Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel Play now For country star Lisa McHugh, 2024 is already proving to be a year of dramatic change on both the personal and professional front. The Scotland native and Co Fermanagh -based star is preparing for the imminent arrival of baby number two after taking a major U-turn in her hugely successful music career. She has just released her new album ‘Black Mountain Sessions’, featuring a fully acoustic setlist The five-track album features Lisa’s unique twist on ‘Falling’ by former One Direction star Harry Style and Newsboys classic ‘Magnetic’.

READ MORE: Country star Lisa McHugh on ‘best time of her life’ being a mum READ MORE: C2C Belfast: We went to our first country festival and it was unforgettable Recorded at the stunning Black Mountain Studios in The Cooley Mountains in Co Louth , the record sees her perform a stripped back intimate set of fan favourites from her recent Top 5 album 'Watch Me' released last October, further cementing her rising global status. Speaking to Belfast Live , the 35-year-old said her newly released album was a fun project and labour of love: "I want to give a raw, authentic and not too polished sound to this EP with songs from ‘Watch Me’. It gives you both elements of the fully produced versions and the really stripped back versions too.

"It was something we just wanted to do for fun and the reaction we've received has been fanta.