A Conversation With Clare Sands

Brian O’Donovan is a broadcaster, writer, and presenter, and lives in Cambridge, MA. Born and raised in Clonakilty West Cork in a family of 9, O'Donovan received his BA from University College Cork in 1978 before heading to England. He then journeyed to Boston and grad school at Emerson College. In Boston, at a music jam-session, he was introduced to Lindsay Henes. They married in August of 1981. They live in Cambridge, MA and have four grown children: Aoife, Ciaran, Aidan, and Nuala and two grandchilden, Ivy Jo Jacobsen of Brooklyn, NY, and Nomi O'Donovan of Denver, CO. He can be reached at celtic@wgbh.org.

July 19, 2021

Updated July 23, 2021

Clare Sands is a Cork-born singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. In 2020, she completed a master's in composition and creative practice while living on Inisheer, one of the Aran Islands, which inspired her latest project discussed in detail in this segment of the program. It features many collaborators, including Susan O'Neill (SON), Steve Cooney, Tommy Sands (a cousin), Brídín, and Hothouse Flowers' Liam O'Maonlai.

Below is Sands' quite extraordinary video of one of the four segments of her new work, Landscapes and Soundscapes. O'Neil is the other singer.