Listen: Offa Rex Performs on NPR's "World Cafe"

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Offa Rex (Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists) was on NPR's World Cafe. Chaney and The Decemberists' Colin Meloy were in the studio to talk with host Talia Schlanger, who calls Offa Rex a "trans-Atlantic musical love story set in harpsichord heaven," and the full band performs four songs from its debut album, The Queen of Hearts, recorded live at the XPoNential Festival. You can hear the interview and the live set here.

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Offa Rex, the new project from Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists, was featured on NPR's World Cafe today. Chaney and The Decemberists' Colin Meloy were in the studio to talk with host Talia Schlanger, who calls Offa Rex a "trans-Atlantic musical love story set in harpsichord heaven," and the full band performs four songs from its debut album, The Queen of Hearts, recorded live at the XPoNential Music Festival in Philadelphia. You can hear the interview and the live set, including the album's title track, "Willie o' Winsbury," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," and "Blackleg Miner," below.

To pick up a copy of The Queen of Hearts, head to your local music shop, iTunes, Amazon, or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout, and listen to the album on Apple Music and Spotify.

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Offa Rex: XPoNential Festival 2017 by Jeremy Zimmerman

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Sat, 11/25/2017 - 17:32

Oh wow - I think the Queen of Hearts track is at least as good as the best that the great folk rock legends Fairport and Steeleye produced in their heyday. The sum of the Chaney&Decemberists collaberation is, in my opinion, full of huge potential. The album is very good but I am sure there is even better to come and I really look forward to hearing future projects and please tour in England soon.

  • Thursday, September 21, 2017
    Listen: Offa Rex Performs on NPR's "World Cafe"
    Jeremy Zimmerman / WXPN

    Offa Rex, the new project from Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists, was featured on NPR's World Cafe today. Chaney and The Decemberists' Colin Meloy were in the studio to talk with host Talia Schlanger, who calls Offa Rex a "trans-Atlantic musical love story set in harpsichord heaven," and the full band performs four songs from its debut album, The Queen of Hearts, recorded live at the XPoNential Music Festival in Philadelphia. You can hear the interview and the live set, including the album's title track, "Willie o' Winsbury," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," and "Blackleg Miner," below.

    To pick up a copy of The Queen of Hearts, head to your local music shop, iTunes, Amazon, or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout, and listen to the album on Apple Music and Spotify.

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