Ollabelle
Ollabelle is a New York based folk music group named after the influential Appalachian songwriter Ola Belle Reed. The group is composed of five singing multi-instrumentalists hailing from disparate parts of the United States, Canada and Australia.
History
Ollabelle formed during the post-9/11 days of 2001 at Sunday night gospel music sessions humorously dubbed "Sunday School for Sinners" held in a small bar called 9C (so named for its location at the corner of East 9th Street and Avenue C on Manhattan's Lower East Side). Their individual talents and musical tastes fused together to provide a unique musical experience influenced by various genres such as gospel, traditional/folk, blues, bluegrass, rock, soul, and even jazz. The group was featured on the National Public Radio program All Things Considered in a 2004 segment, and was part of bluegrass/country artist Alison Krauss' national Great High Mountain Tour (2004) which in addition to Ms. Krauss also featured the revered American traditional artist Ralph Stanley. The past several years have seen Ollabelle on the road touring many states including Alaska, several European countries, and they have also played at the 2004 Newport Folk Festival, the 2007 South By Southwest music event held annually in Austin, Texas, and North Carolina's MerleFest, (2008). More recently, Ollabelle toured as part of "The American Beauty Project" a live presentation of songs from the classic Grateful Dead album American Beauty in which Ollabelle do their interpretations of several songs including the beautiful "Brokedown Palace". The American Beauty Project released a 2-CD live recording in 2007 featuring Ollabelle, Jim Lauderdale, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Catherine Russell & David Gans. Ollabelle served as the house band for the Simon & Garfunkel tribute show at New York's Central Park Summerstage on June 8, 2010.
Ollabelle (album)
Ollabelle is self-titled debut album from 2004 by New York act Ollabelle. It was produced by T-Bone Burnett.
Track listing
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ALBUMS
- Neon Blue Bird released: 2011
- Riverside Battle Songs released: 2006
- Ollabelle released: 2004
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Reach For Love
by: OllabelleLord, above can't you hear me calling?
My world around me
Seems to keep falling down
One more time around
My feet are tired, soul is broken
Things I believed in
Were only smokin' mirrors
Now I'm left with tears
But when I reach for love
Baby, there it goes
Once was a thief, once was a drifter
Every road I've chosen
Seems to keep shiftin' around
Promise in a golden crown
But when I reach for love
Baby, there it goes
Come with me, stay with me
I don't know
Where we're going to
Be the love I can hold on
Did my time, paid my dues
Followed that river
Straight on home to you
And love came rollin' through
When I reach for love
Baby, there it goes
When I reach for love
Baby, there it goes
But when I reach for love
Baby, there it goes, there it goes
There it goes