Jayhawks

Mark Olson @ Rockwood Music Hall in June (more by Kurt Christensen)These days, Olson said he’s focusing on his songcraft and on writing the best songs he can, and trying not to be overly concerned about the volatile nature of the music industry…

“With the stars-of-fame outside First Avenue currently being repainted, it looked as if the Jayhawks were campaigning to make theirs the first local name to go back up on the walls…

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, , but continued to record music with his new band, The Creekdippers, at his new home in the California desert…

Gary Louris brought an alt. country all-star backing band to Le Poisson Rouge in NYC on Friday night (part of a short solo tour). The show opened with Kraig Johnson, bandmate of Louris in Golden Smog (and briefly in the Jayhawks), and lead singer of Minneapolis band Run Westy Run…

Gary Louris @ Truck America (more by Alexandra Marvar) Gary Louris of the Jayhawks (who are playing three nights in a row in their hometown of Minneapolis in June) played the Truck America Festival earlier this month (NYC Taper taped it) and kicked off a short tour in Cambridge, Massachusetts last night (5/13)…

Jayhawks’ Gary Louris & Mark Olson @ 400 Bar, MN – Aug 18, 2007 (CRED)The crowd seemed to double after Louris took to the stage, and as the bar filled up and pressed forward the band launched into the Jayhawks song “Pray for Me…

Tickets are on sale for the upcoming NYC Weakerthans show at Webster Hall. Brooklyn band The Last Town Chorus are touring with them, and opening that show…