Sometimes all that's needed to stir up emotions are a guitar and a voice. GRAMMY winner Aoife O'Donovan is excellent proof of this with her acoustic performance of "Phoenix" for her episode of Press Play At Home.
The Irish-American folk singer/songwriter made "Phoenix" the lead single from her latest album, Age of Apathy, which was released earlier this year. As O'Donovan explained upon the song’s release last year, she wrote the moving track after stumbling upon the opening line ("Time's not the villain coming up behind you is a marigold sun") in an old note on her computer. "'Phoenix' is truly an ode to my own muse," she said.
O’Donovan has been releasing music since 2004, beginning as the frontwoman of bluegrass group Crooked Still and simultaneously performing in the contemporary/neo-traditional folk trio Sometymes Why. Forming another folk trio, I’m With Her, with Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz in 2015, O'Donovan won a GRAMMY for Best American Roots Song in 2020 for the group’s hit "Call My Name."
Age of Apathy marks O'Donovan’s third solo LP. Along with her bands, the Boston-born singer has been releasing her own music since 2010’s Blue Light EP.
Watch her heartfelt performance of "Phoenix" above, and make sure to visit GRAMMY.com every Thursday for new episodes of Press Play At Home.
