Olivia Chaney

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney’s profile has been rising over the last few years, particularly in her native England, where she was recently nominated for BBC Radio 2’s Horizon Award for best emerging folk artist. But until now, she has proven elusive on the recording front, with only one highly praised but modestly distributed EP to her name, plus a few home-spun bootlegs. One had to be lucky enough to catch her on a stage to hear her entrancing sound and unique sensibility, evolving and refining with each gig she played.

Her Nonesuch debut The Longest River finally makes that experience more widely available. The Longest River is striking in its simplicity; it preserves the passion and immediacy of her live performances with a deceptively-structured informality. "It’s taken a long time to get to the point where I wanted to make a full record and I’m lucky Nonesuch heard me at the right time," Chaney explains. 

Neo-classical pianist and composer Jacob Pavek will open with a set of his instrumental compositions, highlighting his recent release Illume.

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