Olivia Chaney
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1982 (age 34–35) Florence, Italy |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, guitar, harmonium |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Nonesuch Records |
| Associated acts | Alasdair Roberts, Concerto Caledonia, The Labèque Sisters, London Sinfonietta, Zero 7, Rodney P, Seth Lakeman, Wolf People |
| Website | www |
Olivia Chaney (born 1982) is an English folk singer, pianist, guitarist, harmonium player and songwriter. Her debut solo album, The Longest River, came out in 2015. She featured heavily in Alasdair Roberts's 2013 album A Working Wonder Stone.
Olivia Chaney was born in Florence, Italy, and grew up in Oxford, England, studying composition, piano, cello, and voice. Early influences include her father's record collections and his own renditions of early blues and '60s folk songwriters like Bob Dylan, Fairport Convention, and Bert Jansch.
At 14, she won joint-first piano and voice scholarship to Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, which was focused on the classical repertoire. She then went on to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London, also on scholarship, where, as an improviser and songwriter, she studied in the jazz course. While at the Academy, Chaney spent much of her time experimenting and collaborating outside the traditional jazz course.
On graduating from the Academy, Chaney taught herself guitar and Indian harmonium and began performing regularly as a soloist. She has also worked as an actress and singer/multi-instrumentalist at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in Matthew Dunster's acclaimed production of Troilus and Cressida and Lucy Bailey and Django Bates's production of Timon of Athens.
Olivia Chaney has collaborated and shared stages all over the world with artists, composers, producers, and bands including Robert Plant, The Decemberists, The Kronos Quartet, Zero 7, Alasdair Roberts, Concerto Caledonia, and The Labèque Sisters.
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