Aoife O'Donovan

The Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines Goes Solo; More Guilty Pleasures; Aoife O’Donovan Performs Live

Soundcheck | May 9, 2013

In this episode: Natalie Maines is the Grammy Award winning lead singer of the Dixie Chicks. Now, she has a debut debut solo album, Mother. She drops by the Soundcheck studio to discuss the record.

Plus: More guilty pleasures.

And: Singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan, lead singer for the progressive bluegrass band Crooked Still, performs songs from her debut solo album, Fossils.

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