Meanwhile, Rick James...

Well, actually not Rick James at all. But music! In America!

I got this in the ol' e-mail inbox, and thought it sounded interesting enough to post:

I’m writing to let you know that Mark Olson will be in Madison performing at Café Monmartre on February 12th.


Mark was the founding member and songwriter for the Jayhawks, pioneers of the alt-country movement. He left the band as their biggest single, “Blue” was still climbing the charts so that he could live a simpler life in Joshua Tree with his wife Victoria Williams.


Earlier this year, he released his first solo album, The Salvation Blues, to incredible acclaim. With deeply personal lyrics penned during an introspective journey on the trains and walkways of Europe, Mark has entered an entirely new phase in his musical career—and the critics agree that it’s a great one. Among others, the Village Voice calls it “Olson’s finest, most fully realized work,” and Harp pegs this “Olson’s best since his Jayhawks days.”

His website is here.

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