Bull Frogs Croon (and Other Songs)

by Aoife O'Donovan

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1.	Night Fishing 03:23	info	buy track
2.	The Darkness 03:31	info	buy track
3.	Valentine 03:33	info	buy track
4.	Lakes of Pontchartrain 04:08	info	buy track
5.	Pretty Bird 03:46	info	buy track
6.	Bull Frogs Croon (suite) 10:28		buy track

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This is the first release featuring Aoife with a string quartet. Co-produced by Jeremy Kittel and Aoife, the album was recorded in Brooklyn on the last days of October 2019. The title of the project comes from the Peter Sears poem, “Valentine," which is the final movement of the 3 song suite along with Sears other poems “Night Fishing” and “The Darkness”. Peter Sears (1937-2017), was named the seventh poet laureate of the state of Oregon in 2014. The suite was penned in 2015 by O’Donovan along with Jeremy Kittel and Teddy Abrams, the conductor of the Louisville Symphony Orchestra and premiered at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, OR.

In addition to Bull Frogs Croon are fresh takes on two songs that have been part of O’Donovan’s repertoire for years, and both fit beautifully. The Irish folk song "Lakes of Pontchartrain," which Crooked Still recorded 15 years ago, gets revisited and re-imagined with a bit more bounce in its step than the now classic Paul Brady approach. The other is Hazel Dickens’ "Pretty Bird," which O’Donovan recorded years ago for an unreleased Dickens tribute album and again with Crooked Still. Aoife says: “I think the through-line for me is that the poetry of both of those songs fit well with how Bull Frogs Croon ends in such a beautiful, loving way."

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released March 6, 2020

2020, Yep Roc Records

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Aoife O'Donovan New York

my new album “All My Friends” out now

shows

May 17

The Momentary

Bentonville, AR
May 22

Nevada County Fairgrounds

Grass Valley, CA
May 23

Little Saint

Healdsburg, CA
May 24

The Guild Theatre

Menlo Park, CA
Jun 1

Perry Pavilion

Norfolk, VA
Jun 7

Sottile Theatre

Charleston, SC
Jun 12

St George's Bristol

Bristol, UK
Jun 13

National Concert Hall

Dublin, Ireland
Jun 15

Egeskov Castle / Egeskov Slot

Kværndrup, Denmark
Jun 18

Barbican Hall

London, UK
Jul 12

Theater at Lime Kiln

Lexington, VA
Jul 13

Appell Center for the Performing Arts

York, PA
Jul 14

Levitt Pavilion

Westport, CT
Jul 16

Iron Horse Music Hall

Northampton, MA
Jul 17

Payomet Performing Arts Center

North Truro, MA
Jul 18

The United Theatre

Westerly, RI
Jul 19

Groton Hill Music Center

Groton, MA
Jul 25

Cherry Hinton Hall

Cambridge, UK
Aug 15

Hunter Park

Manchester, VT
Sep 27

Sister Folk Festival

Sisters, OR
Oct 12

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Orlando, FL
Oct 13

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Orlando, FL

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