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News 2008
August – ‘Call Me’ played on Bob Harris’s
BBC Radio 2 Show
‘Call Me’ from ‘Clouds with Silver’ was
played on Bob Harris’s BBC Radio 2 show on Saturday August 9th.
The track was played in the third hour after Jakob
Dylan. You can listen again all this week by clicking here
Brand new album
‘Clouds with Silver’ now on iTunes
The brand new album ‘Clouds with Silver’ is now on iTunes! Go to iTunes
and enjoy the full 11 tracks. There are also 3 new clips added to the
revamped Myspace (incorporating the album’s
artwork) and there will be more to come.
Thanks to the orders already received from across Europe
in particular and various tracks have been played on podcasts
throughout the world.
There is also a fuller glowing review at Fish
Records and also a BBC feature and interview here For fans
in the East, there is an interview in the August
issue of East magazine.
BBC Norfolk Introducing are also going to feature one of the new
album tracks, the upbeat Americana
track ‘When You Come Home’, as the BBC Norfolk Introducing track
of the week from Saturday August 9. It will then be played across
BBC Radio Norfolk’s
daytime output for seven days.
The station are also going to be running a report (using an
interview I did with them earlier) on BBC Norfolk Introducing Friday August
15 7-8pm. You can tune into BBC Radio Norfolk
or listen live on bbc.co.uk/norfolk – the show
will also be available for seven days after broadcast on the iplayer on the same website.
July - Brand New album
‘Clouds with Silver’
Lisa’s third album ‘Clouds with Silver’ will be
out through Proper Distribution mid August and and
it has already gained a glowing review at Fish Records where it is also
available. Featuring 11 songs all written and performed by Lisa, most of the
album was recorded in New York City
and co-produced with talented and respected multi-instrumentalist and
producer Brad Albetta (Martha Wainwright, Teddy
Thompson). The album also features some outstanding musicians, to view the
press release click here
For details on how to pre-order
signed copies at Fish Records click here
July
– Podcast plays. Thanks to the many podcasts who have been playing tracks, it’s really
appreciated. Special thanks to The Acoustic Diner for all the support.
www.myspace. com/thecoolvibesradioprogram
Lisa
will also be played on the July edition of Folkcast which is the first folk Podcast from the UK, and features the best in
folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots-based music.
July 7th – Lisa
on Alive with Clive TV show
Alive with
Clive TV appearance. Lisa was recently interviewed and played live on Alive
With Clive, a show promoting positivity and making
the world a better place. For those in the White Plains area of New York, the
appearance is on July 7th. Clive will be releasing a compilation
CD featuring artists that have appeared on his program with proceeds going
towards the fight against AIDS in South Africa, his hometown. Artists chosen
for the CD are based on votes from fans. Clive has an amazing vision for the
world, so please take a moment to visit the website. Lisa would also really
appreciate your vote! www.alivewithclive.tv
June – Brand new album on its way!
From Lisa’s blog in the Slipstream
newsletter…Just back in the UK
after my wonderful and productive time in New York. My gig at the Living Room went
so well, a really good and full audience (thanks to those of you who came
out), I had a cool photo shoot, did a cable TV interview and show and my new
recording in Brooklyn is done! Am so happy
with how it's sounding and feel so excited about this new record. Although it
is mostly me and my acoustic, I mostly played live too, I
have some amazing players on there too. More details on it here soon!
May 08 - Dragonfly featured in cool indie
movie
Dragonfly features in new short indie
movie ‘Seized’ filmed in LA. It has just done really well at a
film festival there and is going to be pitched to the BBC too. Check out the
extended trailer here
Acoustic Sessions album now on iTunes
In the meantime, before the brand new album release, Lisa’s
previous album ‘Lost Again – The Acoustic Sessions’, is now
on iTunes and will be on many other online stores.
Check this link
From the press release:
'The limited edition album includes the original live studio versions of the
songs from Lost Again*. Beautifully recorded, the songs truly reveal Lisa's
soulful and powerful voice with just acoustic guitar and touches of mandolin
and is a wonderful chance to hear the songs from Lost Again in their original
form (as heard in the 'Why' promo video). The album excludes Lisa's acclaimed
version of Neal Casal's 'Fell on Hard Times' which was a live studio acoustic
version anyway but includes a rare bonus track 'Changing Times'.
Living Room Show New York
City
April 5 – Lisa played New York City’s prestigious
singer songwriter venue, The Living Room (photos above).
Manchester
Shows Jan 2008
January 26 - Taurus Bar, Manchester
Lisa began the new year's shows with a return to Taurus Bar with a great line
up.
