Described by the Irish Times as the finest singer and actor of her generation, 36-year old Lisa Lambe is now poised to attract a global audience with her forthcoming album, Juniper.
Lisa, an actress and former member of the group Celtic Woman, says she imagined Juniper as a colourful story of nature, time and place: “The title track was sparked by a boldly gnarled juniper tree I spotted on an isolated bog road.”
Juniper is the Dubliner’s second album and she embarked upon it with producer Karl Odlum in 2019. It was written in the west and recorded at the remote Attica Studios in Donegal.
Lisa describes the eleven-song collection as “a love letter to nature”. Her songwriting, although inspired by the Irish landscape and surroundings, is also thoroughly universal, modern and international.
Lisa’s keen poetic musical sensibilities and the soulfulness of her voice land the music somewhere between a Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs) rock timbre and an Alison Kraus country rasp.
Lisa Lambe graduated from Trinity College Dublin with distinction as an actor, working with Ireland’s national theatre and starring in many smash hit plays. In 2019 alone she was on stage at The Abbey in two roles written specifically with her in mind: playing Lil in an adaptation of Edna O’Brien’s classic feminist novel The Country Girls, and as Cathy in a production of Dermot Bolgers’ Last Orders At The Dockside. Both were well-received by audiences and media alike, with Country Girls especially receiving numerous accolades.
Lisa is a frequent guest on national radio and television in Ireland and has appeared at world-renowned venues as lead singer with Celtic Woman that include Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Nokia Live in Los Angeles, Red Rocks in Colorado.
As a solo artist, Lisa has performed globally including Celtic Connections Scotland, Glastonbury UK as well as The Irish Arts Centres in London, Paris and New York.
Juniper is an especially meaningful project for Lisa. “The purpose of the project was to capture the lightning of making music,” she says. The album will be released on 3rd April, 2020.
