Louise Lannigan

Louise Lannigan interview 4th Oct 2010

Louise Lannigan grew up listening to the sounds of country singers coming from her parent’s record player apart from that there was no other musical influence in her life, none of her family was in a band, none were singers. Louise first started singing in her local choir and from there went on to sing in local venues at party nights. A few short years ago she decided to move to Scotland and her love of singing continued,
While in Scotland she made friends with a Bill Martin owner of a recording studio Memphis Sun Studio’s and over a period of time started to record her very own album.
What makes this special is that at no stage did Louise plan her life to follow that path it’s on; she took it one step at a time. From singing in local pubs to learning songs to recording them one at a time. She returned home to Ireland last year with her finished master CD under her arm and settled back into her normal routine. Then she contacted a local company in Dunmore East where the owners of a print company as luck would have it were both musicians. She explained that she had a CD and wanted to get it printed up, covers and sleeves made and a finished CD to sell in her local shop. She spoke with Padraig and Diarmuid O Driscoll who were great. “They talked me through everything and helped me put the finished CD together from the photo on the disk to the finished covers” said Louise as she spoke with me on Youghal Radio this week.
When asked about her choice of music and the songs she had on the CD she explained that it was a natural progression for her, recording the country songs she heard growing up as a child. The reason Louise Lanigan has attracted so much attention in recent months is that its not the normal for a young lady to record Country standards, most girls starting out tend to lean towards pop music or even more modern country singers but Louise has stayed faithful to her own style and taste and its proving to be  a success. With tracks like A soft place to fall, Old flames, Song for Ireland, She’s got you and other classics like Walking Shoes, Baby I Lied, the Rose of San Antoine this album has something for everyone.
The album is called Memories and as Louise says herself each song hold a special memory for her. It’s great to see someone follow their dream from singing to releasing a CD and to go against the trend while doing so is even more remarkable.

Shane Supple interviews Louise Lannigan by Shane Supple on Mixcloud