Mark Olson (of the Jayhawks) touring & releasing an album

June 9, 2010

Mark Olson is a founding member of The Jayhawks, the most acclaimed band to emerge out of the alt-country scene. He left the Jayhawks in 1996, after the release of the band’s biggest-selling album, Tomorrow The Green Grass, but continued to record music with his new band, The Creekdippers, at his new home in the California desert.

In 2007 Mark released his first true solo album, The Salvation Blues. A deeply personal album, it also featured the long-awaited reunion with his former Jayhawks bandmate and writing partner, Gary Louris [who recently played LPR], on three songs.

In 2008 Mark and Gary got together and recorded an album Ready For The Flood, and toured the world extensively after its release for the better part of 2009.

Now it’s 2010 and Mark’s second solo album Many Colored Kite is scheduled for release on July 27, 2010 on Rykodisc.

Mark Olson will play Rockwood Music Hall’s Stage 2 on Tuesday, June 15th at 7:30pm. Joining him will be guitarist/vocalist Ingunn Ringvold and special guest Jolie Holland. Tickets are on sale.

The new record is produced and engineered by Beau Raymond (Devendra Banhart, Little Joy, Mark Olson and Gary Louris) and features Neal Casal (of The Cardinals) and drummer Danny Frankel (Laurie Anderson, Bebel Gilberto, Fiona Apple, Madeleine Peyroux) with a guest spot by Vashti Bunyan.

All tour dates for Mark Olson, who has shows in the US and Europe scheduled, are below…

Mark Olson – 2010 Tour Dates
Jun 11 to be confirmed Brussels, Brussels, BELGIUM
Jun 15 Rockwood Music Hall New York, NY
Jun 19 First Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota (Jayhawks)
Jun 20 First Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota (Jayhawks)
Jun 21 First Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota (Jayhawks)
Jul 03 Goud’Acoustic Festival Folk Americana Goudargues, France, FRANCE
Sep 07 Cafe Du Nord San Francisco, CA, us
Sep 09 Mississippi Studios Portland, OR
Sep 10 Triple Door Seattle, WA, us
Sep 12 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN , US
Sep 25 Iron Horse Northampton, MA, us
Oct 01 Objekt 5 Halle Saale, Saxony-Anh, GERMANY
Oct 02 Rätsche Geislingen, Baden-Würt, GERMANY
Oct 03 Music House Eltershofen Eltershofen, Baden-Wuer, GERMANY
Oct 05 t.b.c. Belgrade, Serbia, SERBIA
Oct 06 t.b.c. Zagreb, Croatia, CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska)
Oct 08 t.b.c. Weimar or Offenburg, Germany, GERMANY
Oct 09 Dreikoenigskirche Dresden, Saxonia, GERMANY
Oct 10 Music Star – Live in Norderstedt Norderstedt Harksheide, Hamburg, GERMANY
Oct 11 Kulturforum Kiel Kiel, Schleswig, GERMANY
Oct 12 Petruskirche Berlin Lichterfelde, Berlin, GERMANY
Oct 13 Feierwerk Munich, Bavaria, GERMANY
Oct 14 Laboratorium Stuttgart, Baden-Wuer, GERMANY
Oct 15 Engelstede Cafe Engelbert, Netherland, NETHERLANDS
Oct 16 Jugendzentrum Karo Wesel, Germany, GERMANY
Oct 17 Paradiso Amsterdam, Netherland, NETHERLANDS