"The Lakes of Pontchartrain" - Aoife O'Donovan - 11/16/2013

Aoife O'Donovan and The Moonlighters perform "The Lakes of Pontchartrain" during the November 16, 2013 broadcast
Aoife's official website: aoifeodonovan.com/
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[@rayb2235]

I cannot in words describe the feelings I feel when I listen to this song.

[@jakejohansen1889]

Any song Aoife O'Donovan sings is like musical gold. She's a true alchemist.

[@Ellenklinkt]

Her voice make my heart smile every time I hear her.

[@billivey2774]

I come back here over and over and over again.

[@Ellenklinkt]

@@billivey2774 Me too! They lift me up!

[@jonmars9559]

I haven't watched this for some time, forgot what a lovely performance it is. Aoife's voice, a ray of golden sunshine and the supporting cast subline.

[@MrVinnieGumba]

i've fallen in love with her voice

[@soldancer]

I'm so happy to have found this. I actually attended this recording of PHC last year, and I was in tears pretty much the entire song. It's one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.

[@ellensackett]

Me too, Soldancer.

[@JPMGuitarPicker]

She was the musical guest with GK's live show in Santa Fe a couple of years ago, with pretty much the same band. She did this song that night and it was one of the most mesmerizing musical moments I've ever experienced.

[@lutoph]

We saw her live recently at Berkeley CA and she did this song. She wasn’t playing an instrument because she was with Not Our First Goat Rodeo. It was literally magic. I’ve been to amazing concerts, seen awesome live performers, but this was different. It was captivating.

[@kerryg100]

Incredible. ...she just gets better and better.....a chroi Greetings from IRELAND 😉

[@irispereyra4780]

This is just so sublime and I so miss A Prairie Home Companion ❤

[@Petroskeyful1]

Entrancing in every way.... a beautiful song by a beautiful singer. This girl and Paul Brady have put their mark on this song...... no one can approach them.

[@talister106]

Just a beautiful rendition of a song that can make strong men weep. Thank you.

[@DMarcusCalvert]

...what an entrancing, tranquil voice. Absolutely beautiful.

[@weeweelegs]

what a voice, what soul, beautiful

[@rbutler8585]

Thats beautiful...just beautiful.

[@tomf1dublin1]

She is better than therapy. Such peace listening to Aoife sing. Such a great Paul Brady song. She makes it her own.

[@alicepetersondriscoll8580]

aoife, you are amazing

[@markwilliams8532]

Sad to find out that LIVE FROM HERE is no longer.there is no more money to find it.I must say "Chris Thiele you did a great job while it lasted. That really breaks my heart. If you were into watching it,we only have reruns to watch. Thank you Chris for the great job you did and the fine guest you had.

[@tronddegarden7631]

I keep coming back here.

[@nualamcdonnell7365]

aoife beautiful greetings from ireland

[@rbadalic]

Live. Wow. Will forever haunt my dreams.

[@Givingitashot]

How can I marry this girl??? This is absolutely stunning!

[@iainmcclure416]

Great song magnificently performed. The pianist is wonderful.

[@Lifestreamable]

Yes, the piano sounds really beautiful...

[@billivey2774]

So gorgeous I had to re-listen to it immediately. Over and over. Can't wait to see her at Fresh Grass this fall.

[@JochenVogel]

Brings me to tears every time...

[@LivGreene]

so hauntingly beautiful!!

[@gabridelux453]

Magical!

[@WildRiceRDMC]

Love her songs......she makes music come alive

[@masonvega7679]

I like her voice best out of them all.

[@georgemcelroy3058]

That's because Aoife has the best voice in modern American music. I have seen her perform many times; she never disappoints. Aoife has one of those very rare, beautiful voices which can make you cry one minute and want to sing along the next!

[@Scotsgrey13]

Great version of this venerable classic!

[@philoash6768]

Great version of great song

[@Celestialrob]

Saw her sing this last night with. Yo-yo Ma Goat Tour in Berkeley - beautiful.

[@paultobinestateagents3887]

This song is yours Aoife!!

[@timbrunner5265]

incredible song, beautiful voice, melody to die for.Thanks for the inspiration

[@JohnRitchhart]

Paul’s is great, but this is my favorite version. I’ll love anything Aoife does.

[@pputnam100]

In all seriousness, you can't be serious. This is lovely, no question, and truly heartfelt, this is one of current most wonderful talents we have, in a world absolutely swamped in mediocrity. I'm not enamored of the day's breathy style of singing that seems so ubiquitous, but it's the trend for hacks as well as the great ones like this young woman it seems. I'm sure she has heard and been stunned by the greatest version of all time in 1977 Paul's live show

[@JohnRitchhart]

Yep, pretty serious. 😜

[@kathyklein2876]

I could listen to you sing forever Aoife!!!! Always of the heart it reaonates deeply

[@Rabell121]

Truly beautiful.

[@Karmakanik1]

STUPENDA!!!

