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.
“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.
“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.
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.
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