Search - Evan Olson :: Red

Discovery...

Pippin62 | Marlow, Ok United States | 08/06/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have never seen an episode of Dawson's Creek or any of the other shows mentioned on the CD wrapper, I have seen "All I Want", an idependant film staring Elijah Wood. Two of Evan Olson's songs ('Not What I Wanted' and 'Ticking Away'), are on the soundtrack. I love all the music in the film but Evan Olsons's stood out so I went in search of his music and found "RED". I felt like Garfield eating lasagne for the first time...had I died and gone to heaven?

I have a wide range in musical taste and this music satisfies my audio palate. It has what I would call an "up-to-the-minute-Retro" feel to it. It's fresh and new but with '70's pop and rock influences.

I am appalled that I had let Mr. Olson's music slip past me for so long. I amend my ways though. I am a new fan!

As Admiral Byrd might have said when he flew over the North Pole "This is so cool!""

Songs heard in TV shows! Smallville, Alias, Felicity, Dawson

Pippin62 | 03/21/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"if you like Matthew Sweet, Dave Mathews or Craig David, you will dig this CD!it's extra fun because i know these songs from my favorite TV shows: Smallville, Alias, Felicity, Dawson's Creek, Sex and the City, etc."

Champagne Pop

Lee Armstrong | Winterville, NC United States | 10/13/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Evan Olson's CD "Red" is sparkling pop, as effervescent as champagne. The CD may be titled "Red," but its cover is blue while the music pulses with energy & imagination. With 20 songs on the CD, it's an ambitious effort. Five of the songs are my favorites. The opener "I Can't Forget" is a bubbly pop tune with insurgent guitars, "Time moving like a river, I watch the sun rise in your eyes." "Love, stranger than a freight train rolling down the tracks across my heart; You, more beautiful than love, I knew that I was in it from the start," Evan sings in a high voice with a chorus of background vocals on the upbeat tune "Beautiful World." "Settled" is a gorgeous pop tune with high vocals that float cloudlike over the strum of guitars. "Burn Me Down" rocks hard with an upbeat melody, "Bad days come & bad days go then everything's just fine." My very favorite is "Silly Grin" with a pulsing bass line that would have been comfortable on the "Bus Stop" CDs. There are no weak tracks on this CD. Olson's music is happy, energetic pop that's fun to listen to again & again. Enjoy!"