10 things to do in Ireland this May bank holiday weekend

Dress up as a nun, swim the Shannon, listen for a corncrake or take in some jazz

The week’s best rock and pop gigs: Crows, Take That, Angel Haze

Queer Rave returns, RuthAnne plays Dublin and Cork, Smithwick’s Kilkenny Roots Festival celebrates 20 years

Patty Griffin: Patty Griffin review – distinctive songwriter is no longer a slave to love

Video: Other Voices exclusives

As the music series returns to our screens this weekend, here are a few highlights from Hozier and The Gloaming

Video: The Other Voices back catalogue

Ahead of Other Voices 2013, here’s a few snapshots from the Dingle church’s archive, featuring The National, José González , Anna Calvi and The Frames

Patty Griffin: songs for the wanderer, and songs for the warriors

Two themes dominate the songwriter’s latest, remarkable album – the death of her Irish-American father, and an American predilection for war