Clough’ gig for Lisa

Cloughjordan Amphitheatre continues its summer season this Sunday night (August 18) when Lisa Hannigan takes the stage. Support is provided by Roscrea’s own up-and-coming singer-songwriter talent Jack Keeshan.

Hannigan, from Co Meath, whose voice first reached the public ear in 2001, established herself as a solo music artist in 2007, and has given highlight performances at Electric Picnic and Glastonbury festivals and has made loads of US television appearances.

Hannigan spent over six years working with Damien Rice, but over the course of that period also appeared on other artists’ recordings. She has lent her vocal skill to Glen Hansard’s band The Frames and to jazz legend Herbie Hancock. A folk singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and voice actor who has a knack for re-interpreting songs to make them completely her own. She released her solo debut album, ‘Sea Sew’ in 2008 - a joyous kaleidoscope of love songs, laments, sea shanties and glockenspiels. That self-released album was a runaway success, nominated for a Choice award in Ireland and a Mercury Music Prize in the UK.

Her later work explores deeper, darker emotions; Passenger, which came out in 2011, centred around the pain of leaving and reflections on touring life. ‘Sea Sew’ bobs beautifully on the surface and explores the undercurrents of passion and heartache beneath the waves.

Hannigan continues her fruitful solo musical career that has spanned 17 years. She has released three solo LPs to critical praise. Of her 2011 album ‘Passenger’, Rolling Stone wrote, “her voice is light and agile, her phrasing like exquisite plumage, and her folksy songs move with deceptive power, sailing on guitars, strings and Irish drama”. Gates open at 7pm, with Jack Keeshan onstage and the main act at 8.30pm. Tickets are priced at €30 and are available online through Eventbrite, or cash on the door. It’s a BYOB venue, and under-16 go free with a ticket holder.

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