublin quartet Gypsies on the Autobahn with their guitar-led indie rock. From Northern Ireland, pop-punk noise merchants Cherym, the sensational R&B pop singer Gemma Bradley, contemporary electronic grooves and African rhythms from Fehdah. World-class music collective Crash Ensemble, the alluring sounds from Cork composer Clare Sands to the infectious, energetic garage rock from Dublin duo Vulpynes.
Hip-hop and grime comes in the form of DJ collective Sim Simma Soundsystem. Belfast based quintet New Pagans produce massive riffs and rare dynamics. Uppbeat is an experimental and ambitious rap artist. Limerick composer and producer Paddy Mulcahy, from Louth it’s contemporary folk trio Kern. Emerging electronic soul artist Elkae combines ambient production and live instrumentation to set her apart from the crowd. Singer and composer Rachael Lavelle from Dublin makes beautifully haunting and enigmatic music.
A shared love of acoustic guitar, metal and trad, Dublin 4-piece The Scratch have moulded triumphant melodies with the intensity of metal. Songwriter Anna Mieke performs on guitar, bouzouki and piano. Shrug Life are known for their wry humour and frenetic indie-rock. Porphyry is Derry musician Daryl Martin whose music leans toward electronica and folk, BRIÉN is the moniker of Belfast based producer Peter Brien whose sound is influenced by Jazz, Funk, Hip-hop and House.
A longstanding OV favourite, Jim Carroll’s Banter will return to Foxy John’s for two days of thought-provoking discussions and a series of intimate performances. Joining the fireside conversations this year will be Andrea Horan founder of Tropical Popical and the co-host of the United Ireland podcast and she’ll be joining us for the annual Banter Other Voices Pop Culture Review of the Year. We’ll also be joined by Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh, news editor with TheJournal.ie Sinead O’Carroll, author Caelainn Hogan who has reported internationally on issues of conflict, migration and health. Specialising in the world of politics we’ll be joined by Oxford lecturer Dr Jennifer Cassidy. Award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster from Derry Susan McKay and Sara Canning, the partner of Lyra McKee, the late journalist who was murdered in Derry in April 2019 and last but not least, UCC School of Law lecturer Conor O’Mahony.
Other Voices is made possible with the support and partnership of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, RTÉ, Dingle Distillery, Kerry County Council, Fáilte Ireland and IMRO.
Tickets for the intimate TV recordings at St. James’ Church will be made available by competition only through Other Voices and partners social media and digital platforms. As always, performances from St. James’ will be live-streamed into venues around Dingle town. For information on why we don’t sell tickets to St. James’ Church see HERE
Other Voices Ballina is expected to return to the North West early in 2020.
