WBS Holiday Party with North Sound Soul + Tollak Ollestad
December 22 @ 5:00 pm
The Washington Blues Society 2024 Holiday Party
Sunday DEC 22 -5pm
Music from North Sound Soul *AND Extra Special guest Tollak Ollestad from Amsterdam!!
All Ages Welcome
$10 sugested donation
Holiday Gift Store, Trivia, Treats n More
Tollak Ollestad is an American harmonica player, singer, keyboardist and songwriter. He is best known for his harmonica feature performance on the Northern Exposure tv series theme and on recordings by artists including Christopher Cross, Al Jarreau, Earth Wind and Fire, Natalie Cole, Gino Vannelli, Dave Grusin, and Billy Idol among others and his live performance with major touring artists.
He first became known as keyboardist/singer touring with artists Ambrosia and Bobby Caldwell. Around the same time he started gaining notoriety as a session harmonica player, starting with being featured in the theme for the television series Northern Exposure, and then a series of live credits with artists such as Don Henley, Andrea Bocelli, Chet Atkins and Kenny Loggins as well as features on several artist’s albums including Al Jarreau, Earth Wind and Fire, Natalie Cole, Gino Vannelli, Christopher Cross, Dave Grusin, Don Grusin, Billy Idol, M83 and Brian McKnight.[4] As a keyboardist/vocalist he has additionally toured or performed live with other artists including Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Sheena Easton, Jewel, Edgar Winter, Al Stewart, David Becker, and Seal.
Ollestad performed “Canzoni Stonate” live with Andrea Bocelli at his “Amore Under the Desert Sky” Concert. The concert was recorded at the Lake Las Vegas Resort in December 2005.
Established in 2021, North Sound Soul is a Bellingham based 9-piece
soul/funk/rock band comprised of savvy veterans of the Bellingham music scene. The band features a high-energy horn section, dynamic rhythm section
and is fronted by a tag-team duo of powerhouse vocalists.
Their material will take you on a journey from early soul standards by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave thru 70’s funk cuts by Aretha Franklin, Al Green and Stevie Wonder culminating in the classic horn-focused
tracks by Chicago and Tower of Power.