Audio: Aoife O’Donovan, In The Magic Hour

Much of this album is inspired by the death of her Clonakilty-based grandfather

The haunting elegy, Donal Óg, movingly features her granddad’s voice

Country/Folk; Aoife O’Donovan; In The Magic Hour (Yep Roc)

In The Magic Hour may be just Aoife O’Donovan’s second solo album, but the Massachusetts-born singer has pedigree. She spent a decade as the voice of Boston-based band Crooked Still, as well featuring on The Goat Rodeo Sessions, the Grammy-winning album created by luminaries such as Chris Thile (Punch Brothers) and Yo-Yo Ma. Unsurprisingly, she also has Irish roots, and much of this album ...