The IMRO Other Room: Qbanaa, KhakiKid & more to perform livestreamed sets!

Incredible Irish talent will be highlighted and streamed live from the IMRO Other Room next weekend, with KhakiKid, Qbanaa, Lucy McWilliams and Niamh Bury selected to showcase their craft! 🇮🇪

The IMRO Other Room is an incredibly special stand of Other Voices Dingle, inviting artists blazing a trail on Irish soil to perform live and online!

The only other livestreamed sets aside from St James’ Church, this year will emphasise the breakout stars of 2023: KhakiKid, Qbanaa, Niamh Bury and Lucy McWilliams! In addition to their livestreamed performances, all four acts will also perform live sets along the Dingle Distillery Music Trail as part of this year’s Festival ☘️

One of the most talked about rising acts on the Irish folk scene, over the past six months alone, NIAMH BURY has collaborated and shared the stage with acts like Ye Vagabonds, Martin Hayes, Myles O’Reilly and Niamh Regan. Captivating audiences with stirring vocals, adept lyricism, and striking interpretations of old songs; Bury’s anticipated debut album of self-penned material, recorded and produced by Brían Mac Gloinn (Ye Vagabonds), is due for release next year through Ireland's most iconic record label, Claddagh Records 🇮🇪

Dublin-born singer-songwriter LUCY MCWILLIAMS makes music steeped in candour. Armed with over 16 million streams on Spotify  – her songs flow between genres, from expansive indie, slinky R&B and swaying acoustic pop to ‘90s-rom-com-style rock. The London-based musician’s work contains a knack for heart-on-sleeve dissection of her thoughts. McWilliams cites her first interest in songwriting as an experience of watching Amy Winehouse performing at Other Voices festival on RTÉ at the age of 11. Look at her now! ✨

Irish alt-rapper Abdi Huss, aka KHAKIKID, grew up in Crumlin. His 2020 debut single ‘Late’ introduced an artist with a penchant for jazz-fuelled hip-hop. By 2021, a cult following was building at home in Ireland. His six-track debut EP, ‘Elevator Music’, arrived in September 2022 to critical acclaim: influenced by early Eric B. & Rakim with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and his usual boisterous rap flare 💛

If you haven’t heard of Irish-Cuban sensation QBANAA by now, you certainly will after her IMRO Other Room debut in Dingle. In the year since she released her debut single 'Truth and Desire', Qbanaa has established herself as a force for incorporating new influences, cultures and sounds. Q spent her early years travelling back and forth to Cuba, where music and salsa dancing were integral parts of her childhood. She later sang in school choirs and with her grandmother in Spanish Mass in D1. Expect a blend of soul, jazz, Latin and contemporary pop 🇨🇺

REVISIT OV HOME 2023! 🤍

Earlier this week, Other Voices kicked off the Road to Dingle with a special Other Voices Home at the Guinness Storehouse livestream featuring amazing performances from The Streets, Mahalia, FIZZ, Morgana, Dagogo Hart and The Bonny Men.

Check out the livestream below, you're free to watch until December 21!

Follow @othervoiceslive for all the latest on this year’s Other Voices Dingle.

‍Other Voices 2023 is made possible with the support and partnership of the Reed, Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Tourism Ireland, RTÉ, Dingle Distillery, Kerry County Council & IMRO.