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"one of our finest singer/songwriters" Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2

"In a sea of smart female singer/songwriters, Lisa Redford is an admiral" Maverick Magazine

"Brilliant! Lisa has a great voice" Glenn Tilbrook

"There is a warmth and welcoming vibe to Redford's music that really is difficult to resist" Americana UK 8 out of 10

Singer-songwriter Lisa Redford is an incredibly versatile female artist whose music has been described as delicate acoustic roots pop with heartfelt lyrics, gorgeous melodies and stunning vocals. She has released three acclaimed albums 'Slipstream'(2003), 'Lost Again'(2005) and 'Clouds with Silver' that have received airplay across the world including Bob Harris's BBC Radio 2 shows. Her track 'Dragonfly' was played on his 'Best of British' show which featured the Best British songwriters and in December 2006 she was personally asked to do a live session and interview on the show. February 2007 saw her invited to appear as the special guest at a 'Bob Harris presents..Americana' showcase at London's Borderline.

A compelling live performer, Lisa has performed lots of prestigious venues in the UK, NYC, Europe and Vancouver and opened for many respected artists including Chuck Prophet, Kathryn Williams, Brian Kennedy, The Handsome Family, Devon Sproule, The Hot Club of Cowtown, The Deadstring Brothers, Eileen Rose, Rod Picott, Gina Villalobos, Corb Lund, Jeff Black, Eileen Rose, Eve Selis, Jess Klein, Johnathan Rice, and Kate Campbell.

Debut album 'Slipstream' captured a very acoustic sound, close to Lisa's wonderful live performance and garnered press acclaim and her first airplay on BBC Radio 2.

Second album 'Lost Again', produced by songwriter Gabriel Minnikin, a former member of acclaimed Canadian alt-country band, The Guthries, took her blend of exquisitely melodic country pop to another level with beautiful lush arrangements and an increase in instrumentation. The album received even more airplay on Bob Harris's Friday and Saturday shows and on radio stations throughout Europe and the US. It also received great print reviews and made the Top 50 Americana albums of 2005 at Americana UK. The acclaimed 'Dragonfly' was also featured in an independent film in LA. The album closed with her live heartfelt version of Neal Casal's 'Fell on Hard Times' which also received many plays on Bob Harris.

‘Lost Again – The Acoustic Sessions’ was released afterwards and is an album only available via iTunes. 'The limited edition album includes the original live studio versions of the songs from Lost Again. Beautifully recorded, the songs truly reveal Lisa's soulful and powerful voice with just acoustic guitar and touches of mandolin and is a wonderful chance to hear the songs from Lost Again in their original form and includes a rare bonus track 'Changing Times'.

Latest album 'Clouds with Silver' was co-produced with respected musician and producer Brad Albetta (Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson) in Brooklyn, NYC. Featuring eleven finely crafted self-written songs, the album took Lisa’s blend of exquisitely melodic acoustic music to another level. With most tracks recorded live, the album is infused with a real intimacy showcasing Lisa’s soulful and powerful voice and heartfelt lyrics. From album opener, the upbeat radio friendly "Come Back Down", to the sweeping uplifting “Live Your Life”, through to the plaintive yearning ballads “The Boy Who…” and "Makes Your Heart Sing", the album is full of standout tracks. Other highlights include the dreamy "Call Me" and "NY Song" which also display her dynamic and evocative voice and immense gift for melodic hooks. The album closes with live tracks “New Years Day” and “Time to Grow”. Recorded live in the studio with just her voice and acoustic guitar, these two tracks totally capture the raw heartfelt emotion of Lisa's live performance.

The acoustic songs are also enriched by some truly beautiful string arrangements. “Makes Your Heart Sing” and “Here Alone” feature strings by one of Nashville’s most highly regarded producers David Henry (Josh Rouse, Alison Krauss, REM) and New York based violinist Claudia Chopek (Ryan Adams, HEM) created the wonderful lilting arrangements on “NY Song” and “Live Your Life”. More of New York’s most outstanding musicians guest on some of the tracks. Superb drummer Matt Johnson (Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright) adds his talent to the two full band tracks and the excellent guitarist Jim Campilongo (in Norah Jones’s The Little Willies) contributes his trademark Telecaster sound to the upbeat Americana track “When You Come Home”.

Like Lisa’s previous albums, Clouds with Silver is available at iTunes, Fish Records and distributed through Proper Distribution, the UK's biggest independent distributors, who feel it is ‘a very strong and confident piece of work that deserves to be heard’.

