Aoife O'Donovan
about the artist
Aoife O'Donovan is a Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music radiates with a timeless charm and contemporary allure beyond genre. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Aoife (pronounced EE-fa) began her musical journey at a young age, eventually blossoming into a celebrated artist known for her captivating vocals and heartfelt compositions. With a diverse range of influences, including folk, bluegrass, and indie rock, O'Donovan's distinctive sound weaves together intricate melodies and introspective lyrics. She gained widespread recognition as a founding member of the progressive folk band Crooked Still and the folk trio I'm With Her (with bandmates Sara Watkins and…
MoreAoife O'Donovan is a Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music radiates with a timeless charm and contemporary allure beyond genre. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Aoife (pronounced EE-fa) began her musical journey at a young age, eventually blossoming into a celebrated artist known for her captivating vocals and heartfelt compositions. With a diverse range of influences, including folk, bluegrass, and indie rock, O'Donovan's distinctive sound weaves together intricate melodies and introspective lyrics. She gained widespread recognition as a founding member of the progressive folk band Crooked Still and the folk trio I'm With Her (with bandmates Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz).
Deemed "a vocalist of unerring instinct" by the New York Times, O'Donovan has released four critically-acclaimed and boundary-blurring solo albums: Fossils, In the Magic Hour, Age Of Apathy, and All My Friends. O'Donovan has received 7 Grammy nominations (including 2 Best Folk Album nominations for her solo work and a Best American Roots Song win with I'm With Her) and was awarded Folk Alliance International's Song Of The Year for her song "B61." 2025 marks the reunion of I'm With Her for their second studio album Wild and Clear and Blue. Hailed as "a masterpiece of an album" by The Tennessean, the trio brings their luminous harmonies to a soul-searching body of work about reaching into the past, navigating a chaotic present, and bravely moving forward into the unknown.
O'Donovan continues to enchant audiences worldwide with her soul-stirring music and unwavering passion for storytelling through song. She is the featured vocalist on The Goat Rodeo Sessions (the group with Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile), performed with over a dozen symphonies including the National Symphony Orchestra, written for Alison Krauss and spent a decade as a regular contributor to the radio variety shows "Live From Here" and "A Prairie Home Companion."