| Ollabelle loves Merlefest. |
| Sat, May. 3 2008 |
| We played 2 shows at the great Bluegrass Festival Merlefest last weekend in Wilkesboro, Nth Carolina.
Our first show was on the Americana stage and the second was at the Cabin stage, right before Levon Helm Band. It was a fun weekend of fabulous music.
We hope to return.
AND, there will soon be a link to a live recording of our 35 min Cabin Set available from FestivalLink.net but we will keep you posted as it was a cool set featuring the musical brilliance of our friend Dirk Powell.
Coming up; Tony Leone at Banjo Jim's this Sunday May 4th.
Also, Fiona McBain with Then There Were Two at The Living Room on May 5th at 8pm. |
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| Illinois on Sat 4/19 North Carolina 4/26 |
| Thu, Apr. 17 2008 |
| We will be in Illinois this Saturday!
We are part of The American Beauty Project this Saturday at the Dominican University in River Forest, IL.
The concert is an evening of music paying tribute to the songs of The Grateful Dead.
The focus is mostly songs from American Beauty and Working Man's Dead.
The cast of musicians includes Jim Lauderdale, Catherine Russell, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams and of course Ollabelle (unfortunately Amy Helm won't be joining us).
Please come out and join us. Last year we put the concert at the University of Massacheusetts. It was great fun and it sounded amazing.
Then next Saturday we will be at Merlefest in Wilkesboro, NC.
We will be playing two shows on Saturday. One show is at 5:15pm all electric and the other at 9pm all acoustic right before Levon Helm takes the stage.
We're pretty happy about playing Merlefest. It's a great festival.
All the best to all,
~Ollabelle~ |
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| Glenn Patscha weds the beautiful Anna |
| Thu, Mar. 27 2008 |
| Glenn Patscha and his beautiful bride Anna tied the knot in one of the best weddings ever on Saturday March 22nd 2008.
Congratulations to Glenn and Anna. They are the perfect couple,, really. |
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| Ollabelle Going's on |
| Thu, Mar. 27 2008 |
| Fiona's side project Then There Were Two will be featured again on Tom Petty's "Buried Treasure" show TODAY, March 27th on XM Satelite Radio.
The show plays all day today and then at various times during the week.
Tom will play TTWT's version of his song, "Don't Fade on Me".
You can sign up for free XM online at www.xmradio.com and it really is free. |
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| Ollabelle opening for Levon Helm at The Beacon Theatre NYC |
| Thu, Feb. 28 2008 |
| Ollabelle will be opening for The Levon Helm Band at THe Beacon Theatre in NYC on March 7th and March 8th in New York City!
We are not sure in Amy will be able to join us for the show as she's busy being Mamma but we hope to see you there. |
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| Ollabelle on Jim White's "Transnormal Skiperoo" |
| Thu, Feb. 21 2008 |
| Jim White, know for his ground breaking album "Wrong-Eyed Jesus" which inspired the BBC documentary of the same name releases his 4th album "Transnormal Skiperoo" on March 4th 2008
Glenn, Byron Tony and Fiona played on this beautiful album and we had a great time with Jim and producer Joe Pernice.
We just got an advance copy of this gorgeous CD and it's worth checking out... and not just coz we're on it...!
Fiona will be joining Jim for some NYC shows at Joe's Pub on February 26th at 7:30pm and at Union Hall Brooklyn on January 28th at 9pm. |
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| Hear Ollabelle in "Mad Money" |
| Mon, Feb. 11 2008 |
| Can't Nobody Do Like me Jesus can be heard in the new film "Mad Money" starring Katie Holmes, Queen Latifah and Dianne Keaton!
Listen for it.... |
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| New addition to the family |
| Sun, Feb. 10 2008 |
| Ollabelle welcomes a new addition to its extended family. Amy Helm, and her husband Jay Collins gave birth to Lavon (Lee) Henry Collins on February 9th 2008!
