It's a Dermot Kennedy Special on this week's Other Voices

Thursday at 11pm on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player 📺

For the final episode of our current series, we’re bringing you a special hour celebrating one of Ireland’s most unstoppable contemporary voices, Dermot Kennedy.

From busking on the streets of Ireland to headlining Madison Square Garden and London’s O2 Arena, Dermot’s journey has been incredible. With over 4 billion streams and his debut Without Fear becoming the best-selling debut album in Ireland of this millennium, he has truly cemented himself as a global force. Following two sold-out Aviva Stadium shows, it felt like the perfect moment to welcome Dermot back to Dingle - exactly a decade after his first-ever Other Voices performance on the Music Trail in Kennedy's Bar.

Throughout the hour, he sits down with Annie McManus to reflect on the long road it took to get where he is today. He shares some massive fan favourites, alongside tracks from his new album The Weight of the Woods, backed by the soaring sounds of the Maynooth University Chamber Choir.

Join us at 11pm on Thursday night for this celebration of an Irish artist at the top of his game.

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Other Voices airs Thursday at 11pm on RTÉ2. You can also catch up worldwide on the RTÉ Player.

Catch up on the series so far:

• Episode 1: Michael D. Higgins & Myles O’Reilly, Amble, Dove Ellis, Florence Road & MOIO
• Episode 2: Dry Cleaning, shame, Jessy Blakemore & DUG
• Episode 3: CHALK, Miles Kane, Travy & Annie-Dog
• Episode 4: The Scratch, Sorcha Richardson & Seán McKeon
• Episode 5: Gruff Rhys, Ye Vagabonds, KhakiKid, RÓIS, Melin Melyn, Panic Shack, Sorry & Master Peace

Other Voices Dingle 2025 was made possible with the support of Reed, Government of Ireland, Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, RTÉ, Walls Construction, Kerry County Council & IMRO. Other Voices Cardigan was produced by South Wind Blows in partnership with Mwldan and Triongl, with support from the Welsh Government, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Ceredigion County Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and BBC Cymru Wales.

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