About

ABOUT LISA

Lisa Lambe, is a Billboard no.1 acclaimed international artist, and one of Ireland’s best-known singers, songwriters, actors and folklorists. Described by the Irish Times as ‘The finest singer and actor of her generation’. BBC have hailed her as ‘an absolute standout artist’. PBS USA call her ‘Truly Inspirational’. Irish Music Magazine declared ‘Lisa Lambe is a major Irish voice and ballad singer, a stylish songwriter with a sound that is original and enduring’. She is touring her new work in 2026.

She has been Artist in Residence in Ionad Cultúrtha Baile Mhúirne West Cork, researching and performing the songs and seanchas of Bess Cronin resulting in a new body of work ‘Banríon Mhúscraí | The Queen of Múscraí ‘. Touring nationally and internationally, from Bere Island, to the National Concert hall, to the Yoko Ono Centre in Liverpool, with her new projects ‘Nightvisiting’ and ‘Mamó’ both of which are based on research of old traditional folk songs, folklore and stories of Ireland. She began touring this work beginning with the National Famine Museum in Ireland in 2022. Her work has seen her as Billboard World Artist of The Year in the World Music Charts for six consecutive years with EMI/Capitol Records. Internationally, as a recording artist she has performed in venues including Radio City New York, Red Rocks Colorado,Glastonbury, Trafalgar Square, and Irish Arts Centres in New York & Paris & London and most recently at The Yoko Ono Lennon Concert Hall, Liverpool, Celtic Connections and Tradfest Dublin.

Lisa has created many soundtracks for movies, radio & television, often performing at home with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and has collaborated with many acclaimed Irish and International artists including Steve Cooney, Damien Dempsey, Celtic Woman, Martin Hayes, José Carreras, Glen Hansard, Moya Brennan, Paul Brady, The Horslips, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Sean Keane, Eddi Reader, Cáit O’Riordan and many more. Lisa is an award winning acclaimed actor, most recently playing the lead role on The Olivier Stage, National Theatre, London in ‘Hex’ and has performed extensively at The Abbey Theatre and Gate Theatre in Ireland with roles written especially for her by Edna O’Brien.

Lisa has released five songwriting solo albums including the critically acclaimed ‘Juniper’ and with her first solo album recorded in Nashville. Lisa is the official Irish National Anthem singer for the FAI (Football Association Ireland) singing live from the Aviva Stadium, and she is also the National Anthem singer for the American Football Classics. In 2026 her work will be on tour alongside her ongoing research as a folklorist, singer and storyteller on her many projects. ‘Nightvisiting Live’ the album released in Autumn 2025.

Lisa’s projects Nightvisiting, Mamó and Banríon Mhúscraí are set to tour in 2026.