Olivia Chaney to Tour North America, UK in Support of April 28 Debut Album, "The Longest River"

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Olivia Chaney, whose debut album, The Longest River, is due out April 28, will perform a number of shows celebrating the release in the United Kingdom in May, in Manchester, Edinburgh, and London, before heading to North America for a three-week tour starting in Washington, DC, on June 4 and culminating in New York City on June 25. During a recent visit to the States, Chaney stopped by The Living Room in Brooklyn—a stop on her upcoming tour—to perform "Imperfections" for a new video, which you can watch here.

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London-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney, whose debut album, The Longest River, is due out April 28 on Nonesuch Records, will perform a number of shows celebrating the release in the United Kingdom in May, in Manchester, Edinburgh, and London, before heading to North America for a three-week tour starting in Washington, DC, on June 4 and culminating in New York City on June 25. She will also take part in a London show of Sounds: Holy Trinity with Lisa Hannigan and Dylan Haskins at Sutton House on Sunday, April 26. During a recent visit to the States, Chaney stopped by The Living Room in Brooklyn—a stop on her upcoming tour—to perform "Imperfections" for a new video, which you can watch below.

Olivia Chaney, a recent BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards double nominee, co-produced the new 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. The Longest River is available to pre-order at iTunes and the Nonesuch Store with instant downloads of the album tracks "Imperfections" and "The King's Horses."

"Her voice holds the purity, tension, dignity and sorrow of a heritage full of songs about lost love and cruel fate," the New York Times said of a performance during a brief tour in February. "Chaney is thoroughly grounded in the past, from medieval music to [Joni] Mitchell. But in her quiet way, she’s radical." The Boston Globe said, "Chaney's voice … has been called one of the finest in English folk music; it only took one song to see why."

OLIVIA CHANEY ON TOUR

Apr 26 Sutton House* London, UK
     
May 16 Band on the Wall Manchester, UK
May 17 Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh, UK
May 19 Kings Place London, UK
May 21 Handel Festival Göttingen, GERMANY
     
Jun 4 Jammin' Java Vienna, VA
Jun 5 Tin Angel Philadelphia, PA
Jun 6 The Living Room Brooklyn, NY
Jun 8 The Parlor Room Northampton, MA
Jun 9 Lizard Lounge Cambridge, MA
Jun 11 The Dakota Tavern Toronto, ON
Jun 13 Shubas Chicago, IL
Jun 16 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
Jun 17 Best Buy Theater Minneapolis, MN
Jun 18 Space** Evanston, IL
Jun 19 Zanzabar*** Louisville, KY
Jun 21 The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
Jun 23 Club Cafe Pittsburgh, PA
Jun 25 Joe's Pub New York, NY
     
Aug 1 Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge, UK
     

* Soundings: Holy Trinity w/Lisa Hanningan & Dylan Haskins
** co-bill w/Daniel Knox
*** supporting The Tillers

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  • Thursday, April 16, 2015
    Olivia Chaney to Tour North America, UK in Support of April 28 Debut Album, "The Longest River"
    Ellen Nolan

    London-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney, whose debut album, The Longest River, is due out April 28 on Nonesuch Records, will perform a number of shows celebrating the release in the United Kingdom in May, in Manchester, Edinburgh, and London, before heading to North America for a three-week tour starting in Washington, DC, on June 4 and culminating in New York City on June 25. She will also take part in a London show of Sounds: Holy Trinity with Lisa Hannigan and Dylan Haskins at Sutton House on Sunday, April 26. During a recent visit to the States, Chaney stopped by The Living Room in Brooklyn—a stop on her upcoming tour—to perform "Imperfections" for a new video, which you can watch below.

    Olivia Chaney, a recent BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards double nominee, co-produced the new 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. The Longest River is available to pre-order at iTunes and the Nonesuch Store with instant downloads of the album tracks "Imperfections" and "The King's Horses."

    "Her voice holds the purity, tension, dignity and sorrow of a heritage full of songs about lost love and cruel fate," the New York Times said of a performance during a brief tour in February. "Chaney is thoroughly grounded in the past, from medieval music to [Joni] Mitchell. But in her quiet way, she’s radical." The Boston Globe said, "Chaney's voice … has been called one of the finest in English folk music; it only took one song to see why."

    OLIVIA CHANEY ON TOUR

    Apr 26 Sutton House* London, UK
         
    May 16 Band on the Wall Manchester, UK
    May 17 Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh, UK
    May 19 Kings Place London, UK
    May 21 Handel Festival Göttingen, GERMANY
         
    Jun 4 Jammin' Java Vienna, VA
    Jun 5 Tin Angel Philadelphia, PA
    Jun 6 The Living Room Brooklyn, NY
    Jun 8 The Parlor Room Northampton, MA
    Jun 9 Lizard Lounge Cambridge, MA
    Jun 11 The Dakota Tavern Toronto, ON
    Jun 13 Shubas Chicago, IL
    Jun 16 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
    Jun 17 Best Buy Theater Minneapolis, MN
    Jun 18 Space** Evanston, IL
    Jun 19 Zanzabar*** Louisville, KY
    Jun 21 The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
    Jun 23 Club Cafe Pittsburgh, PA
    Jun 25 Joe's Pub New York, NY
         
    Aug 1 Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge, UK
         

    * Soundings: Holy Trinity w/Lisa Hanningan & Dylan Haskins
    ** co-bill w/Daniel Knox
    *** supporting The Tillers

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