Aoife O'Donovan

Norah Jones Is Playing Along

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Music Interviews, Music

4.9 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Aoife O’Donovan, the GRAMMY-winning singer songwriter whose work spans an acclaimed solo career along with projects like Crooked Still and I’m With Her, talks with Norah about when she found the space to become the songwriter she is today and what she loves about life on the road.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Nora Jones, and today I'm playing along with Ifa O'Donovan.
0:04.9	I'm just playing alone with you.
0:11.2	I'm just playing alone with you.
0:18.5	Hey, welcome to the show. I'm Nora Jones, and with me as always is Sarah Oda.
0:23.3	Hello. I love how you always point to me when you say that. Nobody can see you. I know.
0:28.1	But I can. There you are. Our guest today is the wonderful poignant storyteller, singer,
0:34.9	songwriter, and guitar player, Eva O'Donovan.
0:38.3	She's had a solo career for quite some time, but you may know her from her bands,
0:41.8	Cricket Still, Sometimes Why, and I'm with her.
0:45.3	She's collaborated with several artists, including Ola Bell, Chris Thiele and the Punch Brothers,
0:50.9	the Milk Carton Kids, Yo-Yo ma, Jerry Douglas, several orchestras.
0:55.6	And she's joined Garrison Keeler on his Prairie Home Companion Tours.
0:59.4	And she is, I don't really know how to say it.
1:02.5	You want to say bad A to the S-Asterix, don't you?
1:07.5	But I'm not going to say it because we are not explicit.
1:10.2	We don't want to get explicit today.
1:12.6	But she is really cool.
1:17.3	She's a bad mamma jama.
1:20.6	She's bad mamma jama.
1:21.9	There you go.
1:22.4	Yeah.
1:23.3	Yeah.
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