Tickets are on sale now for Lisa’s Tour of Ulster in September.

“I grew up among the Drumlins where the Annalee River runs through a village called Ballyhaise in County Cavan. Over the decades I’ve toured a lot of this country but not yet every county. One of my influences, Margaret Barry, said she toured the thirty-two counties thirty-two times, up and down, over and back, villages, glens, cities and towns, markets and fairs. To get the ball rolling this September, I look forward to hitting the first of four provinces by bringing my music and my band to play all nine Counties of Ulster, my home province.” – Lisa O’Neill

September
9 – An Grianán Theatre – Donegal
10 – Patrick Kavanagh Centre – Monaghan (sold out)
11 – Sandino’s – Derry (sold out)
12 – Townhall Arts Centre – Cavan (sold out)
13 – Blakes of the Hollow – Fermanagh
15 – Market Place Theatre – Armagh
16 – Strule Arts Centre – Tyrone
19 – Empire Music Hall – Belfast (sold out)
20 – The Court House – Bangor (sold out)

Poster by Jonty Design

Lisa returns to Vicar Street on 21 December for the Winter Solstice following last year’s celebratory show on the same date last year. Expect some very special surprise guests on the night including Seamas Hyland as support. Tickets on sale this Friday 11/9 at 10AM.

This collection of songs has been gathering for a while.
Regarding ‘ The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right ‘
Natural disasters devastate and turn our world upside down, BUT it is the man-made greed-motivated unnatural disasters put upon this beautiful planet and it’s people which inspired this song. I hope the title track of this collection pulls these six pieces together in a cohesive journey for the listener. I am proud of this EP and feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with the people who gave so much of themselves to it.

Hearing the test pressings on vinyl, to my surprise the tracks came alive again in a new way. A subtle difference but meaningful, not only sonically but as a collection that makes sense. It left me pondering, is this a short album or a long EP? I decided it doesn’t matter, it’s found it’s home on vinyl.

Listen/Buy

Dublin - Spindizzy Records

Derry - Cool Discs

all of this is chance

“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