Other Voices Dingle have unveiled the first round of acts for the 23rd iteration of the lauded three-day music festival, which returns to St James' Church in West Kerry from 29th November to 1st December.

The ethereal folk siren Laura Marling will take the stage to perform songs from her new album Patterns in Repeat, which drops on 25th October. The record heralds a new era for Marling, following the birth of her daughter last year, and serves as a love letter to motherhood and domesticity.

Following the release of their second album Midas, which Hot Press' Riccardo Dwyer gave a glowing 9/10, UK rock cohort Wunderhorse will make their OV debut on the hallowed stage of St James' Church. The grunge quartet have come a long way since forming in 2020, evolving to a full-blown band after frontman Jacob Slater originally started it as a solo project.

Folk powerhouse Lisa O'Neill will also perform the OV stage, among a dazzling line-up of Irish talent. Following her 2019 EP The Wren and performance in Patrick Kavanagh's The Great Hunger at The Abbey Theatre, the Cavan singer-songwriter unveiled her extraordinary fifth album All Of This Is Chance in February 2023, which Hot Press' Will Russell deemed a "breathtaking and incredible record".

Morgana certainly made a name for herself as one half of the lauded duo Saint Sister, but she's recently begun to embrace the solo spotlight with her incredible live set and cathartic pop tunes. Her upcoming OV Dingle performance follows on from her sublime set at Other Voices: Home at the Guinness Storehouse in November 2023.

Sonic chameleon Rachael Lavelle will also make her St James' Church debut at the festival. The Dublin-born singer and composer defies easy characterisation with her haunting melodies and soundscapes that sound like a cross between Björk, Laurie Anderson and Maurice Ravel. Her 2023 debut album Big Dreams earned a Choice Prize nomination and cemented Lavelle as an artist who constantly pushes the pop envelope.

Also making a return is the IMRO Other Room, a platform which invites artists blazing a trail on Irish soil to perform live and online. Irish-Zimbabwean singer-songwriter Shiv leads the IMRO line-up as she readies the release of her long-awaited debut album the defiance of a sadgirl, which lands tomorrow 17th October.

Curtisy will also make a return to Dingle, having performed on the Music Trail in 2023. Since then, the Tallaght rapper has catapulted to new heights with his recently-released debut album What Was the Question back in May and a slew of collaborations with Rory Sweeney, Ahmed, With Love. and Kojaque.

Meath songsmith Ellie O'Neill will also make her Dingle debut at IMRO Other Room. The Ratoath songwriter is hard at work on a body of songs for her first full-length album, but she frequently explores vulnerable subject matter with a maturity and tenderness well beyond her years.

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. Performances from St. James’ will be live-streamed into venues around Dingle and on the Other Voices YouTube.