"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 11 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Mark Olson is rated as a watchable live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Mark Olson concert reviews describe live shows and performances as enjoyable, energetic, exciting, stirring, and lyrical.
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States (9/18/1961)
Bio
Mark Olson is one of the founding members of acclaimed alternative country bands The Jayhawks and The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers and a respected singer/songwriter in his own right. Olson formed The Jayhawks in 1985 with singer/guitarist Gary Louris and was originally the principal singer/songwriter in the group.
Has Performed With
Gary Louris
Critic Concert Reviews
The 13th Floor (New Zealand)
September 17, 2017
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Former Jayhawks front man Mark Olson and his wife and musical partner Ingunn Ringvold celebrated the release of their latest album, Spokeswoman Of The Bright Sun with an intimate show at Auckland’s Wine Cellar.
An open fire blazes at the back of the upstairs venue in Whelan’s, cutting through the chill December air and adding that extra bit of ambience to an already festive room.
Mark Olson and Gary LourisSons of Hermann HallApril 17, 2009 Better Than: wondering if Ryan Adams and Caitlin Cary could successfully do a reunion record and tour.
And as it just so happened, Minneapolis’ Mark Olson and his cross-cultural band took to the stage at The Bowery Ballroom with a fresh and energetic half-step that was exciting and enjoyable.
I think I just made up my own genre of music with "power folk" but I wanted to communicate the strength and verve of the sound that opening band Vandeveer creates, followed by the stirring lyrical prowess of Mark Olson, who mixed up a beautiful set of new music, along with Jayhawks classics, Creekdippers' tun
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