Aoife O’Donovan Announces In the Magic Hour

Aoife O’Donovan just announced In the Magic Hour, a new studio album that will drop via Yep Roc Records on January 22. The Tucker Martine-produced project will include contributions from Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Chris Thile, Nate Query (The Decemberists) and several others. Nine of the album’s ten tracks are O’Donovan originals, with the tenth a cover of the traditional Irish tune “Donal Óg,” which features recordings of her late grandfather’s vocals.

Watch the “Magic Hour” video, see the album’s track list and check out O’Donovan’s tour dates below.

In The Magic Hour Tracklist:
1. Stanley Park
2. Magic Hour
3. Porch Light
4. Hornets
5. Magpie
6. Donal Óg
7. The King of All Birds
8. Not The Leaving
9. Detour Sign
10. Jupiter

2015 North American Tour Dates:
10/18 – Brooklyn, NY – St Ann’s Warehouse %
11/9 – Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Concert Hall *
11/10 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic *
11/13 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom *
11/14 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre *
11/16 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre *
11/17 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater *
11/19 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre *
11/20 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre *
11/21 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre *
11/23 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant *
11/24 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre *
11/25 – Atlanta, GA – Buckshead Theatre *
12/10 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom ^
12/11 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg ^

2016 European Tour Dates:
1/27 – Dublin, IE – Tradfest
1/28 – Belfast, UK – Out to Lunch Festival
1/29 – Glasgow, UK – Celtic Connections
1/30 – Sheffield, UK – Greystones
1/31 – Bury, UK – The Met
2/1 – Bristol, UK – Tunnels
2/5 – Oxford, UK – Bullingdon

% w/ Thomas Bartlett, Sam Amidon
* w/ Glen Hansard
^ w/ I’m With Her: Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz