Lisa Hannigan is one of Ireland’s most talented singer songwriters. Her first solo album 2008 “Sea Sew” was a massive success. To say that the response to ‘Sea Sew’ exceeded Lisa’s wildest expectations is, appropriately, an understatement. “Sea Sew was the most honest record I could make at the time that I made it,” says Lisa now, “but I look at it today, and there’s a certain sense of wanting to appear happy and confident. I wanted it to seem as though nothing bothered me.”

For those of us gazing on from afar at her evolution as a performer, the first glimmer that there was something more to Lisa Hannigan than meets the eye came last year, when she appeared alongside Green Gartside, Teddy Thompson and Vashti Bunyan on a tour celebrating the music of Nick Drake.

Lisa Hannigan has just released her second critically acclaimed album “Passenger”. It doesn’t take long in the company of‘Passenger’, to truly hear the excitement that writing a new album brings to artists. Hannigan famously made her name as the beautiful, breathy accompaniment to Damien Rice, with whom she sang and toured for seven years. It is on this second solo album that you sense she’s truly found her own voice.

Much of ‘Passenger’ reflects the journeys Lisa has taken, particularly whilst touring her first record. “I chose ‘Passenger’ as the title after living with the finished songs as a whole,” she says. “Many of them were written while I was away from home or on the road, and the feeling of transience and nostalgia that this constant travelling evoked seemed to seep into every song.”
One of the most thrilling moments on ‘Passenger’ is the track ‘Knots’, which seems to reflect not only Lisa’s travels over these last few years, but also her steady progress as a songwriter.

She is definitely one to watch.

To book Lisa Hannigan for your venue or festival call +353 1 201 3660

Tour Dates

Tuesday 13th Dec 11 – Belfast, UK – Mandela Hall

Friday 16th Dec 11 – Letterkenny, Donegal, IE – An Grianán Theatre

Sunday 18th Dec 11 – Limerick, IE – Dolans Warehouse

Tuesday 20th Dec 11 – Dublin, IE – Button Factory

Thursday 22nd Dec 11 – Dublin, IE – Vicar Street

Friday 23rd Dec 11 – Dublin, IE – Whelans, Wexford Street – SOLD OUT

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