Congratulations to Olivia Chaney, whose new album, Shelter, has been nominated as Album of the Year in the 2018 fRoots Critics Poll! "Every year since 1986 we've polled experts in the UK and worldwide to find the Album of the Year in the fields of music which we champion," says the magazine. "With hundreds of writers, broadcasters and activists on the panel, the fRoots Critics Poll for Albums of the Year is long established as the most extensively researched and prestigious annual poll of its kind."

Chaney, following a long period of life on the road, returned to a family retreat, a rustic, 18th-century cottage in the hills of the North Yorkshire Moors, to write the songs of Shelter. Produced by Thomas Bartlett, the album features eight original songs, plus Chaney's interpretations of Purcell's "O Solitude" and Frank Harford and Tex Ritter's "Long Time Gone," first recorded by the Everly Brothers. "An elegant, luminous album," exclaims the Observer. Uncut calls it "transcendent."

To see the complete list of nominees, visit frootsmag.com. Winners of the 2018 fRoots Critics Poll will be announced on BBC Radio 3's Music Planet on Friday, December 7, at 11 PM, and published in fRoots magazine on December 11.

To pick up a copy of Shelter, head to your local record store, iTunes, Amazon, and the Nonesuch Store, where orders include a download of the complete album at checkout; it can also be heard on Spotify and Apple Music