It earned even more glowing press reviews, airplay on BBC Radio 2 and other radio shows and has been the most successful release to date. In December 2008 Lisa was made Artist to Watch at Acoustic Café, radio’s best international showcase for acoustic music. Also in December her rare, previously unreleased acoustic version of a Nick Drake song, 'Voice from the Mountain' appeared on the digital version of an amazing benefit compilation ‘Blue Skies, Daisy Days’ out on US label Planting Seeds Records.

In 2009, following a publishing deal with a much respected publishers in New York City, Lisa moved to the US and has been performing showcases, recording brand new material and continuing to earn new fans on either side of the pond. March 2010 saw her first UK solo headlining tour and a second invite to do a live session and interview on the Bob Harris Show.

"Live, her voice really has immense power yet great control too and reminds me of the same heart worn tender vibrato of a young Emmylou Harris. Lisa's voice is purer with a warm timbre, but has that same raw emotion in her voice that makes you feel she has lived through all the heartbreak she sings and writes about." Live Review at Americana UK

For further information on Lisa Redford, please contact Jokat Pr email: infolisaredford@aol.com www.myspace.com/parrotrecords

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Lisa's three albums, 'Acoustic Sessions' and 'Lisa Redford Live' albums are available from iTunes

'Clouds with Silver' at CD Baby

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’delicate acoustic roots pop with heartfelt lyrics and a superb vocal’ Reveal Records

'Lisa's well crafted songs bridge the gap between roots and pop with style and integrity and she sings them beautifully.' Amberley Folk Club

Praise for Clouds with Silver

'A beautiful album..it really is' Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2

'Excellent new album...a real step up in sound for Lisa, the quality and profile of the guests are guaranteed to raise her profile both here and the US, and this is an album that will bring her to an even wider audience.' Fish Records

'a very strong and confident piece of work that deserves to be heard.' Proper Music Distribution

'a sensational breeze of fresh air..a fantastic insight into a world of love, loss and changes, Clouds with Silver gives you that accomplished feeling at the end of Time to Grow that you makes you realise you've just listened to a fantastic female singer-songwriter pour her heart out for you' **** Maverick Magazine

'Lisa Redford is a breath of fresh air. Hers is a pure and quite lovely voice which delivers some sweet Americana-tinged songs from the heart, all done to tasteful acoustic arrangements including some nice fingerstyle guitar.' Manchester Evening News

'There's an immediate connection to the emotional territory of the songs, which imbues an easy familiarity and regular listeners to Bob Harris will already know Lisa's voice, with its subtle tremolo and classic country lilt. This is classy and assured. Lisa is one to watch for sure.' Properganda Magazine

'Clouds with Silver is Redford's best album so far. Her pure, pretty voice has developed a deeper resonance and character and her attractive melodies and thoughtful lyrics have become more consistent and finer crafted.' Country Music People Magazine ****

'tellingly it's the soaring yet intimate vocals of Redford that shine throughout. ..She adds smouldering depth to fine self-penned material such as 'NY Song', 'Live Your Life', 'The Boy Who...' and 'Time to Grow'. Her grasp of texture, mood and fearlessness in giving it her all, I suspect, comes with the realisation that she actually possesses a voice able to do her musical vision justice.' Rock n Reel Magazine ****

'There is a warmth and welcoming vibe to Redford's music that really is difficult to resist. Given that a lot of these songs seem to be about failed love or unquenchable longing, it's an acute sense of melody and delivery that stop this becoming just another rummage around a broken heart. Musicianship is top class with strings being a welcome and unobtrusive addition. Her voice – sweet, sultry, sensational at times – becomes an old friend after a few plays and when at its best really does find a way of piercing the old emotional ducts. Bob Harris, the patron saint of female singer-songwriters, has Redford right up there at the top of the pile. It's easy to see why with "Clouds With Silver" potentially being the record that will catapult her to new heights. Yeah, liked this one, mighty fine indeed.' Americana UK 8 Out of 10

'This is melodic acoustic music of the finest quality; gentle, soulful and uplifting at the same time. She mixes delicate and melancholy with the upbeat with ease and should sit pretty either side of the pond' Classic Rock Society Magazine

'Redford has grown in both confidence and stature as both songwriter and singer for her best album to date.' Fatea Magazine

'Radio 2 playlist here you come' **** The Event Magazine

'an accomplished and melodic achievement' In Sync Magazine

'an accessible yet heartfelt acoustic folk-pop gem' Evening News

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Genre: Acoustic / Americana / Pop
Location Manhattan, United States
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Last Login: 5/14/2012
Member Since 9/29/2005
Website www.lisaredford.com
Record Label UK distribution by Proper.
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