Olivia Chaney: Shelter review – elegant, minimal folk

(Nonesuch)Last sighted fronting psych-folk band Offa Rex (AKA the Decemberists), Olivia Chaney returns to minimalism on her second solo album, her dazzling vocals accompanied only by the piano of producer Thomas Bartlett, a little guitar and a few string parts. As with its predecessor, The Longest River, it’s a finely wrought piece of work, with Chaney’s swooping delivery turning songs into dramas.Like contemporaries such as Laura Marling and Anaïs Mitchell, Chaney is steeped in