News 2005

December 19th – To finish off a great year, Lisa headlined a BBC Radio 2 SoldonSong showcase at Norwich Arts Centre. Lisa played a short set as did lots of other very talented artists. BBC TV and Radio 2 producer Mark Hagen was MC.

December 19th – Lisa was interviewed and played two songs live, Don’t Tell Me and new song Come Back Down, on BBC Radio Norfolk.

December 17th – Lisa performed at a special Earthquake Relief concert at Norwich Arts Centre. Musicians and poets from around the UK gathered for a night of unique collaborations, with proceeds to help the Earthquake survivors.

November 19th – Lisa was one of the special guests at Lee Gordon’s ‘Unplugged & Intimate’ show at The Music House, Wensum Lodge.

November 12th – Lisa performed at Wood Norton Village Hall, near Dereham, Norfolk.

November 9th – Lisa was interviewed and played two tracks live on ‘Norwich City Limits’, the Afternoon Americana show on Future Radio 105.1FM. https://www.futurefmradio.co.uk

November 6th – To celebrate the release of ‘Aerial’, the new studio album from Kate Bush, Lisa performed at Norwich Puppet Theatre at a special event organised by Kulture Shock. Rob Jovanovich, author of Kate Bush: The Biography, also appeared.

October 29th – Lisa plays 3 songs live with Alan Cook on Radio Allfm in Manchester.

October 21st – Lisa opened for singer-songwriter Johnathan Rice at Norwich Arts Centre on Friday October 21st. Review from BBC Norfolk here. Pic below.

September 29th – Lisa headlined at Traders Club, Petersfield, Hampshire.

September 28th – Lisa did a headlining show at The Cellars, Eastney.

September 23rd – ‘Dragonfly’ played again on Bob Harris’s Friday show on Radio 2.

September 12th – 23rd Lisa played in Vancouver and Vancouver Island, Canada. Appearances included: September 12th – Backstage Lounge, Granville Island, Vancouver September 14th – Surf Lodge, Gabriola Island, Vancouver September 15th – The White Hart, Gabriola Island, Vancouver September 16th – Surf Lodge, Gabriola Island, Vancouver September 18th – Terry Fox Benefit, Gabriola Island, Vancouver September 19th – Steamers, Victoria, Vancouver Island September 23rd – Surf Lodge, Gabriola Island, Vancouver

Pic below from Surf Lodge, Gabriola Island

August 29th – Lisa performs at a special event for BBC Coast.

August 26th – ‘Fell on Hard Times’ played again on Bob Harris’s Friday show on Radio 2. Bob said he was ‘a big fan’ of ‘Lost Again’.

August 21st – Back by popular demand, Lisa played live on BBC Radio Norfolk.

August 3rd – There is a feature and interview with Lisa on the BBCi site to promote Lost Again, click here to read it. Great reviews continue to come in for Lost Again as well as airplay in Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria, France, Belgium and the US. To read the reviews go to the press page.

August 2nd – Lisa appeared on BBC Radio Norfolk and played two tracks, ‘Wildfire’ and ‘You Will Know’, live. ‘Lost Again’ is now playlisted on the station.

July 22nd – Lisa’s track ‘Dragonfly’ was played on Bob Harris’s ‘Best of British’ show on Radio 2 alongside The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Coldplay, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, The Kinks and many more. Lisa was the only independent, unsigned artist played on the show. Bob described the song as ‘so beautiful…a lovely track’

Lost Again Now Released
Lisa’s new album ‘Lost Again’ is now released and, due to a distribution deal with Proper, the UK’s biggest independent distributor, it is available from all good record shops. It is also available to order online from Amazon and Fish Records. Pictures from the studio sessions are in the images section. Click here for the press release

Album launch
July 12th – Thanks to all of you who came to the sold out album launch for ‘Lost Again’ at the Norwich Puppet Theatre. Also appearing with Lisa was the album’s producer Gabriel Minnikin and pedal steel and dobro player Alan Cook (pic below). Singer-songwriter Andrew Taylor opened the night.

July 9th – On the eve of the release of Lost Again, and Lisa’s version of Neal Casal’s ‘Fell on Hard Times’ from the album was played on Bob Harris’s Saturday show on Radio 2. Bob described Lost Again as ‘a lovely album’. To view the online playlists for the show click here

To make a request, email, text or call the show: bob.harris@bbc.co.uk Tel 0500 288 291, text 88291

Bob Harris, Fridays 12 – 3am, Saturdays 10.30pm – 1am

July 3rd – To promote the forthcoming release of Lost Again, Lisa was interviewed and played two songs – Wildfire and When You Go – live on the Dave Cash Show on BBC Radio Kent. To listen to the interview click here

July 3rd – Maverick magazine’s 3rd Anniversary Celebration
Lisa played at a special star-studded night at the Soul Cafe on Sunday July 3rd in Celebration of Maverick magazine’s third anniversary. The evening had a whole host of singers and musicians dropping in to celebrate and perform a few numbers. These included Nashville-based singer songwriter Griffin House, California’s Lisa O’Kane with her guitar-playing singing partner Mark Fosson, West & Elliott, B.J. Cole, Bobby Valentino (Los Pistoleros,etc), Siobhan Parr, Micky Kemp, Too Country, the Megsons, Romney Getty, Steve Cherelle and many more.

April 16th – May 1st – Lisa completes tour of the Czech Republic and also plays at the Rock in den Mai at Werkhof Hohenlimburg in Hagen/Westfalen, Germany. For all the German fans here’s a glowing live review:

New Album Recorded May 7th – Lisa has now finished recording her second album in Manchester. The album is produced by Gabriel Minnikin, a former member of the highly acclaimed alt-country band The Guthries from Canada. An incredible musician and singer-songwriter, Gabriel has also gained major critical acclaim for his debut solo record. More details of the record and release date will be posted here on a press release soon.

May 7th – Lisa’s played at Folk on the Pier on Saturday May 7th at the Pavilion Theatre in Cromer. The five day festival is one of the premier folk and roots festivals and this year was headlined by one of the folk scene’s greatest singer-songwriters Ralph McTell. More details are here

April 7th – Lisa opened again for The Arlenes at Norwich Arts Centre.

January 20th – Lisa did a headlining show at Traders Club, Petersfield, Hampshire.

January 19th – Lisa took part at a special charity concert at the Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth. All proceeds raised went to The Disaster Emergency Committee. To read about the concert click here

January 17th – Lisa appeared at The Borderline as part of the singer-songwriter festival supporting American singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey.

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