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News - Irish Times Interview With Lisa - 29/08/2008

Today's edition of The Irish Times has an interview with Lisa Hannigan, ahead of her appearance at the Electric Picnic tomorrow and the release of Sea Sew in two weeks. Lisa talks about the music she listened to growing up, her time performing with Damien, leaving Damien's band and starting her solo career. You can read the interview in full here.

News - Lisa on Irish Radio - 28/08/2008

Thanks to Simon for letting us know that Lisa will be appearing on the Tony Fenton Show on Irish radio station Today FM next Wednesday (September 3rd). Updated: You can listen in live between 13.00 and 16.30 (Irish time) from here.

News - New Pedestrian Album - 25/08/2008

Damien's friend and sometime collaborator, Joel Shearer, has recently released a new album with his band Pedestrian - Sidegeist. You can listen to some tracks on Pedestrian's MySpace site or download a full track from the album for free from their official site.

Pedestrian play at Hotel Café in Hollywood, California, on August 30th.

News - Making Noise - 18/08/2008

You can now hear Damien's newest track, "Making Noise", in full from here. As we reported previously, this track has been released on the Songs for Tibet - The Art of Peace album. Damien recorded this song with the help of people he met while visiting with the Cheshire Project.

News - Lisa To Perform at the Dublin Fringe Festival - 17/08/2008

Lisa Hannigan will be performing as part of Cathy Davey's Songs That Scare Children night, which is part of the Dublin Fringe Festival, on September 8th at the Hennessey Spiegeltent in Iveagh Gardens, Dublin. You can read more about it here. (Thanks to Ian for letting us know about this.)

News - Lisa's Website Launched - 15/08/2008

Lisa's website has been launched and features audio samples of some tracks from her new album. It also lists a series of extra dates on her Irish tour for September and October. The site will feature a free track to download from August 25th.

News - Amy Kuney Album Release - 12/08/2008

You can now buy Bird's Eye View, the new album from Amy Kuney on iTunes. It includes Amy's cover of "The Blower's Daughter" that was featured on this site, which led to Amy opening for Damien in Iceland a couple of weeks ago.

News - Lisa Adds Another Dublin Date - 09/08/2008

Lisa has added a second Dublin date - at Whelan's on August 19th. Tickets go on sale this Tuesday at 12 noon from WAV tickets: 1890 2000 78 (from Ireland) or 00 353 1 478 0766 (from outside Ireland).

News - Tracklisting for Sea Sew - 08/08/2008

Thanks to dmiraz for letting us know that Lisa's album is now listed on HMV.com and for finding further details of Lisa's album including this tracklisting:

1) An Ocean and a Rock
2) Venn Diagram
3) Sea Song
4) Splishy Splashy
5) I Don't Know
6) Keep It All
7) Courting Blues
8) Pistachio
9) Teeth
10) Lille

News - Release Date For Lisa's Album - 06/08/2008 22:00:00

Lisa Hannigan's debut album is to be called Sea Sew and will be released in Ireland (and online) on September 12th. Keep checking back for further news / tour dates.

News - Review of Lisa Hannigan in Dundalk - 06/08/2008 12:00:00

The Irish Times has a great review of Lisa's recent performance at the Spirit Store in Dundalk, which you can read here. Thanks to TinyFox for letting us know about this. Here is an extract from the review:

Equal parts coquettish, sensual, adventurous and singular, the songs are quiet triumphs, subtly stippled by a terrific band with alt rock/pop reference points (we hear forgotten bits of Henry Cow and Slapp Happy, soundtrack snippets of Angelo Badalamenti and Yann Tiersen, and faraway-beach echoes of Brian Eno) and a very good tailor.

Hannigan handles all of the above with aplomb, grace and wit. She gets lost in the music occasionally, which is simply beautiful to see; the music occasionally gets lost in her, which is even more so.

News - Amy And Damien Sing Cold Water - 05/08/2008

Below is a video of Amy Kuney singing 'Cold Water' with Damien in Iceland last week. Amy's debut album is released next week and is highly recommended!

News - Vyvienne at The Electric Picnic - 02/08/2008

Vyvienne Long has announced that she will be performing at the Electric Picnic Festival in Ireland on August 30th.

News - Amy Kuney in Iceland - 01/08/2008

Congratulations to Amy Kuney who supported Damien at his two gigs in Iceland last week. You can now read about Amy's trip in the Igloo.

And here is a video of Amy singing with Damien at the Borgarfjordur Eystri Festival in Iceland last week: