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Lisa Margaret Hannigan (born 12 February 1981) is an
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musician, singer, composer, and voice actress. She began her musical career as a member of
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's band. Since beginning her solo career in 2007 she has released three albums: ''
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'' (2008), ''
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'' (2011), and ''
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'' (2016). Hannigan's music has received award nominations both in Ireland and the United States. Hannigan also received attention in North America for her role as Blue Diamond in ''
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'', an American animated television series created by
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.


Early life and education

Hannigan was born in Dublin but grew up in
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, County Meath, Ireland. She attended primary school at Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa in Kilcloon and enrolled at
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to study French and art history.


Career

While still in college, Hannigan met Damien Rice at a concert in Dublin in early 2001. Rice enlisted Hannigan to sing on his 2002 album '' O'' and his later album " 9", featured in the hit "
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". She toured with Rice as part of his band during that period, lending vocal support and occasionally playing guitar, bass or drums. In 2007, Hannigan returned to Dublin and began a solo career. Some of Hannigan's live recordings were made available through trading networks radio shows. These recordings included: "Willy" by
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, "Be My Husband" by
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(from the 1965 album '' Pastel Blues''), "Mercedes Benz" by
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and "Love Hurts" by
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. Hannigan also performed live with her own band, called The Daisy Okell Quartet and contributed guest vocals to the recordings of
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,
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and
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.


''Sea Sew''

Lisa Hannigan's debut solo album, titled ''Sea Sew'', was rehearsed in a barn in
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and recorded in Dublin before being released in Ireland in September 2008. The lead single, "Lille", was made available as a free Internet download and other tracks were available for preview on her Myspace page. The
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featured needle-work by Hannigan. Some music critics called the recording one of the best Irish albums of the year. ''Sea Sew'' received favourable reviews in the ''
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'' and ''
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''. The single "Lille" was released in August 2008 on Irish and American radio stations. Hannigan performed at Electric Picnic 2008. She was the opening act for singer-songwriter
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on his 2008 U.S. tour. That year she appeared on the charity album '' Even Better Than the Disco Thing'' and performed a duet of
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's new song "Christmas Past" with Flannery on Tony Fenton's ''Christmas Special'' on
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. In December 2008, she made her UK solo debut at St Johns Church in London. Hannigan signed with ATO Records in the U.S., where her album was released in February 2009. ''Sea Sew'' was nominated for the Choice Music Prize and Best Irish Album at the
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in January 2009. That year, Hannigan appeared on the American television shows ''
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'' and ''
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''. In 2009, Hannigan also appeared on the
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's '' Later... with Jools Holland'', performing her song "I Don't Know". ''Sea Sew'' rose in the UK charts following this appearance and she performed at
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music festival and went on tour later in the year. She performed at the nomination ceremony and she was greeted by confused journalists wondering "Lisa who?". Hannigan performed at
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Later in 2009, she toured the United States with David Gray and performed solo shows in New York, Los Angeles and London. She then began a tour of Ireland to finish the year. Hannigan's song "An Ocean and a Rock" was used in a 2009 Irish video supporting same-sex marriage entitled "Sinéad's Hand". As part of an advertisement campaign for
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's
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, Hannigan was drenched in melted chocolate and she participated in the Irish musical collective The Cake Sale with lead vocal on the track " Some Surprise", which was played on the US television series ''
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''. Hannigan also contributed to the 2009 charity album ''Sparks n' Mind'', released in aid of Aware. In 2009, a broadcast of ''Other Voices'' was recorded. The songs "Lille" and "Braille" from this album were used in the film '' Ondine'' in 2009.


''Passenger''

Hannigan recorded her second album, ''
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'', at Bryn Derwen Studios in
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with producer
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and engineer Ryan Freeland. The album was released in the US and Canada on 20 September 2011, and on 7 October in Ireland and the UK. Hannigan performed at the
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in 2012 when Ireland was the "Spotlight Country".


''At Swim''

Hannigan announced that her third album was produced in collaboration with
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band The National. The album entitled ''At Swim'' was released on 19 August 2016. On 24 May 2016 Hannigan revealed a short teaser in relation to the album's launch. "Prayer for the Dying" and "Ora" are two tracks which have appeared among promotional material in the lead up to the release. Hannigan toured Ireland extensively in the lead up to the album release. "Prayer for the Dying" appeared on digital streaming services in June 2016. The album was positively received by several newspapers, including ''
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'', which awarded it four out of five stars, commenting on Hannigan's "crystal vocals" and the album's "stunningly pretty songs with quietly powerful undertones", and the ''
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'', which also awarded four out of five stars and mentioned the "new-found accessibility" the album represented. ''
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'' noted the album to be "subtle and gauzy but loaded with emotion", and calls Hannigan's voice "an incredible instrument, drawing on both opera and folk, with a softness and intimacy".


