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Colin Meloy and Olivia Chaney on Offa Rex

The best folk and acoustic music. Colin Meloy from The Decemberists and Olivia Chaney discuss their new band, Offa Rex.

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, Colin Meloy from top alt-folk band The Decemberists and English singer Olivia Chaney discuss their new band, Offa Rex.

The Decemberists, from Portland in Oregon, are one of the world's top alt-folk bands. They've recently joined with 91热爆 Radio 2 Folk Award-nominated folk singer Olivia Chaney to record a folk-rock album that focusses on traditional music from England, Scotland and Ireland.

The collaboration is called Offa Rex and their debut album is called The Queen of Hearts.

On this show, Mark unites Colin (in the United States) and Olivia (in London) via the wonders of technology and talks about the project.

Plus the usual mix of exciting new releases and news from the folk world.

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Julie Fowlis

    Touch The Sky

  • Lal Waterson & Mike Waterson

    One of Those Days (Demo)

  • Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight

    Going, Going, Gone

  • Offa Rex

    The Queen of Hearts

  • Offa Rex

    Blackleg Miner

  • Offa Rex

    The Old Churchyard

  • Show of Hands

    No Secrets

  • Kaia Kater

    White

  • The McCalmans

    Let's Recycle

  • Rattle On The Stovepipe

    Walk Along John to Kansas

  • Merlyn Driver

    The Descent (feat. Marja Mortensson)

Broadcast

  • Wed 19 Jul 2017 19:00