 Important stuff, but maybe not the most obvious place to look for songwriting inspiration. On her new album, All My Friends, Aoife O'Donovan has found the trick to writing engaging music about politics and history. That trick is, make it personal. In 2019, Aoife was commissioned to write music to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, the one that gave women the right to vote. It was a request that seemed a little overwhelming at first.