News 2008 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! July 7 – Lisa on Alive with Clive TV show For those of you in the White Plains area of New York, check out Lisa’s interview and live performance on Alive with Clive TV show, a very inspirational show. www.alivewithclive.tv 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) 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. 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 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