Other Voices: 20 Years Special
South Wind Blows have produced, for BBC, a celebration for television of 20 years of Other Voices – Ireland’s longest running music television series.
The programme features performances from this year’s festival and classic highlights from the archives over the last 20 years, from artists including: Sam Fender, Sigrid, Dermot Kennedy, Villagers, Kay Young, Little Simz, John Grant, Orla Gartland and Fontaines DC amongst others.
Other Voices is a unique and wonderful music festival located in the town of Dingle, on the beautiful West Coast of Ireland. The festival, over 20 years, has played host to some of the most significant names in music today. This one-hour film is presented by Annie MacManus, who has been part and parcel of the Other Voices family for decades.
Speaking of Other Voices, Annie says ‘Other Voices is communion. It is the rhythm and flow of a long conversation. It is the surprise of a tear running down a cheek. It is songs carrying us away and then bringing us back to each other. That is the heart of the matter.’
The musicians who travel to this part of the world every winter sense something in the tiny town of Dingle. They sense that this is a safe place for music. Dingle is a safe place to raise their voices and sing, because there is a natural appreciation for the artist as part of community in this place.
Philip King, of South Wind Blows said: ‘it has been so exciting to produce this film for the BBC and share some magical musical moments located in the Church of St James, in the town of Dingle in one of the most spectacular and beautiful landscapes in western Europe.’
Rachel Davies, Commissioning Editor for BBC Music, says: “I’m delighted to bring this wonderful festival to a UK television audience. There is something very special about Other Voices, the town of Dingle and the church of St James that hopefully we have captured in the programme. It’s that magic which has kept this tiny festival at the top of the agenda and a must play for artists across the UK and Ireland for the past twenty years.”
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