Graded on a Curve: Mark Olson & Ingunn Ringvold, Magdalen Accepts the InvitationBY JOSEPH NEFF | JUNE 3, 2020Singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Olson is a co-founder of The Jayhawks, which makes him something of a big deal…
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Mark Olson led the influential country rock band The Jayhawks through the ’80s and ’90s but his most recent music has grown in a more worldly and psychedelic direction. Olson,…
Mark Olson cooks up his organic rootsy compositions at home in Joshua Tree and he hand delivers the goods to audiences all over the world. The former Jayhawks singer/songwriter along…
More interviews from Australia: Beat.com by Jakeb H. Smith Mark Olson on recording independently, discovering a new sound, and his grandmother. It’s mid-afternoon in the Californian desert when Mark Olson calls…
“Lavish folkpop ~ this 35-minute oasis in the music desert sounds almost lavish approaching ‘Gravity Loss’ to classical. ‘Seminole Valley’ is linked to the late 60s Kinks, and ‘Death Valley’ to…
Utviklet seg Samarbeidet startet forsiktig, med et par låter på «Many Colored Kite» (2010), utviklet seg til noe mer på «Good-bye LIzelle» (2014) og smelter sammen på nye «Spokeswoman Of…
Mark Olson surfaced as a songwriter of note when The Jayhawks emerged crossing post-punk with “new” country in a genre we now call ‘Americana’. Olson later formed the much loved…
Mark Olson’s career is littered with ups and downs, many associated with his time in seminal Americana band The Jayhawks. His latest venture is with his partner, both in life…
“Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun”, released September 1st, is made on the porch and in the cabin Olson and Ringvold lives in. “We used a portable Nagra field recorder and we…
“Sun-drenched. Hand-crafted psychedelic pop.” – Uncut “Wonderfully profound.” -FolkWords UK “Seminole Valley Tea Sipper Society” has a delightfully trippy folk psychedelic vibe and is representative of the overall sound of…
Little Village is pleased to debut the video for “Seminole Valley Tea Sipper Society” — a song with its genesis in eastern Iowa. The song, by Mark Olson, one of…
