Olivia Chaney - The Longest River (10 Year Anniversary)

Cat. no: OC003LP
Format: LP
Barcode: 5056032397934
Release Date: 01 Aug 2025
Genre: Folk

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 limited-edition 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 co-produced 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 singer-composer 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