Listen Here First — Geoff Oelsner, Nov. 20 @ BGSO
Geoff Oelsner doesn’t spend too much time thinking about writing songs. Inspiration, he says, just hits him. He calls them “givens,” and he knows that a gift like that is to be used.
The songwriter releases his second CD of such songs, “Ordinary Mystery,” at a concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville. At the performance, he will be backed by local musicians Kelly Mulhollan, Robin Rues and Andrew Sieff.
On the recording, he was backed by all three of those players, but also his family, including his wife and two grown children who now make their careers as musicians.
Oelsner chatted with the us recently about the gifts of songs, the importance of recording with his family and his love of Native American cultures. Four songs on the album are dedicated to the countries different native peoples, and proceeds from the recording will be donated to Native American charities.
Read the story here.
Before you make the trip to the Botanical Gardens for the show, check out a couple of the tracks below.
Ordinary Mystery:
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Aboriginal Day, which features lyrics by the late local songwriter Nick Masullo:
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