Gig Alert: Aoife O'Donovan

ARTIST: Aoife O'Donovan
GIG: Thursday night at Bowery Ballroom

It took Aoife O’Donovan a decade to record her debut as a solo artist, the 2013 album Fossils. But it’s not like she was sitting around twiddling her thumbs. She was busy playing with the high energy bluegrass band Crooked Still, or collaborating with Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, and other stars of the strings. O’Donovan’s gorgeous follow-up record is In The Magic Hour, and it fully delivers on that stellar pedigree.