Artist: Mark Olson

As 2011 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Gary Louris and Mark Olson left Jayhawks fans in a lurch when they parted ways rather abruptly in 1995. Turns out Olson had tired of all the obligations and trappings [...]

The pot at the end of the recent rainbow for long suffering Jayhawks fans.

Believe it or not, but it's been eight years since Rainy Day Music , The Jayhawks ' last full-length. It's been even longer (16 years) since co-songwriter Mark Olson departed to spend more time with then-wife Victoria Williams and her guitar following 19952s Tomorrow the Green Grass . But, in the time since, Olson and Gary Louris recorded an album together, reunited for a few tours (including Jayhawks shows at 20092s Primavera Sound), and released respective solo records. They've kept busy, but, nevertheless, Mockingbird Time marks a return of sorts, [...]

Photos by Steve Cohen​With only a couple of weeks left until the release of their reunion record, Mockingbird Time, the Jayhawks are flying into overdrive with a series of promotional shows, downloads

The Jayhawks just may be the most likable band of all time. That's not to say that any of their albums are really my all-time favorites, but the irresistable joy and warmth of their music always makes me feel better for having listened to it. The same is true of their new album, Mockingbird Time. [...]

Minneasotan kultakurkut The Jayhawks ovat palanneet yhteen ja julkaisevat uuden albumin Mockingbird Time 7. syyskuuta. Pääasiallisten säveltäjien Gary Louriksen ja Mark Olsonin lisäksi mukaan ovat lähteneet myös muut Tomorrow the Green Grass -levyn (1995) aikaiset jäsenet Karen Grotberg, Tim O'Reagan ja Marc Perlman. Ensimmäinen single She Walks In So Many Ways osoittaa, että taika on vielä tallella: ajattomat melodiat, helisevät kitarat ja kaunis yhteislaulu. The Jayhawks esiintyy 14. (loppuunmyyty) ja 15.8. Tavastialla . Paste Magazinen sivuilta löytyy paluuseen ja levyn tekemiseen keskittyvä video. [...]

• The Jayhawks - She Walks In So Many Ways

Jayhawks singer/guitarist (and former MAGNET guest editor) Mark Olson is the subject of a half-hour documentary. The Salvation Blues was directed by Ray Foley of Grain Pictures and is currently airing on the Documentary Channel. Watch the trailer for the film below.

Gary Louris and Mark Olson left Jayhawks fans in a lurch when they parted ways rather abruptly in 1995. Turns out Olson had tired of all the obligations and trappings that came with the Minneapolis-spawned group's hard-won success. So he escaped to the Mojave Desert to ply a rootsier, salt-of-the-earth trade with the help of [...]

Gary Louris and Mark Olson left Jayhawks fans in a lurch when they parted ways rather abruptly in 1995. Turns out Olson had tired of all the obligations and trappings that came with the Minneapolis-spawned group's hard-won success. So he escaped to the Mojave Desert to ply a rootsier, salt-of-the-earth trade with the help of [...]

Gary Louris and Mark Olson left Jayhawks fans in a lurch when they parted ways rather abruptly in 1995. Turns out Olson had tired of all the obligations and trappings that came with the Minneapolis-spawned group's hard-won success. So he escaped to the Mojave Desert to ply a rootsier, salt-of-the-earth trade with the help of [...]

Gary Louris and Mark Olson left Jayhawks fans in a lurch when they parted ways rather abruptly in 1995. Turns out Olson had tired of all the obligations and trappings that came with the Minneapolis-spawned group's hard-won success. So he escaped to the Mojave Desert to ply a rootsier, salt-of-the-earth trade with the help of [...]

Gary Louris and Mark Olson left Jayhawks fans in a lurch when they parted ways rather abruptly in 1995. Turns out Olson had tired of all the obligations and trappings that came with the Minneapolis-spawned group's hard-won success. So he escaped to the Mojave Desert to ply a rootsier, salt-of-the-earth trade with the help of [...]

Gary Louris and Mark Olson left Jayhawks fans in a lurch when they parted ways rather abruptly in 1995. Turns out Olson had tired of all the obligations and trappings that came with the Minneapolis-spawned group's hard-won success. So he escaped to the Mojave Desert to ply a rootsier, salt-of-the-earth trade with the help of [...]

Gary Louris and Mark Olson left Jayhawks fans in a lurch when they parted ways rather abruptly in 1995. Turns out Olson had tired of all the obligations and trappings that came with the Minneapolis-spawned group's hard-won success. So he escaped to the Mojave Desert to ply a rootsier, salt-of-the-earth trade with the help of [...]

Gary Louris and Mark Olson left Jayhawks fans in a lurch when they parted ways rather abruptly in 1995. Turns out Olson had tired of all the obligations and trappings that came with the Minneapolis-spawned group's hard-won success. So he escaped to the Mojave Desert to ply a rootsier, salt-of-the-earth trade with the help of [...]

Gary Louris and Mark Olson left Jayhawks fans in a lurch when they parted ways rather abruptly in 1995. Turns out Olson had tired of all the obligations and trappings that came with the Minneapolis-spawned group's hard-won success. So he escaped to the Mojave Desert to ply a rootsier, salt-of-the-earth trade with the help of [...]

On this expanded classic, the Jayhawks wear their rock bonafides on their sleeves just as comfortably as do their Gram Parsons cowboy boots. Saddle up.

As good now as it was then.

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Releases Ten years after he quit the Jayhawks , in 2005 Mark Olson started writing and performing music with his old bandmate Gary Louris again. At first, the Jayhawks' two principal members reshaped themselves as a duo but, more recently, they began playing under the old band moniker. If it was in name alone at first, Louris and Olson have since committed to doing it right. Last year, [...]

Mark Olson rediscovers his inner-romantic on the quietly elegant folk-pop of Many Colored Kite. Pop music - Mark Olson - Recreation and Sports - Music - Arts