[@samkniffen6623]

Breathtaking

[@cesbass]

Love ❤️

[@fiddlinshim]

50 years ago I heard Frank and Ray Estey in Frank's home on the Miramichi, NB, Canada, sing this song.

[@marymorgannow]

This woman can sing. Damn.

[@gabridelux453]

great

[@pabloniz8043]

Aoife,i love you!!!

[@TheTree3]

love this song! \

[@jamesmccormick211]

Best version, other than Brady's, I've ever heard.

[@jonassoderstrom9957]

Heaven on earth.

[@doncaspary7159]

Wonderful version by all, but Dworsky's piano and the mix engineer deserve much credit with Aoife

[@northernmuse9]

+Don Caspary Agreed. This is what you hear when you have actual artists playing and singing; when you have excellent equipment and sound engineers and a great sounding room; and when you have an audience who are there to enjoy the music, rather than talking amongst themselves as if they're at home or in a bar, or too busy taking selfies to pay attention.

[@folkneverdies]

AMAZING VERSION : one of my favo versions : together with the version of TANGERINE DREAM < is a total different version>

[@musicbox193]

This was the first time I had heard this song but I figured it must have been an old song. And it is

[@skkniffe]

Other-worldly

[@dckstrat90]

That microphone is incredible

[@AstralEyes-dw4ec]

wowsers

[@woodbell67]

soft and gentle, very nice. Paul Brady's version is the one you want, though.

[@TheTree3]

ok one more time!

[@adamkeenan5707]

Anyone who like this version should listen to Paul Brady's version no one can touch it although this is beautiful.

[@PamelaPollandMusic]

Simply gorgeous. May she take over where Eva Cassidy left off.

[@TheTree3]

i have never seen the lakes of pontchartrain, but i imagine they only exist on the heaven dimension

[@madeleinehayes2136]

Go to Louisiana!

[@emanon321]

The kind of beauty that can and does break hearts and puts 'em back together again.

[@msspi764]

This sounds so much like the Trapezoid version from Now and Then (Lorraine Duisit, Freyda Epstein, Ralph Gordon and Paul Reisler). I think they may have played it on PHC way back in the day, it would have been in the 1980s.

[@davidpollak685]

Prayers for NOLA

[@federica951]

It was on one bright March morning I bid New Orleans adieu. And I took the road to Jackson town, My fortune to renew, I cursed all foreign money, No credit could I gain, Which filled my heart with longing for The lakes of Pontchartrain. I stepped on board a railroad car, Beneath the morning sun, I road the roads till evening, And I laid me down again, All strangers there no friends to me, Till a dark girl towards me came, And I fell in love with a Creole girl, By the lakes of Pontchartrain. I said, "My pretty Creole girl, My money here's no good, But if it weren't for the alligators, I'd sleep out in the wood". "You're welcome here kind stranger, Our house is very plain. But we never turn a stranger out, From the lakes of Pontchartrain." She took me into her mammy's house, And treated me quite well, The hair upon her shoulder In jet black ringlets fell. To try and paint her beauty, I'm sure it would be in vain, So handsome was my Creole girl, By the lakes of Pontchartrain. I asked her if she'd marry me, She said it could never be, For she had got another, And he was far at sea. She said that she would wait for him And true she would remain. Till he returned for his Creole girl, By the lakes of Pontchartrain. So fare thee well my Creole girl, I never will see you no more, But I'll ne'er forget your kindness In the cottage by the shore. And at each social gathering A flowing glass I'll raise, And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl, And the lakes of Pontchartrain.

[@trevecchi1766]

Sorry but not a patch on the Paul Brady version. Why have a 3/4 time signature?

[@bubba4541]

Oh yeah, Molly Tuttle too. 👍

[@torvilasulvstle362]

Good one, but listen to Dylan's version! Aoife sings the song, Dylan LIVES it!

[@kdkeydude1]

Love the music ! The duality symbolized by Aoife's wardrobe is a bit much, though.

[@yazgersfarm6192]

She looks just like my third wife. (Ive been married twice)

[@harukaaoyama5569]

where is the guy noir of 11/16 dallas show ?

[@RadioHeartland]

It'll be up in a few days!

[@schmoyoho]

2 legit 2 quit

[@TheTree3]

song is like drugs i cant stop listening to it, need to go to rehab

[@douglaspierce8480]

I've listened to this song by the supposed leaders in this genre and IMHO they suck, this rendition by Aoife O' Donovan is not only beautiful but is simply "the best that's every been".

[@bodhi47]

multiple dropouts in the audio as well as hi frequency distortion on sibilence. Great performance though,

[@athenspirates]

"Lily of the West" . . .

[@adamkeenan5707]

Liam Parke Both traditional songs hard to say which came first.

[@musicbox193]

So I guess he was hurt when he heard of her lover at sea.

[@musicbox193]

Once again, beautiful

[@emanon321]

Oh so lovely. Thank you.