Bull Frogs Croon (and Other Songs) Vinyl LP

This is the first release featuring Aoife with a string quartet.
Co-produced by Jeremy Kittel and Aoife, the album was recorded in Brooklyn on the last days of October 2019. The title of the project comes from the Peter Sears poem, “Valentine”, which is the final movement of the 3 song suite along with Sears other poems “Night
Fishing” and “The Darkness”. Peter Sears (1937-2017), was named the seventh poet laureate of the state of Oregon in 2014. The suite was penned in 2015 by O’Donovan along with Jeremy Kittel and Teddy Abrams, the conductor of the Louisville Symphony Orchestra and premiered at
the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, OR.

In addition to Bull Frogs Croon are fresh takes on two songs that have been part of O’Donovan’s repertoire for years, and both fit beautifully. The Irish folk song Lakes of Pontchartrain, which Crooked Still recorded 15 years ago, gets revisited and reimagined with a bit more bounce in its step than the now classic Paul Brady approach. The
other is Hazel Dickens’ Pretty Bird, which O’Donovan recorded years ago for an unreleased Dickens tribute album and again with Crooked Still. “I think the through-line for me is that the poetry of both of those songs fit well with how Bull Frogs Croon ends in such a beautiful loving way.”

Track List:

1. Bull Frogs Croon I - Night Fishing
2. Bull Frogs Croon II - The Darkness
3. Bull Frogs Croon III - Valentine
4. Lakes of Pontchartrain
5. Pretty Bird
6. Bull Frongs Croon (Suite)

PRE-ORDER CUSTOMERS: Orders are expected to begin shipping 8/14/2026. Any items purchased with this pre-order will not ship until 8/14/2026 as well. All items are mockups and final product may vary slightly.