And he is beautiful. |
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| More details on 11/17 benefit |
| Sat, Oct. 20 2007 |
| Donna the Buffalo , Ollabelle and David Gans play a benefit for the Rex Foundation . 7-11 pm at the Highline Ballroom , 431 W. 16th St, New York City. 27.00 Advance, $30.00 Day of Show. ($5 goes to Rex). Pre-concert cocktails meet and greet with the artists (6:00 – 7:00 PM) & special seating: $55.00 (balcony) or $75.00 (stageside). To order the Reception/Concert tickets call 415-561-3135 or download the ticket order form . For more information, call 415-561-3134 . Or Ticketweb through the Highline Ballroom . |
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| Just Announced November 17th Benefit Show NYC |
| Fri, Aug. 17 2007 |
Just
Announced!
Saturday
November 17 6pm Doors – 7pm Show $27 adv - $30 dos
Highline Ballroom New York, NY www.rexfoundation.org
Rex
Foundation Benefit featuring
Donna
The Buffalo
Ollabelle
With
special guest David Gans
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Special
VIP Ticketing Available
VIP
Pre-Concert Reception, Cocktail Hour and Meet-and-Greet
$55.00
or &75.00 include an open bar cocktail hour with the artists
$55
tickets provide balcony seating; $75 tickets provide special side-of-stage
seating
(All
but $30.00 is tax deductible)
Event
produced by Creative Entertainment Group
Show
will end at 11pm
Tickets
go on sale Thursday August 16 at noon.
A
portion of ticket sales will go to the Rex Foundation. The Rex Foundation,
which started as the charitable arm of the Grateful Dead, aims to help secure a
healthy environment, promote individuality in the arts, provide support to
critical and necessary social services, assist others less fortunate than
ourselves, protect the rights of indigenous people and ensure their cultural
survival, build a stronger community, and educate children and adults
everywhere.
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| Keep 'Em Coming CANADA |
| Mon, Jul. 30 2007 |
| We just got back from another great Canadian Festival, this time in Calgary.
Our first show was Saturday evening on the main stage and it kicked off what turned out to be an amazing night of music with the incredible Bettye Lavette, the joyful Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians (a great band), and the New Orleans Social Club featuring George Porter, Leo Nocentilli from The Meters and Ivan Neville and Henry Butler. What a band!
Sunday saw us doing some workshops. The workshops are probably our favourite part of these festivals and you never know what kind of magic is going to take place. We played the Gospel workshop Sunday morning with our friend the great singer John Boutte from New Oreleans. He and his guitarist Todd Duke and also the band The Crooked Jades made it a great show.
Later in the day we shared the stage with our good friend and great songwriter Chris Smither, Mary Flower who is an amazing blues guitarist and Henry Butler, legendary piano player and singer. That was a great one too.
We danced the night away to the sounds of Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings who mae it funky and were a great end to the festival.
Highlights of the weekend would have to be the great Bettye Lavette. She blew our minds and made us cry. She is such a phenominal singer. Sharon Jones too was fantastc. The key lesson of the festival was "Choreography' ....
5, 6, 7, 8..
(ps other great bands we reccommend you check out are Eleni Mandell, Oh Suzanna, The Crooked Still). |
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| Postscript to the RYMAN RAMBLE and Upcoming Shows. |
| Fri, Jul. 20 2007 |
| Last Wednesday, July 18th we opened for The Levon Helm Band at the historic and legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
We were so excited to be playing the Ryman and our show was very well received. We felt real warmth and respect from the audience.
Levon was on fire and was having the time of his life!
His set was amazing as were the songs of special guests Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris and Sam Bush.
Buddy broke our hearts with his beautiful version of "Wide River to Cross" and Amy and Fiona got to sing backgrounds for Emmylou on the beautiful ols country song "Rough and Rocky" which was a real dream come true.
The end of the night was crazy with star-power as surprise guests Ricky Scaggs, Sheryl Crow and John Hiatt joined us all on stage for a rousing version of Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released". It was a truly special night. Levon was honoured in the manner which he truly deserves and he seemed to glow with happiness.
