SHE HAS played support at David Gray and Glen Hansard’s recent Galway concerts, but next week Lisa O’Neill takes top billing when she plays the Róisín Dubh.
Lisa O’Neill, who is currently promote her new album, Same Cloth or Not (Song Seeds Records ), plays the Róisín on Friday February 21 at 9pm.
Same Cloth or Not is Lisa’s second full-lenght release, following 2009’s Has an Album. It was recorded in a cottage in Wicklow in the winter with singer-songwriter David Kitt producing and Karl Oldum engineering. Musicians featured include Stina Sandstrom (vocals ), Mossy Nolan (bouzouki ), and London-based string duo Geese (Emma Smith and Vincent Sipprell ).
Lisa’s folk-influenced songs range from forlorn love ballads to shady tales of wheelbarrow smuggling.
Tickets are available at www.roisindubh.net, the Ticket Desk at OMG Zhivago, Shop Street, and The Róisín Dubh.
