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 BBC 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.
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Julie Fowlis
Touch The Sky
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Lal Waterson & Mike Waterson
One of Those Days (Demo)
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Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight
Going, Going, Gone
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Offa Rex
The Queen of Hearts
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Offa Rex
Blackleg Miner
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Offa Rex
The Old Churchyard
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Show of Hands
No Secrets
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Kaia Kater
White
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The McCalmans
Let's Recycle
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Rattle On The Stovepipe
Walk Along John to Kansas
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Merlyn Driver
The Descent (feat. Marja Mortensson)
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- Wed 19 Jul 2017 19:00BBC Radio 2