Damien Rice has been confirmed as one of the acts who’s Dingle-bound before Christmas for the 13th - lucky for some hopefully! - Other Voices bash. By then Damien will have another major hit on his hands, with his My Favourite Faded Fantasy album number five in the UK midweeks, and likely to debut here in the top two.
Taking place in and around St. James’ Church, the first batch of participants also includes recent HP cover stars Delorentos, Mercury Music Prize winners Young Fathers and All We Are, a Liverpool trio featuring exiled Corkman Richard O’Flynn who went down a storm at the Electric Picnic.
There’s a presentation double-header this year with Aidan Gillen joined for the duration by BBC Radio 1’s Huw Stephens.
Meanwhile, the search is on for the final act to grace the IMRO Other Room, with acts of every musical hue invited to submit music to [link]www.othervoices.ie[/link] before November 27.