The Longest River

Olivia Chaney is being hailed as the new heroine of folk music in her native England, and one listen to her first full-length album, 2015's The Longest River, makes it clear she's everything she's cracked up to be -- a superb singer, a gifted multi-instrumentalist, a talented songwriter with a clear and distinct point of view, and an insightful interpreter of the work of other tunesmiths.

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