Other Voices returns with nine brand new episodes

In October 2016, Other Voices hit out from Dingle crossing the Atlantic on the musical expedition of a lifetime. The show found a sister home in Arlyn Studios, Austin, Texas where we filmed an exclusive acoustic performance with the legendary Willie Nelson and captured a mesmerizing performance from Grammy winning jazz and bluesman vocalist Gregory Porter. Special guests Mumford and Sons performed songs from their number one, platinum selling album ‘Wilder Mind’ and and gave us a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘I’m On Fire’. Fresh from performances on SNL and Jimmy Kimmel, the new Queen of Honky Tonk Margo Price and her band showed us exactly why she is Country’s rising star. Aoife O’Donovan recalled summers spent in West Cork and sang the beautiful ‘Lakes of Pontichartrain’. Iarla O’Lionard (The Gloaming) and Colm Mac Con Iomaire brought the room to a standstill with a spellbinding performance of The Foggy Dew  The new series of Other Voices will also include performances from Cage The Elephant, Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Sweet Spirit, Asleep At The Wheel, Dale Watson, Carson McHone and Wild Child who all joined us in Austin, Texas.

Following the trip of a lifetime to the Lonestar state, Other Voices returned home to St. James’ Church, Dingle during the eir Other Voices Festival to celebrate 15 years of the series with an exceptional Irish line up. The new series will include Imelda May, who raised the roof of the Church, performing new material from her forthcoming album produced by T-Bone Burnett. The show will also feature Lisa Hannigan’s delicate set of finely crafted songs from her critically acclaimed record ‘At Swim’ and the unstoppable force that is Rusangano Family, who burst onto the stage, addressing issues such as migration, identity and diversity in Ireland with infectious, powerful energy. The new series of Other Voices will feature beautifully haunting tunes from Pixie Geldof, indie punk-rockers Girl Band who turned the volume up to 11, ‘atmosfolk’ duo Saint Sister who played mesmerizing songs from their EP’s Madrid and Tin Man, Margaret Glaspy’s emotive, heart wrenching cover of Lauryn Hill’s ‘Ex-Factor’ and an exceptional trad performance from Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (The Gloaming) and Cormac Begley. 

As always, the IMRO Other Room will showcase some promising artists on the rise – Roisin O, Overhead The Albatross, Fangclub, Moon Looks On, Cry Monster Cry and Viewer’s Choice Ailbhe Reddy who will feature in an Other Voices Other Room special. Performances were filmed in front of a live audience in An Chonair, Dingle. 

Other Voices is presented by Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Shakey Graves and May Kay

SCHEDULE

EPISODE ONE 

THURS 2ND FEB // 23:30

IMELDA MAY

WILLIE NELSON

CAGE THE ELEPHANT

ALL TVVINS

MOON LOOKS ON

EPISODE TWO

THURS 9TH FEB 23:30

MUMFORD AND SONS 

SAINT SISTER 

REJJIE SNOW 

MARGO PRICE 

ROISIN O 

EPISODE THREE 

THURS 16 FEB // 23:30

CONOR OBERST 

KOJEY RADICAL 

LISA HANNIGAN 

CARSON MCHONE 

OVERHEAD THE ALBATROSS 

EPISODE FOUR 

THURS 23RD FEB // 23:30

GREGORY PORTER 

SAMPLE ANSWER 

PIXIE GELDOF 

LE GALAXIE 

CRY MONSTER CRY 

EPISODE FIVE 

THURS 2ND MARCH // 23:30

MARGARET GLASPY

GIRL BAND

RUSANGANO FAMILY

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and Cormac Begley.

FANGCLUB

IMRO OTHER ROOM SPECIAL

THURS 9TH MARCH  // 23:30

FANG CLUB 

CRY MONSTER CRY 

OVERHEAD THE ALBATROSS 

MOON LOOKS ON 

ROISIN O 

AILBHE REDDY 

AUSTIN SPECIAL ONE 

THURS 16TH MARCH // 23:30

WILLIE NELSON 

MARGO PRICE 

CAGE THE ELEPHANT 

SWEET SPIRIT 

DALE WATSON 

IARLA O LIONARD 

CONOR OBERST 

AUSTIN SPECIAL TWO 

THURS 23RD MARCH 23:30

MUMFORD AND SONS 

WILD CHILD 

CARSON MCHONE 

ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL 

COLM MAC CON IOMAIRE 

AOIFE O DONOVAN 

GREGORY PORTER 

ELECTRIC PICNIC SPECIAL 

THURS 30TH MARCH // 23:30

LE GALAXIE 

HOLLY MACVE 

HEATHERS 

WORD UP COLLECTIVE 

KARL BLAU 

DR DOG 

MY SWEET BELOVED