Today, Aoife O’Donovan stars in an all new NPR Tiny Desk that features the GRAMMY- and Americana Award-winning singer and songwriter performing songs from her acclaimed, Joe Henry-produced (Bonnie Raitt, Rhiannon Giddens) new album Age Of Apathy. As ever, the performance is filled with “musical surprises: daring melodic leaps, unexpected chord progressions, [and] subtle rhythmic shifts” (NY Times).
Watch Aoife O’Donovan perform for NPR Tiny Desk here.
The Tiny Desk concert comes ahead of a very special upcoming Kennedy Center performance for O’Donovan at Love: A Joni Mitchell Songbook. Scheduled for May 25 and 26, O’Donovan joins performers including Renée Fleming, Lalah Hathaway, Raul Midón, and Moses Sumney. The group will be led by six-time Grammy Award winner and 25-time nominee Vince Mendoza, who won two Grammys® for his arrangement of “Both Sides Now,” from Mitchell’s album of the same name, and for “Woodstock” from Travelogue.
O’Donovan, who Pitchfork says “taps into the propulsion of prime Joni Mitchell” on Age Of Apathy, says of the performance: “I am thrilled and honored to be included in the Kennedy Center’s tribute to Joni Mitchell later this month with the NSO, led by Vince Mendoza. I can’t wait to join Renée Fleming, Lalah Hathaway, Moses Sumney and Raul Midón in singing Joni’s songs.”
Tickets for Love: A Joni Mitchell Songbook can be purchased here.
Age Of Apathy has being recognized as one of the year’s strongest records. Rolling Stone called the album “stunning,” NPR Music “a moving self-portrait” and No Depression “an astounding accomplishment.” O’Donovan also was the subject of a Jon Pareles-penned The New York Times profile, read that here.
Listen to Age Of Apathy here: https://ffm.to/ageofapathy
Aoife O’Donovan will continue touring Age Of Apathy throughout 2022, including an already sold-out date at Nightgrass as part of Aoife, Sierra & Friends, her collaboration with Sierra Hull; shows with Hiss Golden Messenger; and an extensive European tour, which includes an all-new announced London date at Kings Place on February 4, 2023. See full dates below.
SPRING 2022 DATES
May 13 - Hamilton, MT - Bitterroot Performing Arts Center ^
May 14 - Denver, CO - First Baptist Church ^
May 20 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre*
May 21 - Lexington, VA - Lime Kiln Theater*
May 22 - Norfolk, VA - Virginia Arts Festival: Perry Pavilion
May 25 - Washington DC - The Kennedy Center Concert Hall !
May 26 - Washington DC - The Kennedy Center Concert Hall !
June 16 - Telluride, CO - Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 18 - Telluride, CO - Sheridan Opera House
June 25 - Mount Solon, VA - Red Wing Roots Festival
June 26 - Charleston, WV - Mountain Stage, Culture Center Theater
July 21 - Jackson, WY - Grand Teton Music Festival
July 23 - Guelph, ON - Hillside Festival
Aug 12 - Westport, CT - Levitt Pavilion#
Aug 13 - Hammondsport, NY - Pavilion At Point Of The Bluff
Aug 15 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Listening Lawn
Aug 16 - Indianapolis, IN - Hi-Fi Annex
Aug 18 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Cain Park Evans Amphitheater
Aug 19 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
Aug 20 - Chautauqua, NY - Chautauqua Amphitheater
Aug 23 - Hartford, CT - Infinity Music Hall, Hartford
Aug 24 - Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall
Aug 26 - Vineyard Haven, MA - Beach Road Weekender
Aug 27 - Lowell, MA - Lowell Summer Music Series
Sep 23-25 - North Adams, MA - Freshgrass Music Festival
^ support from Taylor Ashton
* support from The Wildmans
# with Hiss Golden Messenger
! performing with the National Symphony Orchestra, Renée Fleming, Lalah Hathaway, Moses Sumney
2022 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
June 2 - Manchester, UK - Hallé St. Peter's *
June 3 - Dublin, IRE - Liberty Hall *
June 4 - Cork, IRE - St. Luke’s *
June 5 - Belfast, UK - The Black Box *
June 7 - Budapest, HU - House of Hungarian Music
June 8 - Vienna, AT - Haus Der Musik
June 10 - Copenhagen, DK - CPH Americana
June 11 - Stockholm, SE - STHLM Americana
June 12 - Oslo, NO - Oslo Americana
October 28 - Copenhagen, DK - Musikhuset ^
Oct 31 - Cambridge, UK - Junction 2 ^
Nov 1 - Birmingham, UK - St. Paul’s Church ^
Nov 2 - London, UK - Barbican Milton Court Concert Hall ^
Nov 3 - Bristol, UK - St. Thomas ^
Nov 5 - Goningen, NL - TakeRoot Festival
Nov 7 - Utrecht, NL - Tivolivredenburg (Cloud 9) ^
Nov 8 - Gent, BE - Handelsbeurs ^
^ support from Donovan Woods
* support from Will Troy
2023
February 4 - London, UK - Kings Place
