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DEAN OLSON is a songwriter host and producer of the weekly radio show "StrongWriter On the Radio." The popular long form music interview program is now a weekly podcast with new episodes being added each week. Dean is based out of Orange County, California.

Erroll Garner (1923 – 1977)

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Shantell Ogden – Dreams Do Come True!

Over the last three years, I’ve been sharing music and media from a good friend and role model, Miss Shantell Ogden, Songwriter.   She has been and remains one of my favorite StrongWriters, and many of my music friends have become fans as well.   Nashville has got to be mighty proud to have her in…

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Music Is Life!

Music heals in different ways. Watch this inspirational musical scene again… Music Is Life!   Hat Tip to the show Black Box. Post by Black Box.

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Meanwhile In the 90’s … There Was Silverchair

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I like YOU to Like ME!!

StrongWriter On the Radio   A message to all of my listeners, but particularly music creators and songwriters! We’re getting the band back together!!  What I mean is THE RADIO SHOW IS BACK!!  Please help me to make the show more resourceful for YOU! As I invite future guests to visit with me, I want…

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StrongWriter On the Radio – Episode 01 “Get To Know Shantell Ogden”

LIFT OFF!  WE HAVE LIFT OFF! Today is the official launch of the show on AWOP / Raven International! Featured guest – SHANTELL OGDEN You can hear Shantell Ogden – then and now! Today we air my first interview with this Nashville-based singer-songwriter. Then, on an upcoming episode, we will catch up with what she’s…

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Accentuating the positive: SF singer/songwriter spreads his messages through music

By Adrian Gomez Chris Chickering needed some rest – so he took it. After working 60-70 hours a week this past summer on music, he retreated to Florida for two months. The singer-songwriter is back and ready to promote his latest album, “Living in the Now,” which came out on Oct. 1. Chickering wrote 37…

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With ‘Saving Mr. Banks,’ songwriter Richard Sherman relives the pain of ‘Mary Poppins’

85-year-old Richard Sherman is a character in the Disney holiday release “Saving Mr. Banks” opposite Emma Thompson as Travers and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney.   Jason Schwartzman plays Sherman and B.J. Novak plays Sherman’s brother and songwriting partner, Robert B. Sherman. Schwartzman, who at 33 is two years older than Sherman was in 1961, sings “Feed the Birds” beautifully…

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Eclectic Rhythms Band presents “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!”

ERB here, bringing you heartfelt yuletide wishes and good cheer! This third most popular Christmas song was written in 1943 by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin. It was first introduced to us in the 1944 musical film Meet Me In St. Louis, where Judy Garland sings to her little sister to cheer her up on…

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