January 31 - The Carlton Club, Manchester
Lisa played at the Carlton
Club (photo above). More photos from the show and a live review at www.myspace.com/ampphotography
News 2007
Nov 07 - Lisa was recently interviewed for Inner Ear, a huge music
resource website in The Netherlands..check it out
http://www.freewebs.com/
A
Finalist at Famecast - International video
competition!
Lisa was made
a finalist in an international music video competition. After her promo video
'Why' (picture below) made the top 25 of the pop section, 'Call Me' went on to become one of the
final 5 and received a huge number of votes and views. Sadly Lisa was unable to
make the prize winning trip to Austin
to play at the industry showcase due to illnes but
thanks so much to everyone who voted and it was quite incredible to make the
final 5 and receive overwhelming votes.
More Radio 2 Airplay Oct 07
Lisa was played again on BBC Radio 2 Bob Harris's Show. Steve Lamacq played one of her live favourites
'Wildfire' from ‘Lost Again’ and said that Bob regarded her as
one of the UK's
finest singer-songwriters!’
Back to New York City
Lisa returned yet again to New
York City for shows at some of NYC’s most
prestigious acoustic venues.
Oct 13 – Upstairs at The Living Room, Googies
Lounge.
Oct 27 – Upstairs at The Living Room, Googies
Lounge.
Oct 30 – Banjo Jims
Nov 1 – Sidewalk Cafe
Autumn Tour Dates:
Lisa has played some great shows in the last few weeks.
Oct 1 – supporting Brian Kennedy at The Stables, Milton
Keynes
Sep 29 – supporting Jess Klein at The Borderline, London
Sep 14 – headline at Norwich Arts Centre
Sep 7 – Trowsefest, Norwich
Sep 2 – headlining show at Night n Day, Manchester
June 4 – Lisa played a charity show at The Phoenix,
Manchester
May Shows in New York
Lisa returned to New York for a show at the prestigious Kntting Factory, for a really cool Americana night called ‘Orgapalooza’. She also played the respected Rockwood Music Hall
(picture below by Paul Syznol) and headlined at the
lovely Caffe Vivaldi in Greenwich Village. Thanks again to those who came along
to the shows and bought CDs. During this trip, ‘Fell on Hard
Times’ again received airplay on Bob Harris’s Radio 2 show and
has become one of the most played tracks on his Saturday show.
April Shows in Manchester:
Through April Lisa played shows in and around Manchester. These included the Winelight Club at Bury Met, Taurus and Trof 2 in the Northern Quarter.
Bob Harris Presents..Americana at The
Borderline
February 4th - Lisa was personally asked to be the very special
guest at the recent Bob Harris Presents..Americana night at London's Borderline. Also playing on this packed night was
Grayson Capps, Eve Selis and Alana Levandoski. To view the performance, go to myspace.
News 2006
December 23 - Live Session on BBC Radio 2 , The Bob Harris Show
Lisa was personally asked to do a live session and interview on
Bob Harris's Radio 2 Saturday Show. She played 3 live tracks and chatted with
Bob. Thanks to the many who have written and for all the amazing feedback.
Click on Bob Harris's website here
December New York
Tour
Nov 29th-Dec 12th - Lisa does a tour of New York City. Dates inlcuded:
Dec 2nd - Headline gig at Googie's
Lounge, Living Room. Support Tom Kerswill
Dec 3rd - Co-bill at Rockwood
Music Hall with Lizanne Knott
Dec 4th - Makor
Dec 6th - The Bitter End, Greenwich Village
Dec 10th – Pianos (picture below) Support Tom Kerswill
Dec 11th - Sidewalk Cafe
Thanks to all those who came along to the shows and Lisa will be
back in the new year. For a tour diary, check out Lisa's blog
at myspace.
Sep 29th - Lisa opened for Rod Picott at
The Half Moon, Putney, London.
Sep 18th - Lisa did live tracks and an interview on Channel M,
Manchester
July 14 – Lisa played at the SWAP Festival,
Manchester, The Song Writers and Performers Festival. Famous songwriters played unsigned
artists and emerging talent from across the UK. The festival played host to
internationally acclaimed artists such as the legendary forefather of funk
George Clinton, Stephen Fretwell, Sandi Thom, King
Creosote, Gretchen Peters, Cara Dillon and Thea
Gilmore
July 11th - Lisa supported Americana songstress and another Bob
Harris favourite, Eve Selis
at Norwich
Arts Centre
More airplay on BBC Radio 2
July 22nd - Fell on Hard Times was played yet again on Bob
Harris's Radio 2 show making it one of his most
played tracks.
May 20th - Bob Harris played Silver
River, one of the
acoustic gems from Lisa's debut album Slipstream on his BBC Radio 2 show.