Back in Woodstock, last Saturday's Ramble featured suprise guest Nick Lowe. Nick is most famous for his hit "Cruel to be Kind" and "What's so Funny about Peace Love and Understanding?" He wooed us with some soul songs and made it another great Ramble.
Our next move is to CANADA for the CALGARY FOLK FEST where we have 3 shows on the bill with some great acts. Well worth checking out if you're on your great white way.
After a week off we'll be heading out to the mid-west for some shows.
We hit CLEVELAND, ANN ARBOR, CINCINATTI, CHICAGO and the WAUKESHA BLUES FEST in WISCONSIN... the acts on this festival include THE HOLMES BROS, BOOKER T and the MGs and MAVIS STAPLES.
After that we go back to Canada for the EDMONTON FOLK FEST.
Whew! |
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| HELLO CANADA!! |
| Sat, Jul. 7 2007 |
| Here we are writing from Winnipeg Canada where we've spent the last few days playing for fabulous Canadian audiences.
We had a great show on the main stage Thursday and since then we've been singing and playing workshops with some wonderful musicians and songwriters such as The Flatlanders, Chris Smither, Tim Easton, Todd Snider, Uncle Earl and Crooked Still to name a few.
We checked out The Indigo Girls on Thursday night who always mesmerize us with their beautiful voices and the depth of their songwriting.
Last night we were there for our favourite "boy band", The Flatlanders. Tony played drums for their whole set and the rest of us got up and joined them for their encore.
We finished out the night partying with the gorgeous girls from Uncle Earl and dancing to Michael Franti and his band.
Tomorrow we're up early to go sing in the gospel tent and then later that night, after the great Randy Newman, we'll join everyone for the finale to close out the festival.
Oh Canda! |
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| Levon Helm Ramble at the Ryman |
| Fri, Jun. 15 2007 |
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| Nice article in Paste + live songs for your listening pleasure. |
| Sat, May. 12 2007 |
We're back from Europe.
Our last gig in Barcelona was fantastic and the show in London was great too so we're back, we're happy and we're fat from one too many English breakfasts.
Good news, we received a glowing review in Paste on-line of our last Banjo Jim's gig on April 16th '07
You can read it here
And if you go to our "SOUNDS" page you can hear Soul of a Man and Nobody's Fault from the Banjo Jim's show with our special guest and awesome guitarist by Oren Bloedow.
We have a lot of live recordings to share so keep checking here and on Myspace.
OK,
More later.
Don't forget we're playing Joe's Pub in NYC on the 18th May... and that's soon!
-Ollabelle- |
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| Ollabelle is huge in Dutch Land! |
| Tue, May. 1 2007 |
Hey there, It's all going great here across the pond. We've been having a blast and the Dutch have beeen so hospitable! It's beeen wonderful to get to see some of the countryside here and drink fantastic coffee and delicious beer. We've played some great gigs and fantastic festivals. The Rhythm and Roots Festival in Groningen has put up 3 songs we played live last Saturday night on their radio website. here are links direct to streaming performance: Windows Media |
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| OLLABELLE in EUROPE~! |
| Thu, Apr. 19 2007 |
| We're leaving on a big ole jet airliner today!
Check out our schedule to see where we'll be in Europe.
We land in Amsterdam TONIGHT!
See you later! |
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| Tax Relief from Ollabelle |
| Sun, Apr. 15 2007 |
| Join us at Banjo Jim's This Monday and Tuesday at 9 PM! |
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| Ollabelle with Levon, and at Springfest |
| Mon, Feb. 26 2007 |
| We have some great gigs coming up. Ollabelle will be part of two Sold Out Shows at the Beacon Theater as part of Levon Helm's "Ramble on the Road" www.levonhelm.com
and we are playing 3 days at the Suwanee Springfest in Live Oak Florida. This is a Great Festival with an incredible lineup. If you are not thinking of going, you should consider it! |
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