Can’t Hardly Wait!
…In Washington, with a few exciting events planned…
Opportunity Presbyterian Church Centennial Event!!
Sunday, June 10, 1p
It’s a great privilege for me to play at what I still consider my home church (even though I’m 3000 miles away most of the time). They host live music the second Sunday of each month, and I’m Miss June! It will be a coffeehouse-style performance, just girl and guitar, making as much thought-provoking noise as possible.
The Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center!!
Friday, June 22, 7p
This is good because not only will there be Great Original Americana Music (courtesy of this girl and her awesome band!), there will also be Great Americana Consumables: It’s a $15 ticket, but only $5 more if you want the “picnic package,” which includes 2 hot dogs, a beer and a bag of chips. Not to mention “Olivia Brownlee and the Gin ‘n’ Tonics” with a lot of brand new music = Exciting times!! Dancing and singing along strongly encouraged. Call 208.457.8950 for tickets.
Saturday, June 23, 6.30-9.30p
If you’re not already a wine enthusiast, Josh Wade will guide you – AND he just purchased the 1000 sq ft next door to ensure that there won’t be any more raves while his earnest singer-songwriters try to make sensitive music to the winos! He’s such a nice man… (PS: The place is also available to rent for events, at quite reasonable rates!)
Can’t hardly wait!!
Wicked Sick!
Two Saturdays ago you could find me on Johnny D’s stage, as advertised…and then if you stuck around (like new friends Ginger and Al, thank you guys for your spontaneous entouragism), you could watch me open up the Boston Hardrock Cafe’s evening like a confused dandelion, not quite sure how she ended up in the Cool Kid Mountains, but doin’ her thing all the same! Not much later there was a costume change and I mounted the stage with the Jackson Wetherbee Band as the cutsie back-up singer:
(They’re really good.)
Johnny D’s went well, but I admit that I played the new song and got a tad emotional. The CSN House Band was killer, however, and did great justice to the evening.
In short, it’s not every day a little girl from the West Coast gets to play two of Boston’s finest venues back to back!
Keepin’ on, havin’ a wicked good time~
At Johnny D’s
Some of you have gotten the memo already, but on May 5 between 4 and 7pm, I am going to be a chick singer. On May 5, Johnny D’s house band is going to learn 21 songs by 7 different chicks, and I will be among them boasting 3 originals. It will be my honour to play on such a renowned stage with such fine professionals on a Saturday evening. Here is the facebook thingy:
http://www.facebook.com/events/166685420119023/
Here is the pertinent info if you don’t have fb or are just cozy and want to stay here:
PLACE: Johnny D’s in Somerville (across the street from the Davis MBTA stop on the Red Line) http://www.johnnyds.com/directions/
DAY/DATE: Saturday, May 5, 2012
TIME: 4pm-7pm
LINEUP:
Mary Jennings; Olivia Oppedisano; Kristin Bythewood; Haley Chiocciarello; Valerie Giglio; ME!!; Marcia Macres; INTERMISSION; Anne Stott; Jennifer Truesdale (hostess with the mostest)
COST: $10 ~ All proceeds go to benefit the Music-In-Schools program
OTHER INTERESTING NOTES:
1) Cinco de Mayo AND Kentucky Derby. There will be food, drink, raffles and – yes – a “Best Derby Hat” contest.
2) This CSN Boston showcase is hosted by Jennifer Truesdale, Kristin Bythewood and the CSN Boston House Band (who are awesome, professional, and organized).
3) This is the 8th Anniversary of CSN Boston! In honour of this there will be VIP tickets available as well as the regular general admission tickets. VIP tickets are $40 and include a buffet dinner and preferred seating. If you are interested in purchasing this special offer, please call Jennifer Truesdale at 617.563.4553.
4) CSN is looking for sponsors! If you or your business might be interested in sponsoring the show, please call Jennifer Truesdale and she will send you the Sponsorship Pack.
Showin’ Off
Cory Vallejo (recording engineer), Rick Westrick (drums) and Brian Flick (bass) all allowed themselves to be pulled together by me and my irresponsible spontaneity (with the caveat that I wouldn’t be as spontaneous next time) to produce things like this:
They are definitely world class. If you like what you hear give me a jangle and I can hook you up with any of these fine people. And if you like what you hear, be on the lookout for updates having more to do with Album the 2nd…
It’s Always Washington
It’s good to be home.
So you’re looking at your calendar, and you think yay it’s the weekend…! And then you despair because you realize you have nothing planned. This is where i come in…
I’ll be playing there on Stevens and Main this Saturday from 6:30-9:30pm. There may be guest musicians, it may be just me, but either way it’s a darn good excuse to come taste wine and enjoy what i’ve been told is quality music.
On a separate note, i spent my first two days in town recording 6 songs for Album the 2nd–which event took place at Cory Vallejo’s studio in 5-mile. More details on this and other great artists…
Hope to see you Saturday~
Olivia
Oil-on-Canvas
Art too stodgy for you? Can’t stand wine and crackers? Don’t get the nuances and don’t care? I bet you’d rather have a big juicy burger and beer from a tap if you’re going to look at some paintings. Which is why I’ve put mine in Stars on Hingham Harbor, just for you because I know you like burgers as much as I do when you’re appreciating art. Six whimsified images from some of my old sketches of ways to abscond dissatisfactory circumstances. The series is entitled “Great Escapes.” I think I’ll ask a good photographer to come in and make some prints for me so I can make these available as greeting cards…
Test Post
Here’s to the first Blahg of the new website design~
And Welcome. Thank you for being a part of my life experience~
And Merry Christmas! (I know not everyone celebrates Christmas, but I do – my intention is not to offend, but to be true. Thanks for understanding~)
I’m not yet sure what to do with the old website – Doug Erickson did such a bang-up job on it (for you youngsters: Bang-up means Awesome) – but when I find out I will have that knowledge to share with anyone who wants to know. As to the old Blahg, I’m seeking a way to transfer it here.
BREAKING NEWS:
I’ll be home in Spokane for a good 8 days in February – from the 17th to the 25th, to be exact. I am in the process of booking some musical gigs, and if you’re reading this from Spokane and feel entitled to a little quality time, it’s very likely that I feel the same way about you. If I don’t call you first, you call me.
Part of the purpose of this trip is to begin preliminaries on the Second Album, some of whose songs you can find demoed on this site under “things to listen to” (my writer friends will please forgive the intentional poor grammar): Cookin’ Tune and Flash in the Pan. I’m gonna try to rope in at least a rhythm section for this new album which will feature a much swingier lineup than last album’s playlist, so I hope you dig.
I’ll be making a second trip to Spokane in June to rock the JACC hot-dog-and-beer style, so stay tuned for updates on that! There may also be a swing dance during that time accompanied by Olivia Brownlee and the Swing Set! Absolutely unmissable, even for double-lefties.
Give this webbie a browse and let me know what oughter be changed about it. And until we meet again, glad tidings~
