SOLO DEBUT SEA SEW SET FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 3rd ON ATO RECORDS
January 16, 2009, 12:46 AM
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Lisa Hannigan, the acclaimed Irish singer whom The New York Times calls “exquisitely ethereal,” confirms her first headlining U.S. tour. Beginning February 11 on the West Coast, the tour includes stops at Los Angeles’s Troubadour on February 21 and New York City’s Highline Ballroom on March 7. (Please see reverse for a complete list of tour dates.)
Hannigan’s much anticipated solo debut Sea Sew will be released February 3 on ATO Records. The album is already in frequent rotation at taste-maker radio station KCRW and has earned early praise from The Los Angeles Times, which calls it “charmingly idiosyncratic.”
Hannigan’s chance meeting with acclaimed singer-songwriter Damien Rice led to a long period of collaboration and development. From the outset, Hannigan quickly generated attention for her own vocal performances and spent the subsequent few years touring the world, playing sell-out shows at Radio City Music Hall and the Greek Theatre. She contributed significantly to Rice’s platinum-selling debut O and critically lauded follow-up 9. Hannigan wrote songs and performed backing vocals with the Frames and Mic Christopher. She also sang with the legendary Herbie Hancock on the song “Don’t Explain” for his Grammy-nominated album Possibilities.
Hannigan, along with a talented band of friends—including Tom Osander on drums, Shane Fitzsimons on double bass, Donagh Molloy on trumpet, melodica and glockenspiel, Gavin Glass on piano, Lucy Wilkins on violin and Vyvienne Long on cello—recorded Sea Sew over 14 days in Dublin. In advance of the album’s release, Hannigan has made available the songs “Lille,” “Sea Song,” “Pistachio” and “I Don’t Know” for streaming via her website. “I Don’t Know,” the first single off Sea Sew, will be released February 2.
Lisa Hannigan Tour Dates
Feb 11 San Diego, CA Voodoo Club at House of Blues
Feb 15 Seattle, WA Triple Door
Feb 16 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
Feb 17 San Francisco, CA The Independent
Feb 21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
Feb 22 Phoenix, AZ The Rhythm Room
Feb 24 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
Feb 26 Minneapolis, MN The Varsity Theater
Feb 28 Chicago, IL Matyr’s
March 1 Toronto, ON The Mod Club Theatre
March 3 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
March 5 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live
March 7 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
March 8 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
March 10 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
March 11 Nashville, TN The Belcourt Theatre
March 12 Louisville, KY 930 Listing Room
March 15 Dallas, TX The Pontiac Garage at House of Blues
March 16 Houston, TX House of Blues—Bronze Peacock
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