Review
The record opens with the sunshiny charmer, “Dear Elisabeth.” Breezy bass lines connect with twinkly percussion jingle-jangle guitar and sylvan strings. Sweet-sour harmonies and the sweeping melody cushion lyrics that…
Tour Artifacts
Wonderfully profound
‘Spokeswoman of The Bright Sun’ – Mark Olson – taking turns you don’t expect Some time ago I heard ‘Many Colored Kite’ and then ‘Good-bye Lizelle’ now there’s ‘Spokeswoman of…
Mark Olson is a pathfinder, one of the true leaders of a movement, a genuine seminal artist
Mark Olson is a pathfinder, one of the true leaders of a movement, a genuine seminal artist, a musician and performer who changed music, who helped it cut a new…
A glorious-sounding album
The musical partnership of Mark and Ingunn has produced a glorious-sounding album of songs about love and “the beautiful outdoors”. The album has a delightful chamber-pop feel to it, courtesy…
NRK P2 Jungeltelegrafen
NRK Norwegian national radio promo tour! Working out our current arrangements for Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun in their totally hip and warm recording studios. LINK: NRK P2 Jungeltelegrafen …
VIDEO PREMIERE Dear Elisabeth
Internationally renowned Americana folk artist Mark Olson is gearing up to release his new album Spokeswoman of The Bright Sun on 1st September 2017, the follow up to the critically…
1st Single: Dear Elisabeth
Dear Elisabeth, 1st single from ‘Spokeswoman from the Bright Sun’ is out today on Spotify!
Ray of bright sunshine
HAPPY RETURN: Mark Olson and his wife Ingunn Ringvold are preparing for their first Australian tour since their 2011 honeymoon. WALKING around the Californian desert without an instrument writing songs might…
Sunny Sounds from Mark Olson and Ingunn Ringvold | NO DEPRESSION
“If you lost track of Mark Olson after he left the Jayhawks, you’re missing a lot of music that is as good as or better than any that that fine…
BIO Spokeswoman
This is music that will speak to you about things that have happened! An album that sounds like you are alone in the desert all by yourself. Remembering childhood experiences…
Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun
“Sun-drenched. Hand-crafted psychedelic pop.”-Uncut. “Wonderfully profound.”-FolkWords UK. “With Olson’s work there is innocence, melancholy and often beautiful melody, which is accentuated by his partner’s chamber “string” arrangements on mellotron. The…
Australia / New Zealand September 2017
Listen to Good-bye Lizelle
“Lizelle Djan combines non-mainstream instrumentation with a modern dramatic vocal. There’s a distinct flirtation with Eastern rhythms and vocal melody lines; ‘Running Circles,’ ‘Say You Are the River’ and ‘Jesse…
Good-bye Lizelle
Glitterhouse Records 2014 ★★★★ MOJO “Americana Album Of The Month” ★★★★ Rolling Stone ‘His gift for rootsy Americana remains undimmed … vibrant’ – UNCUT ‘An album of great warmth and…
SPAIN TOUR 2016
Mark Olson y Rubén Pozo Radio COPE PODCAST La Noche De COPE
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR
LIVE FROM THE RED BARN AT THE STATE FAIR ON KARE 11 NBC
Norwegian Tour
NRK P2 Verdensscenen session and interview 15. Feb 2016 https://radio.nrk.no/serie/verdensscenen
Cherry Thieves
Cherry Thieves included in The Best Music of 2015 on BBC SCOTLAND Another Country with Ricky Ross https://soundcloud.com/glitterhouse/mark-olson-cherry-thieves
The Netherlands 2015
SPAIN October / November 2015
30 min performance on SPANISH TV, RADIO 3 http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/los-conciertos-de-radio-3/conciertos-radio-3-mark-olson/3371121/ Sevilla Film Festival Sevilla Film Festival Glitterhouse Records / Cat Producciones Posted by MARK OLSON on Friday, November 13, 2015 Interview…