“Once in a lifetime the power is ours, but we’d rather stare at our phones,” Grammy-Award winner Aoife O’Donovan sings on the first verse of her new single “Over The Finish Line.” Written by O’Donovan shortly after the murder of George Floyd, “Over The Finish Line” reflects on the state of the country and reminds listeners of our civic duty to vote and fight for positive change. The poignant, wistful track features Luke Reynolds on pedal steel and Tony and Grammy-Award winning musician Anaïs Mitchell, marking one of Mitchell’s first releases since the well-received opening of Hadestown in London’s West End.
Aoife O’Donovan’s new solo album “All My Friends” is inspired by the evolving landscape of women’s rights in America over the past century. O’Donovan infuses the experiences of the Suffragettes, who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment and paved the way for their daughters, with her own experiences as a modern woman who wants to build a future for her own daughter. The project – O’Donovan’s first self-produced album – features a number of special guests including Anaïs Mitchell, Sierra Hull, Noam Pikelny, Alan Hampton, Griffin Goldsmith and more.
Most of the songs on the album grew out of two commissions O’Donovan took on – from the Orlando Philharmonic where she now lives, and the FreshGrass Festival in her native Massachusetts. Following performances with both institutions, O’Donovan continued to explore the themes that would become “All My Friends” in full.
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