Ireland’s Lisa O’Neill is one of the most striking folk singers performing today has announced an Australian tour for early 2024. Lisa will be joined by fellow Irish musician Brian Leach playing hammer dulcimer.
A raconteur in the truest sense of the word, O’Neill is a five time BBC Folk Award nominee and her previous album Heard a Long Gone Song was named The Guardian’s 2019 Folk Album of the Year.
Uncut called O’Neill’s mesmeric new LP All of This Is Chance (her first for Rough Trade), “The first indisputable classic of 2023”, and the album is a lock for year-end best of lists. Check out the lead single, “Old Note”, a true shimmer of beauty, along with her remarkable adaptation of Bob Dylan’s “All The Tired Horses” for the final scene of epic TV drama, Peaky Blinders
Lisa O’Neill Australian Tour:
Woodford Folk Festival – Woodford, December 27, 2023 – January 01
City Recital Hall – Sydney, January 19
Meeniyan Town Hall – South Gippsland, February 03
The Brunswick Ballroom – Melbourne. February 07
Bendigo Bank Theatre – Bendigo, February 09
Cobargo Folk Festival – Cobargo, March 02 & March 03
WOMADelaide – Adelaide, March 09 & March 10 *
WOMAD NEW ZEALAND – New Plymouth, March 16 and March 17 *
For tickets and further details visit the GaynorCrawford website.