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Release Date Friday 11th July 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
To mark the 10-year anniversary of Olivia Chaney's debut album 'The Longest
River' this strikingly beautiful and unusual album is being released as limitededition reissue - on vinyl for the frst time
At the time, reviewers commented "Chaney's voice ... has been called one of the fnest
in English folk music; it only took one song to see why." BBC Music proclaimed "it
confrms Chaney's arrival as a major talent."
The Longest River was recorded at the legendary RAK Studios in London and coproduced with Leo Abrahams (guitarist, flm 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, Oliver Coates, Jordan
Hunt, and Leo Taylor. Olivia's debut balances originals--including the two pieces that
frst brought her acclaim, "The King's Horses" and "Swimming in the Longest River"
with an eclectic selection of covers: "Blessed Instant" by Norwegian jazz singercomposer Sidsel Endresen; an adaptation of 17th-century 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.
Olivia has gone on to release two more solo albums; Shelter in 2018 and Circus of
Desire 2024 - both produced by Thomas Bartlett (Sufjan Stevens, Florence and the
Machine, Rufus Wainwright). In between the two, she released Six French Songs - an
EP of French chanson arrangements, captured over a few late nights in New York with
Thomas Bartlett - ranging from medieval ballad to 60s ye- ye pop classic Tous Les
Garcons Et Les Filles.
Olivia received a Grammy nomination for her album The Queen of Hearts, an iconic
folk-rock collaboration with The Decemberists under the name Offa Rex, and sang and
played on Folks Songs - a collaborative album with Kronos Quartet, Natalie Merchant,
Rhiannon Giddens and Sam Amidon.
Grammy Nominated Indie Folk artist Olivia Chaney's debut album on vinyl for the
frst time
10 Year Anniversary limited edition
One of the Finest voices in English Folk Music
Recorded at RAK Studios - produced by Leo Abrahams
Tracks: 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 / Cassiopeia
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