Lisa Redford - Mid-Week Coffee Break

Art of the Song / Standing "O" Podcast

Our guest this week on the Art of the Song Mid-Week Coffee Break is UK-based singer/songwriter Lisa Redford, who just came out with this new Christmas single "When Christmas Comes Around".

Described by legendary BBC DJ Bob Harris as “one of our finest singer/songwriters” Lisa is a versatile female artist from the UK who has also been based in NYC. Her music has been described as melodic acoustic music and tinges of Americana with heartfelt lyrics, gorgeous melodies and stunning vocals.

She has released acclaimed studio albums ‘Slipstream’, ‘Lost Again’ and ‘Clouds with Silver’ that have received glowing press and airplay across the world including Bob Harris’s BBC Radio 2 shows. Her track ‘Dragonfly’ was played on his ‘Best of British’ special which featured the Best British songwriters and has also been featured in an independent film in the US. She has worked with many outstanding US musicians including those who have worked with Teddy Thompson, Jeff Buckley, Norah Jones, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright and Ryan Adams. She has toured the UK and Europe and has a distribution deal for her albums with the UK’s biggest independent distributors, Proper.

Lisa’s EP ‘Reminders’ was recorded with multi-instrumentalist and producer Jeff Hill in Brooklyn and has received great reviews and BBC radio airplay. Her last release was ‘The Sweetest Dream’ a compilation of acoustic Americana love songs. She has also sung on and written electro pop and dance tracks. Lisa is also a keen writer about music and has a regular column for UK magazine Songwriting Magazine where she talks about song writing gives advice to other independent artists. Her song ‘Here Alone’ was also recently covered by a young artist and won a national competition in the UK, the Pre-Teen Award 2015.

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