Alison Krauss recorded “Lay My Burden Down” a couple of years ago for her No. 1 country album Paper Airplane, but the song was written by Aoife O’Donovan. The singer, best known as the voice of the alt-bluegrass band Crooked Still, is releasing her first solo album this week.
Fossils will include O’Donovan’s own version of the song Krauss made famous, as well as lots of songs from and inspired by the Irish folk tradition she grew up with. The title of the record, O’Donovan explains, owes partly to the origins of the music it contains.
Read the rest of Morning Edition’s story on Aoife O’Donovan, and listen to her interview and live performance on NPR.
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