British folk singer Donovan had a steady stream of hits in the final years of the 1960s. Released in 1966, “Sunshine Superman” and “Mellow Yellow” were but a warm-up for a three-year period that would ...

Growing up outside of Boston, Aoife O’Donovan occasionally traveled to Ireland, where she visited her cousins and learned to sing traditional songs that helped lead her to a career in folk-rooted ...

The undisputed king of the “woosh” sound effect, director David Lynch recently lent his unique talents to singer-songwriter Donovan for the new music video for his single “I Am The Shaman.” Debuting ...

Aoife O’Donovan’s name, with its cluster of vowels, can seem a shibboleth for fans of contemporary American folk. It’s really not so hard: EE-fah. It’s Irish. She was raised stateside, but spent her ...

The singer-songwriter’s third solo album, “Age of Apathy,” is filled with personal touchstones and musical surprises. By Jon Pareles “I still, to this day, don’t even really think of myself as a ...

“Music,” says Jason Donovan on a video chat to The Big Issue from his plush hotel room, “is the closest us humans have to magic.” Donovan was already a soap heartthrob in Neighbours when he started ...

Certain tracks on Beat Cafe sound like they could be outtakes from Donovan’s 1967 album, Mellow Yellow, but I’ll let you decide if that’s a good thing. On “Young Girl Blues” from that album, Donovan ...

Donovan Leitch, who’s gone by his first name only for more than five decades, wrote and recorded hit songs like “Mellow Yellow” and “Hurdy Gurdy Man,” yet his influence as a songwriter and musician ...

A mild-mannered sort, John Donovan spends many of his day hours working as a roaster for a popular South City coffee shop. His days as a behind-the-counter barista are largely behind him, so he’s not ...

Where: Old Town School of Folk Music, 909 W. Armitage Ave.; 525-7793. When: Friday through Sunday How much: Admission varies Two decades after he first charmed pop music audiences with his dreamy ...