Lisa Hannigan

Passenger

Lisa Margaret Hannigan was born on February 12, 1981 in Dublin. A singer-songwriter, composer and voice actress, she plays harmonium, guitar, melodica, banjo, ukulele, glockenspiel, piano, drums and more, and has been active since 2001. Her labels are Hoop and Barp in Ireland, ATO and Play It Again Sam elsewhere, and MapleMusic in Canada.

Passenger came out in 2011 on Hoop in Ireland and the UK and Barp-ATO in the US and Canada, with PIAS in Europe from 2012. Joe Henry produced and Ryan Freeland engineered, recorded in spring 2011 at Bryn Derwen Studios in North Wales. The band played live in one room, sitting in a circle, and her vocals bled onto everyone's microphones, which she felt lent a sense of urgency. She wrote most of the record on the road, and told the Daily Nexus on October 6, 2011 that being away from home came into sharper focus in the songs.