‘And hold on, there’s nothing to pack, we know we’re not coming back’ sings Lisa Hannigan on ‘Home’ from her new album, which is hardly a wonder as her second album keeps her feet from standing still, her eyes unable to fix a point on the wet paint streak of horizon constantly rushing by. Tis is what happens when you have two albums of a global concern – home becomes an infrequent luxury. For Lisa Hannigan though, she eschews these concerns through music and her delightful charm, as we found out…
So you’re in Boston at the moment, aren’t you? Yes, I am. I’m in Boston in a taxi at the moment on a lovely, sunny day.
Sunny? I always imagine Boston in the cold, I don’t know why. I know! I don’t know if I’ve ever been here when it’s been so nice. I was quite shocked myself and where we’re in the taxi now, there’s blue sky and red leaves and just gorgeous, gorgeous turning of the leaves time. It feels like a real privilege to be here at this time of year.
It’s been a dream of mine to go to Boston and eat clam chowder. It just seems like a really fitting thing to do… Well that is exactly what we’re going to do now! We’re gonna have chowder and possibly… some crab cakes! When in Rome, that’s what you’ve got to do.
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Wow, you’re living my dream. Yeah, I am. I will raise a soup spoon in your honour, Emma.
Now you’re no stranger to the US – you’ve gone down there very well over the last few years. Yeah, we’ve been there and done quite a few tours over the years, which have been brilliant. I actually love touring over here, not only for the crab cakes and chowder, but the gigs have been going really well and people have been singing along as the record’s been out a little longer. It’s great to see people singing along and yeah, I’m really loving it. It’s really a wonderful treat to casually travel for walk. It’s an incredible privilege.
You must be a born traveller, but the first song on the new record is called ‘Home’. Is it important so have a little slice of home wherever you go? Do you have routines, or certain things
you like to do? Yeah, I try to bring a little bit of home with me wherever we go and I think because a lot of the record was written while we were travelling, there is a kind of nostalgia that you get for home when you’re travelling. You don’t get nostalgia for home when you’re just at home getting on with it! When you are looking out of a train window, or whatever, it does make you think - or certainly makes me think more of home and the people who are there. It certainly does that for me, anyway.
I’ve asked this of someone before, but I’m interested in how you feel about it too – I wondered if you enjoyed the feeling of getting lost. Do you take it in your stride? I do! I’ve actually been blessed… my very mild superpower has been being blessed with quite a good sense of direction, so I do enjoy wandering off when I’m in a strange
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