Aoife O’Donovan shares Age Of Apathy (Yep Roc Records), an acclaimed new album produced by GRAMMY-winner Joe Henry (Bonnie Raitt, Rhiannon Giddens). Already the subject of praise from Rolling Stone, NPR Music, No Depression and many more, Age Of Apathy finds the GRAMMY- and Americana Award-winning singer and songwriter composing astute examinations of life, love and existence that, according to The New York Times, are filled with “musical surprises: daring melodic leaps, unexpected chord progressions, [and] subtle rhythmic shifts.” It’s the culmination of O’Donovan’s lifelong dedication to her craft, and an artful articulation of the philosophy behind her work.
Says O’Donovan in a new Jon Pareles-penned The New York Times profile: “Music is everything to me — it’s literally the most important thing. When I think about where do I want my life to go, where do I want to be when I’m older, what’s going to happen after we die — the music is the thing that will get us through to the end. And music is what will be there after we’re gone.” Read the full profile here.
Listen to Age Of Apathy here: https://ffm.to/ageofapathy
And watch O’Donovan’s new Omar Cruz-directed video for “Passengers” featuring Madison Cunningham here.
Recorded through a unique residency with Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL, O’Donovan wrote and recorded Age Of Apathy on-site at their studio with GRAMMY-nominated engineer Darren Schneider while collaborating entirely remotely with Henry. Remote collaborations introduced unexpected rhythms and textures into the architecture of the songs, allowing O’Donovan to bend her sound into more expansive shapes. The result: an enveloping soundworld that singularly showcases Aoife’s masterful songwriting and emergent literary prowess.
Aoife O’Donovan will be touring Age Of Apathy throughout 2022. See full dates below.
AGE OF APATHY
Sister Starling
B61
Phoenix
Age Of Apathy
Elevators
Prodigal Daughter
Galahad
Town Of Mercy
Lucky Star
What Do You Want From Yourself?
Passengers
SPRING 2022 DATES
February 24 - Bolivia, NC - Odell Williamson Auditorium %
February 25 - Washington DC - Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater %
February 26 - Fairfield, CT - The Warehouse %
February 27 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground %
March 1 - Portsmouth, NH - The Music Hall %
March 2 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair %
March 3 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg %
March 4 - Northampton, MA - Academy Of Music Theatre % ^
March 5 - Albany, NY - Swyer Theatre %
March 18-25 - Miami, FL - Cayamo Cruise
March 25 - Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall ~
March 26 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle ~
March 27 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel ~
March 29 - Nashville, TN - The Ryman Auditorium ~
April 7 - Berkeley, CA - Freight & Salvage ^
April 9 - Grass Valley, CA - Center for the Arts ^
April 10 - Carmel, CA - Sunset Center ^
April 12 - Santa Barbara, CA - Lobero Theatre ^
April 13 - La Jolla, CA - The Loft
April 14 - West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour ^
April 15 - Scottsdale, AZ - Virginia Piper Theatre ^
May 13 - Hamilton, MT - Bitterroot Performing Arts Center ^
May 14 - Denver, CO - First Baptist Church ^
May 25 - Washington DC - The Kennedy Center Concert Hall !
May 26 - Washington DC - The Kennedy Center Concert Hall !
Jun 10 - Copenhagen, DK - CPH Americana
June 11 - Stockholm, SE - STHLM Americana
June 12 - Oslo, NO - Oslo Americana
June 16-19 - Telluride, CO - Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Aug 26 - Vineyard Haven, MA - Beach Road Weekender
% support from Yasmin Williams
^ support from Taylor Ashton
~ supporting Gregory Alan Isakov
! 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. Lukes
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
