Career
Many of her recordings appear on Rounder Records. On her recent albums, she collaborates with the Australian cellist Peter Grayling and mandolinist Alan Hughes. Born in San Francisco and raised in Haight-Asbury during the 1960s, Kristina"s approach to music and life was formed by that environment of vital cultural expression, social activism and diverse musical influences.
Many acclaimed artists as Eric Bibb, Fairport Convention, Maddy Prior, Mary Coughlan and Mollie O"Brien have covered and recorded songs by Olsen.
Olsen has also worked as a session musician on numerous artist"s albums including playing the hammered dulcimer on Michelle Shocked"s album "Short Sharp Shocked" and touring as Mary Coughlan"s guitarist in 2005. Olsen has performed as a multi-instrumentalist in plays for the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles Music Center.
Olsen is a frequent contributor to Acoustic Guitar magazine, writing articles on guitar and performance technique. Kristina has been part of a songwriters" group for over two decades and has taught songwriting, slide guitar and dance for musicians at adult music camps from Alaska to New York City to the United Kingdom to Australia for over a dozen years.
