Aoife O'Donovan Musical artist

Aoife O’Donovan (/ˈiːfə/ EE-fə; Irish: [ˈiːfʲə];) born November 18, 1982 in Newton, Massachusetts, is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer for the progressive bluegrass/string band, Crooked Still, and a member of the female folk-noir trio, Sometymes Why. Her first professional engagement was singing lead for the folk group The Wayfaring Strangers. She has performed and recorded with Ollabelle, Karan Casey and Seamus Egan, Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale, Darol Anger, Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins, Christina Courtin, Chris Thile (Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers), Noam Pikelny (Punch Brothers), Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan and Yo-Yo Ma. O’Donovan has also performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra and the Utah Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, she sang on most of the tracks on the album "Be Still" by the jazz group the Dave Douglas Quintet, featuring trumpeter Dave Douglas. During the summer of 2013, she toured with Garrison Keillor and his "A Prairie Home Companion Radio Romance Tour."Performed at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark 2014.

Personal facts

Aoife O'Donovan
Birth dateNovember 18, 1982
Birth place
United States
Hometown
Boston
United States

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Musical artist

Career started2001
associated musical artist
Sometymes Why
Crooked Still
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Folk rock
Indie folk
instrument
Guitar
Piano
Human voice

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