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Today we have Eiffa O'Donovan on the show, and to be honest, couldn't have been better timing.

Only a handful of days ago, Grammy nominations came out, and our guest today was nominated for two awards,

Best Folk album for Her All My Friends record, and Best American Root Song for the album's title

track. EFA is a wonderfully prolific singer and songwriter from the Americana tradition,

who perhaps also surprisingly has an academic background, having studied improvisation at the New England Conservatory of Music.

Over the years, she's performed with many different groups and with orchestras and symphonies,

and since 2010, she's put out a handful of beautiful solo works.

Her latest Grammy-nominated effort, All My Friends, is a gorgeous set of songs inspired by the life and work of suffragist Carrie Chapman Cat and celebrates the 100-year anniversary of women securing the right to vote in the U.S. through the 19th Amendment.

In Nefa's conversation with Bruce Headlam on today's episode, you'll hear more about how the project crystallized for her and some of the challenges it posed. She'll also play some songs. So enjoy

and IFA congratulations on the Grammy nod. This is Broken Record. Liner Notes for the Digital Age.

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