Fossils

Americana singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan spent the last 10 years playing in the celebrated progressive string band, Crooked Still, and has been collaborating with numerous other artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Ollabelle, Sometymes Why, Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale, Sara Watkins, and Kathy Mattea to name a few. Aoife’s writing came to the attention of Alison Krauss, when she recorded Aoife’s “Lay My Burden Down” in 2011 for her album Paper Airplane.

While attending the New England Conservatory of Music, and before she founded the genre-blurring string band Crooked Still, singer and songwriter Aiofe O'Donovan set her sights upon making a record -- she even had a short list of producers picked out. Over a decade later, with Crooked Still on hiatus, O'Donovan's perseverance results in Fossils, her solo debut. Her patience was further rewarded by snagging Tucker Martine as producer -- the first name on that list.

Aoife O’Donovan’s 'Fossils' finds the singer stepping away from the progressive bluegrass sensibility of her band Crooked Still.

<p>Bluegrass and country singer Aoife O'Donovan sets her sights on the big league with her solo debut, writes <strong>Robin Denselow</strong></p>

Aoife O'Donovan has released her first solo album, Fossils, and it shines with her wonderful singing.