Soundtracks and film work

In 2004, Hannigan credited on soundtrack for '' Closer'' (song: "Cold Water", arranged and performed by Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan, featuring Vyvienne Long). In 2007, Hannigan credited on soundtrack for ''
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'' (song: "9 Crimes", performed by Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan). In 2009, Hannigan credited on soundtrack for '' Ondine'' (songs: "Braille", "Lille", written and performed by Lisa Hannigan). In 2013, Hannigan contributed vocals to the soundtrack for Alfonso Cuarón's film ''
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'' and performed a cover of
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's "You Haunt Me" for the film '' Another Me''. In 2014, Hannigan provided vocals along with John Smith for the Steven Price conducted soundtrack for the Brad Pitt blockbuster '' Fury''. In 2014, she voiced the character of Bronagh, the
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mother of the main characters in the animated film ''
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'', and provided several songs to the film's soundtrack. In 2015, she sang a version of "
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" for the seventh episode of the second season of '' Fargo''. In 2017, she started voicing the character Blue Diamond for the television series ''
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'' which was made by
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. She also performed a cover of
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" for the closing credits of the sixth episode of the first season of ''
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''. In 2018, she arranged and performed a version of the traditional Irish song " Weile Weile Waile" for the soundtrack of the movie '' The Hole in the Ground''. In 2019, she reprised her role as Blue Diamond for the television film '' Steven Universe: The Movie''. In 2020, she returned to the role once more in the follow-up series '' Steven Universe Future''.


Other work

In 2020, Hannigan was part of an
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collective of female singers and musicians called " Irish Women in Harmony", that recorded a version of the song "
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" in aid of the charity Safe Ireland, which deals with
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which had reportedly risen significantly during the
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Reception

Her music has received critical praise, airplay and award nominations both in her native Ireland and the United States. In 2008, her debut album ''Sea Sew'' spawned the single "
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", a Choice Music Prize nomination, two
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nominations and a
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nomination. Hannigan performs using "broken-down, wheezy old instruments".
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said of her vocals, "there's so much jazz in the notes and phrases that she picks. She was singing the ninths, the elevenths of the chords...I mean some of the things sound like choices that Miles would have made."


Discography

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'' (2016) * Live in Dublin (with Stargazer) (2019)


Personal life

Hannigan briefly studied English and art history at
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. During her first week at university she became friends with Irish singer-songwriter
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. Hannigan eventually left university to travel with Rice across Europe. Returning to Ireland, both Hannigan and Rice began to work together recording music, including songs like "Unplayed Piano" and "Once I Loved." Hannigan featured on Rice's first two solo albums and a number of EP's and live recordings. Both Irish artists toured for a number of years together and were in a relationship, but in 2007 Hannigan left Damien Rice and his band the afternoon before a live show in
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. Rice released a statement saying that their professional relationship had "''run its creative course''" in March 2007. Returning to Dublin, from 2007 onward Hannigan began to focus on her solo career which to date has produced three solo albums. In 2015, Hannigan decided to move from Dublin to London to begin a new life, which involved beginning to write new material for her third studio album ''
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''. She also started pursuing a part-time degree in English literature. As of 2016, Hannigan planned to return to Dublin with her London-based husband following her ''At Swim'' tour of Europe and the US. They have a son.


Awards


''Hot Press'' Readers' Poll

Hannigan has four ''
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'' Readers' Poll awards. She won Best Debut Album, Best Irish Album, Best Irish Track and Best Female in 2009. , - , 2009 , , ''Sea Sew'' , , Best Debut Album , , , - , 2009 , , ''Sea Sew'' , , Best Irish Album , , , - , 2009 , , "I Don't Know" , , Best Irish Track , , , - , 2009 , , Lisa Hannigan , , Best Female , , , -


Choice Music Prize

Hannigan's debut album, ''Sea Sew'', was nominated for the Choice Music Prize in January 2009. Hannigan's second album, ''Passenger'', was nominated for the Choice Music Prize in January 2012 and she also lost out to Jape that year. , - , 2009 , , ''Sea Sew'' , , Irish Album of the Year 2008 , , , - , 2012 , , ''Passenger'' , , Irish Album of the Year 2011 , , , -


Meteor Music Awards

Hannigan and her work was nominated in the Best Irish Female and Best Irish Album categories at the
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in 2009. She was the only solo artist nominated in more than one category at the awards. She lost to
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and
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's self-titled album respectively. , - ,
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Mercury Prize

''Sea Sew'' was nominated for the
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on 21 July 2009. It was Hannigan's first nomination. Hannigan was referred to as 2009's "token folk nominee" in the UK, with the ''
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'' calling her a "token folkie". One British journalist even claimed she was "truly obscure" and part of the "moribund sensitive singer-songwriter genre". Ed Power, writing in the ''
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'', criticised such claims, wondering if
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(whose album ''
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'' beat Hannigan to the Choice Music Prize) had come close to receiving a Mercury nomination—"Or, for that matter, how many of the judges had even heard of him". , - , 2009 , , ''Sea Sew'' , , Best Album , , , -


References


External links

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Hannigan setlist from 14 September 2014 performance at the Roundhouse for the iTunes Concert Series
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