LiveFromTheArtistsDen

Lisa Hannigan brought her signature homespun delicacy to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Montclair, NJ when she performed before a private Artists Den audience on a warm summer night. The quaint church was lit by cream-colored paper lanterns as Hannigan sang and played a variety of unusual instruments before a backdrop that also served as the cover to her first album, Sea Sew -- a patchwork quilt of colored dice, sewn by her and her mother.

Lisa Hannigan is known for her seven-year collaboration with fellow Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice, as well as her vocals for Herbie Hancock and Snow Patrol. Hannigan emerged as a performer in her own right with her 2008 debut album, Sea Sew, which Entertainment Weekly dubbed "the perfect album for cozying up by the fire on a winter-chilled Sunday afternoon."

To learn more about Lisa Hannigan, visit www.lisahannigan.ie.

The Unitarian Universalist congregation of Montclair, NJ welcomes "all seekers after truth, beauty, justice, and compassion cherishing their diversity of race, gender, sexual identity and orientation, religious background, and perspective on life." The congregation was founded in 1897 on liberal principles that are reflected in its history: 23 years before women were granted the right to vote in the U.S., the Unitarian Universalist church not only included them as voting members, but elected them to serve as trustees. The church was also racially integrated from its first year.

Live from the Artists Den: Lisa Hannigan

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