This week’s show has a strong leftfield and alternative feel to it. Some of the tracks are from albums released on small labels that we love: including Okraina Records, Folklore Tapes, Reverb Worship, Burst & Bloom, Cardinal Fuzz, North Western Recordings and Mega Dodo.
Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists join forces as Offa Rex. The resulting album, The Queen of Hearts, turns a nostalgic nod to the great British folk-rock albums of the late 60s and 70s but is equally assured in a fresh and contemporary way. It is a towering, majestic work.
Offa Rex, featuring English singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists, reveal new video for ‘The Old Churchyard’, a ballad which appeared on Waterson:Carthy’s fourth album ‘A Dark Light’.
The Queen of Hearts, the debut album from Offa Rex, a new project featuring Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists. It draws largely on traditional English-Irish-Scottish repertoire to create a transatlantic musical conversation that flirts with psychedelia and folk rock.
