Other Voices: Songs from a Room
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| Directed by | Maurice Linnane |
| Presented by |
Glen Hansard (season one) Jerry Fish (season two) John Kelly (seasons three–seven) Jenny Huston (season six) Aidan Gillen (seasons ten-thirteen) Huw Stephens (season thirteen-present) Annie Mac (seasons seven–eight, present) Mary Kate Geraghty (present) |
| Country of origin | Republic of Ireland |
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| Producer(s) | Tina Moran Aoife Woodlock (music) |
| Location(s) | Saint James's Church, Dingle, County Kerry |
| Editor(s) | Philip King |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | South Wind Blows Productions |
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| Original network | RTÉ2 |
| Original release | 2003 – present |
Other Voices is a critically acclaimed live music series which broadcasts on Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ2.
The show (previously called Other Voices: Songs from a Room) first aired in 2003. It is currently Ireland's leading live music series which focuses mainly on alternative music from Irish and international artists. Each December over three days a season is filmed in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland during the Other Voices Music Festival. Season 14 started broadcasting in late January 2016.
Each episode features live musical performances from both Irish and international artists. It also features in-studio or on-scene interviews from various locations across Dingle town. Filming of the live performances is usually in the intimate setting of the 200-year-old Church of St James in Dingle, County Kerry. The programme has had a range of presenters since the first series began in 2003, including Glen Hansard (season 1), Jerry Fish (season 2), John Kelly (seasons 3–7), Jenny Huston (season 6, alongside Kelly), Annie Mac (seasons 7-9, 14), Aidan Gillen (seasons 10-13) and Huw Stephens (seasons 13-14).
Shilpa Ganatra, writing in the Irish Independent in 2008, said: "Explaining Other Voices to a foreigner would sound like a flu-induced dream. I was in a pub in this tiny fishing village in the west of Ireland, where Ryan Adams was being filmed playing in front of 80 people in a tiny church. He was in the pub afterwards, and so was Paul Noonan from Bell X1 and Sinéad O'Connor, and Fight Like Apes were telling us about the most sordid website in existence".
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