Aoife O’Donovan chats with Brian for Morning Music
Aoife O’Donovan has released her latest album “All My Friends." It’s the epitome of a concept album about the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment giving women the vote. Brian and she talk about how some of the things the suffragettes experienced mirror modern times. They also remember her father, a long time public radio host.
Aoife appears at the Little Saint in Healdsburg May 23rd.
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