Lisa has already had lots of airplay so far this year and Bob described the
track as 'really lovely' and said he had received lots of requests for Lisa's
music, so a huge thanks to all of you that are requesting tracks.
To view the online playlists for the Bob Harris
show, visit http://www.bobharris.org
To make a request to hear Lisa again, email, text or call the show:
Bob.harris@bbc.co.uk
Tel: 0500 288 291
Text: 88291
May 27th - Lisa played a sold out headlining concert as part of
the New Buckenham Music Festival.
May 23rd - Lisa played a special concert as part of Chorlton Arts Festival.
May - Lisa opened for US singer-songwriter Devon Sproule at Britons Protection, Manchester.
May 11th - Lisa supported the current queen of alt-country, Gina
Villalobos at Hells Ditch at the Pilgrims, Liverpool.
May 2nd - Tracks from Lost Again continue to receive airplay.
Mountain Hideaway featured on the latest The Miller Tells her Tale Podcast and various tracks are played on Americana Ok podcast.
Lisa is also in the top 10 weekly top artists list.
April 17th - There are some pics from
Lisa's headlining Norwich
Playhouse Show here
April 16th - Lisa headlined The Loft at Cambridge.
April 15h - Lisa performed at The Cornerhouse,
Wells.
Special headline show at Norwich
Playhouse
April 13th - For the biggest concert of the spring tour, Lisa made a very
special appearance at Norwich's wonderful
Playhouse Theatre in aid of Norwich Samaritans
and recorded by BBC Radio Norfolk.
Thanks to all of you who came to the concert making it such a great success.
Huge thanks also to those who purchased the limited edition single 'Be
Around' which also raised money for Norwich
Samaritans. There is an interview with Lisa to promote the Playhouse Show here if you search for Lisa Redford and a bbci feature previewing the show here. The
concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio Norfolk
at a later date, news of that date will be posted
here.
April 4th - Continuing the spring tour, Lisa supported Nashville based singer-songwriter Jeff Black at The
Maze, Nottingham.
March 29th - Lisa, with Alan Cook on steel, dobro
and guitar, opened for Canadian country star Corb
Lund at Leicester's Musician.
March 23rd - After returning from the Netherlands dates, Lisa played
Manchester's
Night and Day. Joined by Anna Kashfi's James Youngjohns on violin, the gig earned an excellent live
review at Americana UK. To read the review, go to http://www.americana-uk.com
London’s Borderline Kicks off
Spring Tour
Lisa kicked off her tour with a return to London's prestigious
Borderline on Monday March 6th. She opened for singer-songwriter and classic
blues-orientated guitarist Snowy White. Snowy's
timeless song 'Bird of Paradise', became an
international hit and he has also played with Pink Floyd, Peter Green and
Thin Lizzy. After the Borderline, Lisa did dates at
Aldershot West End Arts Centre, Canterbury Gulbenkian Theatre and Bristol Folkhouse
as a special guest on tour with highly regarded singer-songwriter Keith
James. She also played headlining dates in The Netherlands
including Amsterdam.
Below is a photo from a packed out show in Haarlem. Photo by
Yvonne Bohn. Huge thanks to Yvonne, Paul and family for setting up the Netherlands
shows and making it such a terrific time.
More airplay on BBC Radio 2
On January 6th and February 24th, Lisa’s version of Fell on Hard Times
was played again on Bob Harris’s Radio 2 show. Bob described Lisa as a
‘lovely English singer’ and said that 'Lost Again' was a great
album. To view the online play lists for the Bob Harris show, visit http://www.bobharris.org
To make a request to hear Lisa again, email, text or call the show:
bob.harris@bbc.co.uk
Tel: 0500 288 291
Text: 88291
Lost Again makes Best Records List of 2005 at Americana UK
Lost Again has made the top 50 of Americana UK's best albums of 2005 list. In
the viewers countdown Lost Again made number 45, just one place below Laura Veirs and above albums by Teenage Fanclub
and HEM. Thanks to all those who voted for the album. The track When You Go
also featured on a best of 2005 special at The Miller Tells Her Tale Radio
Show.
Dragonfly on Compilation CD
Dragonfly appears on the latest Tilting Sky compilation which features the
best original music from the eastern region. For more information visit:
http://www.myspace.com/tiltingsky
February 4th - Lisa supported Eileen Rose at Manchester's Britons Protection. Also
playing were Manchester
based band Anna Kashfi.
January 14th - Lisa's first show of 2006 was supporting Chuck
Prophet doing a rare solo show at All Saints Church, Newcastle.
To view Lisa's 2005 news archive click here
To view Lisa's 2004 news archive click here
To view Lisa's 2003 news archive click here
To view Lisa's news archive 2002 click here
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