We really should be playing āThe Town I Loved So Wellā at this juncture.Ā BanterĀ travels the rocky road to Derry next weekend for our third outing in the city in the last 12 months and our second visit withĀ Other Voices.
Itās actually our fifth hook-up with the good folks at Other Voices in all ā weāve already been with them inĀ Dingle,Ā Derry,Ā LondonĀ andĀ DingleĀ again ā and itās mighty good to be able to bring the Banter show on the road like this every couple of months.
We have an action-packed line-up of guests for Derry and here we go with the day-by-day line-up and venue details. Admission to all Banter at Other Voices events is free, but capacity is limited so itās first come, first served. Weāll also be raffling tickets for the main Other Voicesā concert at our events Saturday and Sunday so if youāre after a ticket, we may be able to help.
Thursday ā Nerve Centre, Magazine St. ā 8pm
Annie MacĀ ā the BBC Radio One queenpin joins us for a chat about life on the radio. Sheāll be playing a late-night gig at Sandinoās but before she brings the rave, Annie will be talking about this, that and the other.
Saturday ā The Cottage, Craft Village, Shipquay St. ā 2-6pm)
Conor MastersonĀ ā the director ofĀ In the Deep Shade, the acclaimed documentary on Irish musicians The Frames, on his relationship with the band and catching the skin and bones of the bandās 20 year-plus career on the big screen. Conorās film will be screening at The Nerve Centre at 5.30pm as part of theĀ OneTwoOneTwo music documentary festivalāsĀ trip to Other Voices.
The Love/Hate StoryĀ ā itās been one of the biggest Irish TV hits of recent years and as we prepare for the fifth season, directorĀ David CaffreyĀ joins us for the ballad of Nidge, John Boy, Fran, Tommy, Siobhan, Trish and Elmo
Michael HannĀ on the art of the interview ā what does it take to get a great interview out of someone? Is there anything that can be done to save an interview when it goes off the tracks? Should some interviewees be told in advance that they can always say no? Is Noel Gallagher really the best value interviewee in rock? Michael Hann, The Guardianās music editor and a man who knows his way around good and bad interviews, talks about what happens when you press record
Musical performances on the day fromĀ Colm Mac Con IomaireĀ andĀ Eve Murtagh.
Colm Mac Con Iomaire
Eve Murtagh. Photo: Kieran Frost
Sunday ā The Cottage, Craft Village, Shipquay St. ā 2-4.30pm
Lloyd BradleyĀ ā a highly-regarded British writer on black music from funk to reggae, Lloyd is the author of the compelling history of reggaeĀ āBass CultureāĀ and, more recently, the compellingĀ āSounds Like Londonā, a book at looks at how immigrants have shaped black music in the city over the last 100 years.
Lloyd Bradley
Paul DuaneĀ ā the film-maker behind hit TV seriesĀ AmberĀ and such fantastic dodcumentaries asĀ Barbaric GeniusĀ (on London-Irish writer John Healy),Ā NatanĀ (profiling revolutionary Franco-Romanian director Bernard Natan) andĀ Very Extremely DangerousĀ (focusing on musician, robber, cancer patient and all-round badass Jerry McGill) talks about his work to date ā and life after getting listed by Variety magazine as one of theirĀ 10 Directors to Watch in 2014
We will also have a live set fromĀ SiveĀ today.
Sive
Sunday ā Nerve Centre, Magazine St. ā 5pm sharp
Martin HayesĀ ā we bring our weekend of Banter to a close with a conversation with the master fiddler from Feakle, Co Clare and a founder member ofĀ The Gloaming, a group who are proving to be one of the greatest Irish acts of their generation. Banterās conversation with Martin Hayes will precede of a screening of theĀ Moment to MomentĀ documentary on The Gloaming as part ofĀ OneTwoOneTwo at Other Voices.
Full information on all Other Voicesā activities in Derry over the weekend, from the performances in the Glassworks and such new initiatives as Local Voices and Outer Voices to the music trail to OneTwoOneTwo,Ā here.