Carla Olson

Interview: Carla Olson on the joys of collaborating and producing

November 7, 2023 Martin Johnson 4

Celebrating a life of playing and listening to music and tipping her hat to Paladin. Carla Olson first came to the wider attention of the listening public with her band the Textones who were part of […]

Carla Olson “Set You Free This Time” – with Gene Clark

October 4, 2023 Jonathan Aird 2

Oh, this is truly something special for you today dear reader. Taken from Carla Olson’s third album of duets, entitled ‘Have Harmony Will Travel 3‘ comes this previously unreleased recording of Carla and Gene Clark singing […]

Video: Stephen McCarthy and Carla Olson “We Gotta Split This Town”

November 22, 2022 Ed Donnelly 2

Two americana icons join forces for a new rave up, ‘We Gotta Split This Town’. This is the second single from Stephen McCarthy and Carla Olson’s forthcoming duets album ‘Night Comes Falling’. The tale of a […]

Video: Stephen McCarthy & Carla Olson “Night Comes Falling”

October 3, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the title track from a new collaborative album from Stephen McCarthy and Carla Olson. The pair have a hugely influential history in the music industry, with McCarthy having starred in Long Ryders, Jayhawks and […]

Carla Olson “I Can See For Miles” – supporting Teen Cancer America

May 6, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Carla Olson has recorded The Who’s classic song as a support to the band’s Teen Cancer America charity. Having become aware of their work, the immediate thought was, “how can we help?” and the initial idea […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers