She came out in 2006 with a self-titled debut which hit number one in the UK and produced “Put Your Records On” and “Like A Star” for the world. That record has gone four times platinum. It would have been so easy to spend 20 years in the studio refining that very sunny sound. She’s gone the other way really.
In 2002, when O was released, it wasn’t just an album—it was a raw and intimate conversation, laid bare between Rice and Hannigan. The record emerged from a deeply personal place in Rice’s life, blending acoustic folk with melancholic reflections on love, heartbreak, and vulnerability. The songs were minimalist in arrangement but monumental in emotional depth.
Most know that Bruce wrote Atlantic City, yet Levon and the Band made it their own. My favorite version by far is the Band cover with Levon on lead vocal and Rick Danko on back up/harmony vocal. This is a brilliant song by any measure
