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This is folk as it’s played in the traditional Irish session for the mostpart, and although she’s a city girl, Knapp came up through London Irish sessions at Tir Na Nog and Kilkenny Tavern.

Knapp’s voice is of the kind that will draw big interest and probably a fair few superlatives. She uses her voice as an instrument so it becomes the sounds she makes rather than the words she sings that attract the attention.

It seems strange the album kicks off with a remix (a decent one though) but Wild and Undaunted gets wild on ‘There You Are’ with some intense violins on this awesome track blazing in folk glory.

‘London Town’ is an equally wild chase through the Big Smoke, but the winner in the odd one out round is without doubt ‘Lavendar’, which sounds like an early advert for fabric softener and just feels a bit out of place here, especially among the edgier numbers.

This fine debut is accompanied by a long string of live dates (see below) and doubtless when you hear the album you’ll want to get down to at least one of them.

Wild and Undaunted is released on 27 March on Ear to the Ground.

Tour dates:
27 Jan - Celtic Connections Festival. Scotland
4 Feb - Twickenham Folk Club
10 Feb - Doncaster Folk Festival, Doncaster
31 Mar - Oxford Folk Festival, Oxford
18 Apr - Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
19 Apr - Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln
21 Apr - The Bury Met, Lancs
23 Apr - Spitz, London, London
24 Apr - Brighton Komedia, Brighton
26 Apr - Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
27 Apr - Guildford Electric Theatre, Guildford
29 Apr - Leicester Phoenix Leicester, London
1 May - Wyeside Arts Centre, Wyeside
2 May - Aberystwyth Arts Ctr, Aberystwyth, Wales
3 May - Galeri Caernarfon, Caernarfon
5 May - The Sage Gateshead,
20 May - Shepley Spring Festival, Yorkshire
15 Jun - Beverley Festival, East Yorkshire
27 Jun - Magpies Nest, London
4 Aug - Whickam Festival, Hampshire
23 Sep - Isle of Wight Folk & Blues Festival, Isle of Wight

Links:
www.lisaknapp.co.uk