The Upcoming
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Cinema & Tv
      • Movie reviews
      • Film festivals
      • Shows
    • Food & Drinks
      • News & Features
      • Restaurant & bar reviews
      • Interviews & Recipes
    • Literature
    • Music
      • Live music
    • Theatre
  • Fashion & Lifestyle
    • Accessories
    • Beauty
    • News & Features
    • Shopping & Trends
    • Tips & How-tos
    • Fashion weeks
  • What’s On
    • Art exhibitions
    • Theatre shows
  • Tickets
  • Join us
    • Editorial unit
    • Our writers
    • Join the team
    • Join the mailing list
    • Support us
    • Contact us
  • Interviews
  • Competitions
  • Special events
    • Film festivals
      • Berlin
      • Tribeca
      • Sundance London
      • Cannes
      • Locarno
      • Venice
      • London
      • Toronto
    • Fashion weeks
      • London Fashion Week
      • New York Fashion Week
      • Milan Fashion Week
      • Paris Fashion Week
      • Haute Couture
      • London Fashion Week Men’s
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Instagram

  • YouTube

  • RSS

CultureMusicLive music

Lisa Hannigan at the Roundhouse

Lisa Hannigan at the Roundhouse | Live review
29 January 2017
Bill Kacir
Avatar
Shot by Filippo L'Astorina
Avatar
Bill Kacir Shot by Filippo L'Astorina
29 January 2017

Music review

Bill Kacir

Lisa Hannigan at the Roundhouse

★★★★★

Highlights

Snow, We, the Drowned

Links

Twitter Facebook Instagram Soundcloud Website

Celebrating the release of her third album, At Swim, Lisa Hannigan gave a magnificent performance worthy of its standing ovation at the sold-out Roundhouse, London.

Thunderous applause greeted the Dublin-based singer-songwriter as she came to the stage along with her band of five. The air was smoky and dim, and the lighting soft and embracing. Her comforting and mystifying voice soared across the majestic theatre as she sung Prayer for the Dying from her latest record, a haunting track bursting with sincerity. “This next song is a protest song of sorts,” she said, before playing Snow, also off of the new album, which, for a protest song, is the most otherworldly and peaceful one that has ever been sung.

A moving rendition of Undertow followed. Also from At Swim, it combined a heavenly blend of violin and double bass. Hannigan announced that a music video for it would be released next week, hinting that it moves in reverse; she even teased us by singing part of the song backwards. A beautiful piano ballad, We, the Drowned, synchronised with the many bulbs scattered around the stage that pulsed with light, fitting with the oceanic theme of the latest record, reminiscent of a collection of lighthouses amongst the smoke of the stage, guiding us safely through the intricate songs. Knots, from the album Passengers, perhaps her most well-known hit, really got the concertgoers moving in their seats: heads were bobbing and ciders were spilling as an intense clap began. A deafening roar met the finish of this track, proving how enrapt the sold-out audience were at this fragile figure belting out these impressive numbers.

Coming back out for an encore, Hannigan and her band played O Sleep from Passengers, a touching lullaby sung as a duet between the singer and her guitarist John Smith. This artist’s musical prowess was flaunted throughout the evening as she played whatever she could get her hands on, including a ukulele and mandolin. The success of the night can be summed up by the standing ovation enthusiastically given, with every set of hands in the auditorium joining in. Lisa Hannigan was mesmerising from start to finish and gave a captivating performance worthy of remembering.

★★★★★

Bill Kacir
Photos: Filippo L’Astorina

For further information about Lisa Hannigan and future events visit here

Watch the video for Snow here:

Related Itemslive musicreview

More in Live music

Live from the Barbican: Moses Boyd

★★★★★
Dan Meier
Read More

Weezer with the LA Philharmonic and YOLA at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Online

★★★★★
Jessica Wall
Read More

Birdy at Wilton’s Music Hall Online

★★★★★
Mark Worgan
Read More

Bat for Lashes Online

★★★★★
Jessica Wall
Read More

Barker-Turner Overdrive: An Evening of Duets at the Tunbridge Wells Forum Online

★★★★★
Catherine Sedgwick
Read More

Ben Howard: Global Transmission from Goonhilly Earth Station live stream

★★★★★
Sylvia Unerman
Read More

The Sherlocks at Sheffield City Hall Online

★★★★★
Francis Nash
Read More

The Snuts at Stirling Castle Online

★★★★★
Jessica Wall
Read More

Valley Maker – When the Day Leaves Livestream

★★★★★
Jasper Watkins
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap

Music review

Bill Kacir

Lisa Hannigan at the Roundhouse

★★★★★

Highlights

Snow, We, the Drowned

Links

Twitter Facebook Instagram Soundcloud Website

  • Popular

  • Latest

  • TOP PICKS

  • London’s Michelin-starred restaurants open al fresco right now – and all those re-opening in May
    Food & Drinks
  • Cruise – Online
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Weezer with the LA Philharmonic and YOLA at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Online
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • Birdy at Wilton’s Music Hall Online
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • The Motherhood Project: An interview with creator and curator Katherine Kotz
    Theatre
  • Chiswick Playhouse Recharged: An interview with producer Wayne Glover-Stuart
    Theatre
  • Anthropocene: The Human Era at Oxford Playhouse Online
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • The Race to Save the World
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • The Motherhood Project: An interview with creator and curator Katherine Kotz
    Theatre
  • The Mitchells vs the Machines
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • 50 Next unveils the new generation of food industry pioneers
    Food & Drinks
  • Arlo the Alligator Boy
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • London’s Michelin-starred restaurants open al fresco right now – and all those re-opening in May
    Food & Drinks
  • Campfire in Kings Cross: Two Tribes deliver everything you’ve been missing with a night of beer, BBQ and live music
    Food & Drinks
  • Live from the Barbican: Moses Boyd
    ★★★★★
    Live music
The Upcoming
Pages
  • Contact us
  • Join mailing list
  • Join us
  • Our London food map
  • Our writers
  • Support us
  • What, when, why

Copyright © 2011-2020 FL Media

Joanne Shaw Taylor at Shepherd’s Bush Empire | Live review
Ten must-see theatre shows opening in February 2017