Month: May 2013

Other Voices Season 11 (the second decade) takes to the air on RTÉ Two television On Wednesday May 8th 2013.
       
To celebrate its 11th year Other Voices takes to the road. The journey begins in its spiritual home The Church of St James in Dingle Co Kerry and travels North to The Glassworks in Derry/Londonderry and on East to Wilton’s the oldest music hall in the heart of London. These three locations provide a stunning visual backdrop for magical music from the windswept West of Ireland to the beating heart of London town.
       
Over 8 weeks, presenter Aidan Gillen will take us on a musical trip that binds these three locations together. Each programme will feature remarkable music coupled with insightful conversations, unique acoustic performances, plus performances from the IMRO Other Room.
 
Other Voices Season 11 will feature one off performances, intimate acoustic sessions and interviews with some of the world’s most exciting artists including Laura Mvula, Laura Marling, Villagers, John Grant, The Unthanks, Paul Buchanan, Dexys, Neil Hannon, Beth Orton, Imelda May, platform rising stars The Strypes , Kodaline, Soak, Local Natives and introduce new artists, Katherine Philippa, Little Bear, Our Krypton Son, Walking on Cars, This is The Kit and Luluc.
 
Programme 1 on May 8th will feature music and conversation with Laura Mvula, English rock band Palma Violets, indie trio Daughter, folk bliss sisters The Staves and singer-songwriter George Ezra.
  
Speaking of that journey, executive producer Philip King said “This has been the best musical trip of my life, uplifting and inspirational. We made great friends, took the spirit of Dingle on the road North along the Atlantic highway to the singing City of Derry, one of the most musical places on the planet, Soak got on the bus in Dingle and stayed on board for the London set. Dingle, Derry, London what a trip… Let’s do it all over again.”
 
Ahead of the RTÉ broadcast, you can watch some of the music from the 3 locations on the Other Voices Youtube channel 

 There are also vlogs online from each location which can be viewed here

 Other Voices is supported by Derry-Londonderry 2013/Culture Company 2013 Ltd, The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure Northern Ireland, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Ireland, Arts Council England, British Council, BBC NI, RTÉ, IMRO, Failte Ireland and Tourism Ireland.

OTHER VOICES 11 – BROADCAST SCHEDULE 2013

RTÉ TWO

Programme 1 (Wednesday 8th May) – 10.55pm Laura Mvula Palma Violets Daughter The Staves George Ezra  (IMRO Other Room)

Programme 2 (Wednesday 15th May) – 10.55pm Beth Orton Matthew E. White Kodaline Savages Ghosts Estates (IMRO Other Room)

Programme 3 (Wednesday 22nd May) – 10.55pm Imelda May Owen Pallett Laura Marling Little Green Cars Drenge (IMRO Other Room)

Programme 4 (Wednesday 29th May) – 10.55pm Paul Buchanan SOAK Damien Dempsey James Yorkston Walking On Cars (IMRO Other Room)   

Programme 5 (Wednesday 5th June) – 11.00pm Marina & The Diamonds John Grant Gavin James Josephine Swords (IMRO Other Room)

Programme 6 (Wednesday 12th June) – 11.00pm Villagers The Unthanks Bronagh Gallagher Little Bear Forrests (IMRO Other Room)

Programme 7 (Wednesday 26th June) – 11.20pm Dexys Luluc Jesca Hoop The Strypes Bleeding Heart Pigeons (IMRO Other Room) The Riptide Movement (IMRO Other Room)

Programme 8 (Wednesday 3rd July) – 11.20pm Neil Hannon Stornoway Local Natives This Is The Kit Ocho (IMRO Other Room)  

Dermot Lambert, frontman with acclaimed Irish band Blink will release “Hey Sean” from his upcoming solo album “Tiny” to help kick-start a new Irish campaign to get people talking about mental health.

Taking place during the month of May, the green ribbon campaign will see 150,000 ribbons distributed nationwide and free of charge with the aim of sparking a national conversation about mental health in Ireland’s boardrooms, break-rooms, chat-rooms, clubhouses, arts venues, college campuses and around kitchen tables.

“Hey Sean” can be pre-ordered on iTunes and will officially go on sale on Friday 17th May with all proceeds going towards the green ribbon campaign. Funds raised by the single will go towards making the month of May every year synonymous with challenging the stigma of mental health problems and lay groundwork for real and lasting change in Irish attitudes and behaviours to mental health.

During his ten years with Blink, Lambert enjoyed great success both at home and abroad, with three platinum selling albums, and numerous hit singles, including Cello, It’s Not My Fault, Going to Nepal and Happy Day.

Blink also enjoyed numerous award nominations, and critical acclaim from The Irish Times to Hot Press to Billboard Magazine. Whilst blazing a trail for Irish musicians with his Garageland Project in recent years, Dermot has had significant successes, including bringing the likes of The Script, Ryan Sheridan, Royseven, Delorentos, & Ham Sandwich to their first ever live shows – while at the same time, always putting this work together in his own ‘garage’, which is now finally ready for release on June 28th with a launch show in the Village and appearances at Electric Picnic are also planned.

www.dermotlambert.com

The legendary producer who has shaped the sound of bands like U2, The Killers, Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews Band, Talking Heads, Morrissey, The Pogues, Peter Gabriel and Thirty Seconds To Mars has just signed up for the new series of RTÉ’s songwriting talent show ‘The Hit’

Steve’s knowledge and experience will be invaluable as he searches for the right songs (and songwriters) to send into the pitching rooms, where writers will receive the opportunity to pitch their songs directly to established stars. If the star likes the song they may well choose it as their next hit single so Steve’s decisions are hugely important.

If anyone can recognise a hit it’s Steve Lillywhite who is very excited to be involved in the series

“The Hit is a show that puts the song centre stage where it should be. As any artist will tell you: a great song can change a career overnight”

Songwriters who want the chance to kickstart their career overnight should complete the following questionnaire and send it together with a copy of their song lyrics to thehit@nullvipmg.tv along with an mp3 or mp4 recording of their song (or a link to where the song can be streamed/downloaded) before the closing date of May 24th 2013

On Wednesday, May 1st at 11.20pm, RTE Two will broadcast a very special feature length Other Voices programme featuring a selection of musical highlights recorded over three nights at Wilton’s Music Hall in London. Other Voices London 2013 will include performances and interviews with Laura Mvula, Villagers, Dexys, John Grant, Matthew E. White and Laura Marling.

On April 5th, Other Voices, in association with the Barbican, landed at Wilton’s Music Hall in the East End of London. This unique 17th century building provided a stunning backdrop for the eclectic musical gathering that took place over the weekend.
 
Other Voices traveled from Kerry (St James Church) to Derry (The Glassworks) and on to London (Wilton’s) this year, a journey that crossed borders, broke boundaries and created a tangible musical alliance between three great cities, each one steeped in its own uniquely rich heritage of song and story, past and present.


Other Voices London Special – RTE Two, Wednesday 1st May, 11.20pm
Featuring performances and interviews from Laura Mvula, Villagers, Dexys, John Grant, Matthew E. White and Laura Marling. 
 

Other Voices is supported by Derry-Londonderry 2013/Culture Company 2013 Ltd, The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure Northern Ireland, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Ireland, Arts Council England, British Council, BBC NI, RTÉ, IMRO and Tourism Ireland.