The Longest River
Olivia Chaney
The Longest River
Olivia Chaney
Recent BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards double nominee, London-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney makes her album debut with The Longest River, available via Nonesuch Records!
Chaney co-produced the album at the legendary RAK Studios in London with Leo Abrahams (guitarist, film composer, and Brian Eno collaborator). The record was engineered by esteemed veteran Jerry Boys (Buena Vista Social Club, Sandy Denny) and includes Chaney’s longtime collaborators, musicians Oliver Coates, Jordan Hunt, and Leo Taylor.
On The Longest River, Chaney balances her original compositions-including the two pieces that first brought her acclaim, “The King’s Horses” and “Swimming in the Longest River” - with a selection of covers that she has newly arranged and that illustrate the broad sweep of her taste: “Blessed Instant” by Norwegian jazz singer-composer Sidsel Endresen; an adaptation of 17th-century Baroque composer Henry Purcell’s “There’s Not a Swain”; 20th-century Chilean folk composer Violetta Parra’s “La Jardinera,” and “Waxwing,” from Scottish avant-folk singer-songwriter Alasdair Roberts.
Chaney graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and learned the guitar from her father’s renditions of Bob Dylan, Fairport Convention, and Bert Jansch, among others. Since then she has built a loyal and growing following, both in the UK and internationally, through her acclaimed live performances, as a solo artist and also in collaboration with a diverse range of artists, including Alasdair Roberts, Zero 7, and The Labèque Sisters. In February 2013, she self-released her eponymous debut EP, which found her further fans with media and public alike.
Track listing:
False Bride
Imperfections
Waxwing
Loose Change
Swimming in the Longest River
The King’s Horses
Too Social
La Jardinera
There’s Not a Swain
Holiday
Blessed Instant
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