“Vertiginous, violet-they scroll across the sky, words with wings VVV, whether wrens or angels one cannot determine, perhaps an alternate universe fusion of both, up down, high, low-dizzy, still; at peace, at war: redemption dreams arise from the clay: soul’s peace, as the bird in the bough its little eye closes slowly: all is chance, they say, indeed-save this, indisputably, O’ Neill’s Art’s gentle triumph.” – Pat McCabe
Available now in stores & all the usual places online here. Exclusive silver vinyl is available from the Rough Trade website & indie retail.
Click through to hear Lisa on All Songs Considered sharing her inspiration for the first single Old Note.
We are so pleased to announce an American tour in April/May. Tickets are on sale now – links below or on our Tour page. In addition we are sharing a new video for The Globe, filmed by Myles O’Reilly in the Kingdom of Kerry.
Apr 25 • Washington DC • Pie Shop
Apr 27 • Philadelphia PA • World Cafe Live
Apr 28 • Brooklyn NY • Public Records
Apr 29 • Newport RI • Newport Live at Colony House
Apr 30 • Exeter NH • The Word Barn
May 2 • West Stockbridge MA • The Foundry
May 3 • Cambridge MA • Club Passim
May 5 • Evanston IL • Space (Support for Richard Thompson – sold out)
May 6 • Chicago • Maurer Hall (Support for Richard Thompson – sold out)
May 7 • Chicago • Szold Hall
May 11 • Los Angeles • Largo
May 13 • San Francisco • Swedish American Hall
US Tour Dates
We are so pleased to announce an American tour in April/May. Tickets are on sale now – visit the Tour page for links.
Old Note on All Songs Considered
Thank you to Bob Boilen and All Songs Considered at NPR Music for featuring Lisa’s new single “Old Note”. Listen in to hear the track and to Lisa talk about what inspired the song.
New Album “all of this is chance”
We are happy to share the news that Lisa’s new album all of this is chance will be released on Rough Trade Records on February 10th. Details on purchasing can be found in the Shop.
UK Tour March 2023
We are pleased to announce a UK tour in March 2023. Tickets go on sale Friday 11 November at 10:00 AM.
Thu 16 – Leeds, Howard Assembly Room
Fri 17 – York, The Black Swan
Sat 18 – Kendal, Brewery Arts Centre
Sun 19 – Liverpool, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (Music Room)
Tue 21 – Bristol, St George’s
Wed 22 – Oxford, SJE Arts Centre
Thu 23 – London, Barbican Centre
Sat 25 – Gateshead, Sage (Hall 2)
Mon 27 – Edinburgh, Voodoo Rooms
Tue 28 – Manchester, Band On The Wall
Peaky Blinders & All The Tired Horses
“It is not an overstatement to say that it was beyond my wildest dreams to be ‘Ordered by the Peaky Fucking Blinders’ to cover this beautiful song from Bob Dylan
Go raibh míle maith agat Peaky Blinders. Go raibh míle maith agat Cormac Begley, Colm Mac Con Iomaire agus Ruth O’Mahony Brady for whom without, this track would not exist.
We recorded this version of ‘All the tired horses’ in an old horse stables in Cabinteely, South Dublin over the space of two days. We recorded by constant candlelight as a dear friend was dying at the time. This all contributed to the energy and the charge of the final track. That friend has since passed.
I wish to dedicate this song to Mick O’Grady – The Long Distance Kid – 1943 – 2022”.
Lisa O’Neill.
Lisa O’Neill – Vocals, Baritone guitar and Bass drum
Cormac Begley – Bass Concertina and Piccolo Concertina
Colm Mac Con Iomaire – Violin
Ruth O’Mahony Brady – Piano
Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Ruth O’Mahony Brady in Studio Symphorien Dublin
Mastered by David Odlum
Various streaming/listening options here.
Tones That Are Tender And Tones That Are Gruff
Lisa is curating a show for the National Concert Hall on March 20th. Tickets go on sale here February 16th at 10am.
*UPDATE March 9 – Due to logistical reasons this show has been moved to November 26th. Tickets already purchased will still be valid. Please contact NCH with any issues.
Lisa O’Neill is a songwriter like no other. Her roots may be sourced in folk and traditional music but her work opens up a landscape beyond any settled sense of genre. For this one-off especially created show, Lisa shares the stage. Gathering together with fellow writers and composers they perform their songs, explore their origins, share their stories. With Lisa O’Neill, Seamus Fogarty, Kú and Ruth O’Mahony-Brady.
Lisa O'Neill 2022