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Mark Olson
@markolsonmusic.bsky.social
singer - songwriter
I wrote the the 4th best song of all time. (Americana) Thank you to Richard Parkinson and Americana UK for the honor and recognition. I enjoy writing out of doors, field recordings, touring, museums, bookstores, friends and family. Have a great late November!

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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Richard Parkinson
Every writer faced with distilling the entire history of music into the Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time is faced with a need to place some boundaries around the task in order to get some sense o…
americana-uk.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I said goodbye to a student with a ten month old Irish setter. Leaving Serbia now. I’ve kept a lid open box inside of myself for late arriving memories.The tree lined streets of Belgrade-The Church above the trees-The commemorative pin that was given to me signifying a time of common participation.
May 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
There is a nice poster for my gig in a public square under a tree. Kulturni centar UMMUS, Kragujevac (Serbia) my photo has a lot of glass glare.
May 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
What is it? It’s not honey or molasses. I bought it from a woman in Vranje, Serbia. I keep it in my backpack. It’s a most sticky substance. She pointed at a tree. It’s not a maple tree. t’s a tree sap of some kind. It tastes like a vitamin and mineral train wreck. I’m having it 3 times a day now.
May 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I feel better after the therapeutic mineral water. We are not so young anymore. Now I am a seasoned songwriter and touring musician.
May 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The hot mineral water is mixed with the cold. I am to stay in here a long time. The tile bath is ancient.
May 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Here is a painting on the wall of the doctors office where I have come
to seek therapeutic treatment.
May 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I am being told that down this hallway on the left a door will open and a doctor will advise as to what happens next.
May 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I am seeking therapeutic medical treatment in Serbia. This is the place.
May 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
These two young women helped me find the bus for Paracin, Serbia. They will now buy a Qanun from Greece when they save the money. This is the Way of the World.
May 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Beautiful painting of Mary - Novi Sad, Serbia
May 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
CK 13 is my favorite music venue in Europe. It has atmosphere/sound +++ Novi Sad tonight is like Spring meets Fall.
Have a nice day.
May 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I am back at it. Belgrade tonight. I continue to read Etty Hillesum. She speaks of spiritual - landscapes. Her voice makes things change all the time around you.
May 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I walk back from the gig in Oslo and things are getting pretty again. I love walking in Europe. Tomorrow brings my 9th gig in Norway.
May 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
my Performance took place tonight at this lighthouse it was extraordinary I was able to focus and meet with people on the norwegian coast by the sea yes I am here in the wind
April 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
You are a brother and sister to every living person. Everyone has the ability to play the Armenian qanun. Go to the mountain top. Seal your instrument for travel. Enjoy your day.
April 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Bulgaria, Romania and North Macedonia will be posted when ticket links are up. The Netherlands audience is super cool. I am able to see Ingunn everyday on the phone and tell the pups to take it easy.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
How living in a world filled with beautiful musical instruments is a really good place to be.
April 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
April Tour Netherlands 2025
March 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
R. Bloodmoonster Fuller
March 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Norway April / May 2025
January 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Amid an overwhelming flood of donations, the park – normally a beloved hub in Arcadia for horse racing – instantly became a new front in the ballooning volunteer effort to aid the thousands who lost their homes in the Eaton fire
Amid Eaton fire devastation, Santa Anita Park transforms into an aid center for victims
Santa Anita Park racing was canceled for the weekend on Saturday. In it’s place: Donations, volunteers, aid for the victims of the Eaton fire.
www.pasadenastarnews.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! mark, ingunn, alma and polly. not capitalized. The puppies are 150 pound sisters from different litters. They are serious and nice at the same time. Their stockings are too small.
November 23, 2024 at 9:41 PM