Dean Olson

StrongWriter On the Radio: (Episode 25) “Kanisha K – Bring Me Home Again”

January 31, 2015 Dean Olson

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_message color=”alert-info” style=”3d”]Kanisha K returns to the show with a new track, which is actually a remix of her popular dance single, “Bring Me Home.” In addition to our conversation, you’ll get to hear some of my favorite songs from this young pop songstress. And for some reason, I had to check her diva temperature, and…

Erroll Garner (1923 – 1977)

January 2, 2015 Dean Olson

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Shantell Ogden – Dreams Do Come True!

October 5, 2014 Dean Olson

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…

Music Is Life!

July 5, 2014 Dean Olson

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.

This Is For the Jazz In You!

April 8, 2014 Dean Olson

Lord, have mercy!!! Post by Frank Garcia.

Meanwhile In the 90’s … There Was Silverchair

March 13, 2014 Dean Olson

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text h1_css=”{.vc_customizer_1423201446903}” h2_css=”{.vc_customizer_1423201446903}” h3_css=”{.vc_customizer_1423201446903}” h4_css=”{.vc_customizer_1423201446903}” h5_css=”{.vc_customizer_1423201446903}” h6_css=”{.vc_customizer_1423201446903}” p_css=”{.vc_customizer_1423201446903}” link_css=”{.vc_customizer_1423201446903}” list_css=”{.vc_customizer_1423201446903}”]What were you doing on your eighteenth birthday? This kid from down under and his two bandmates were digging the gold from their second album (Freak Show). Since the 1990’s there has been a steady wave of child performers who came of age in the…

I like YOU to Like ME!!

March 6, 2014 Dean Olson

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…

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

March 2, 2014 Dean Olson

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…

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

January 4, 2014 Dean Olson

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…

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

December 23, 2013 Dean Olson

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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