Dean Olson’s own contributions to StrongWriter including interviews, music, and articles.
In today’s episode, I invite you to savor the musical life of piano based singer and songwriter KATE MILLS. She creates lovely songs with honest lyrics and tells stories from the most recent years of her life with her debut album ‘EACH BITTERSWEET DROP.’ Kate was raised in Bucks County Pennsylvania and is currently settled…
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Today’s episode features a soulful blues artist whose eponymous JASON LEE McKINNEY BAND has been hitting all the right chords with critics and fans alike for about a decade. Jason Lee McKinney is not only a talented singer and songwriter; but having achieved a DBA, MBA and a BA, he also a doctor. And he…
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Recently, I was given the opportunity, and the honor, to interview a wonderful young woman who travelled from her homeland of Havana (with her four bandmates) to shape a shared musical dream. LISSET DIAZ is the voice and face of SWEET LIZZY PROJECT, an exciting rock band whose debut album ‘Technicolor’ is featured throughout our…
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It was just a couple of short weeks before Valentine’s Day 2020, when I set up a time to interview Liverpool based singer and songwriter ROBERT VINCENT. He was a standout at the 2019 AmericanaFest in Nashville with his multi-influenced style of folk music that sounds like it was homegrown in this country. Today’s episode…
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I am so happy that I recently got the opportunity to feature an exciting female artist from the City Of Sails, where the Kiwi proudly play! I’ll put it another way: TAMI NEILSON is an incredible singer who hails from Auckland, New Zealand, and I am proudly presenting her latest album and my conversation as…
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Today’s episode is musically and holiday themed as I feature a very special guest DEANA MARTIN. It was truly an honor to chat with a princess, actually the daughter of crooning legend Dean Martin, as we discuss her famous father and his music. Specifically, the 1944 Frank Loesser penned Christmas favorite “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”…
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Today’s episode features a very special guest who has stood behind songwriters and artists for about forty-five years. He is “The Singer’s Producer” CHARLES WALLERT, and I was fortunate to spend an hour learning about his illustrious journey through the music business, which continues into the present day. Along the way, Charles has made many…
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Today’s episode puts the spotlight on a young female singer-songwriter who has toured the country, busked in Galway, Ireland, and yet she hasn’t drifted far from her island. What I’m referring to is EMILY MURE’s hometown on Roosevelt Island in New York City, the setting in which she and I began to narrate her story….
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Today’s episode features a man who wears many hats in the entertainment industry. ANSON WILLIAMS earned a special place in the hearts of TV viewers as Warren “Potsie” Weber on the ABC-TV series ‘Happy Days.’ After ten seasons in front of the camera on that hit show, Anson continued with many endeavors, including a very…
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Today’s episode features a self-proclaimed troubadour who, though born and raised in Ireland, is a longtime resident of the Boston area. He is songwriter/musician BOB BRADSHAW and he spent some time sharing his life and songwriting knowledge which was enhanced by the famed Berklee College of Music. He and I talked in detail of his…
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