Lisa Hannigan discography

Lisa Hannigan discography
Lisa Hannigan in 2017
Studio albums3
Singles12

The discography of Lisa Hannigan includes her many side projects and collaborations with a number of other musicians and her solo career, which currently consists of three albums and 12 singles. Hannigan is a multi-instrumentalist who can play electric guitar, bass guitar, Harmonium, melodica, banjo, thumb piano, mandolin, ukulele, glockenspiel and drums as well as being a talented vocalist.[1][2] She began contributing backing vocals to Damien Rice's band in Dublin in 2001[1][2] and toured with him across Europe and North America. Rice dismissed her at Munich, Germany in 2007,[3][4] and in 2008 she released her debut solo album, titled Sea Sew. Sea Sew has been nominated for the Choice Music Prize[5] and led to Hannigan receiving two nominations at the 2009 Meteor Awards.[6][7]

Hannigan has also been involved in numerous side projects. She provided backing vocals on one track from Mic Christopher's Skylarkin' album which was finished by Christopher's friends after his death in 2001.[1][8] She performs three tracks which feature on the soundtrack of the film Goldfish Memory alongside Damien Rice,[1][8] had a UK hit with the Burmese protest song "Unplayed Piano"[9][10] and she also features on the albums Burn the Maps by The Frames[1][8] and Not Fade Away by David Kitt.[8] The singer also worked on self-titled album of The Cake Sale project, a 2007 Oxfam collaboration by mainly Irish musicians, on which she provided vocals on three tracks, including the "Some Surprise" duet with Gary Lightbody,[8][11] which later featured on the U.S. television series Grey's Anatomy.[12]

Hannigan has performed a number of covers, including "Get the Party Started" by P!nk, which featured as a duet with Damien Rice on Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 1 a charity compilation CD released in Ireland in 2003[8] and "Upside Down" by Diana Ross, which featured on the 2008 charity album Even Better Than the Disco Thing.[13] She also contributed to the 2009 charity album, Sparks n' Mind, released in aid of Aware.[14]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Lisa Hannigan". Other Voices. Archived from the original on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Refined Lisa Hannigan". Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Lisa musters the chutzpah to go solo in spotlight". Irish Independent. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Rice & Hannigan no longer working together". RTÉ. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  5. ^ "The Choicest cuts ...or are they?". Sunday Tribune. 18 January 2009. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Meteor Awards 2009 – Presenter & Nominees Revealed". Hot Press. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Meteor Music Awards nominees revealed". RTÉ. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Side Projects". Eskimo Friends. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  9. ^ "Unplayed Piano". Top40-Charts.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  10. ^ "Damien Rice: The world's most reluctant pop star". The Independent. 19 June 2005. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  11. ^ "The Cake Sale – Out Friday!". Official site of Snow Patrol. 2 November 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Grey's Anatomy gets an Irish flavour was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Loaded: 12 December 2008". Irish Independent. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  14. ^ "Springsteen, Pixies & Portishead covered for Irish charity album". Hot Press. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2009.