Christine Ohlman, The Beehive Queen, is ready to rock the Gilson
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Singer Christine Ohlman is performing at the Gilson Theatre in Winsted.Rose Buckens / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Singer Christine Ohlman is performing at the Gilson Theatre in Winsted.Christine Ohlman / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Christine Ohlman, known as the Beehive Queen for her mile-high teased and lacquered blond hair, began her recording career at age 16 with a New Haven group called Black Band, and she hasn’t stopped singing and writing songs since.
Ohlman tours relentlessly with her band Rebel Montez (Cliff Goodwin, Lorne Entress, and Michael Colbath). “I love traveling and staying in historic hotels,” Ohlman said. “We are touring two or three weeks at a time.”
Bandwagon Summer Series: Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez Known as the Beehive Queen, the long-time lead singer of the Saturday Night Live Band gets boots tapping with country, rock and blues tunes.
Blues Beat: Celebrate 2021 with the Beehive Queen
Domenic Forcella
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Friday, mark your calendar and rock into 2021 Beehive fashion.Domenic Forcella / Contributed photo
This week’s column covers an array of activities in the blues world. Blues Beat is looking forward to the day when this column will be filled with blues entertainment from around the state.
Friday, mark your calendar and rock into 2021 Beehive fashion. Join Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez (Cliff Goodwin, Lorne Entress, Michael Colbath) as they perform live and online from the Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, Mass., on YouTube. The show goes live at 8 p.m. at https://rb.gy/e6atrt More information at: https://rb.gy/yg58ji
With his 2020 album Starting Over, Chris Stapleton demonstrates just maybe there is still hope for country music of the major label variety. Whereas Stapletonâs excellent new one holds tightly to the traditional side of country music equation, the thinking here is itâs more of an anomaly and country will stay the course on the road to pop-ville. Then again, the album did debut at the number one position on the Billboard country album charts in the first week of release, so obviously the traditional side of the genre is still resonating to people somewhere. Simply put, it is an album highly worthy of ears and receives the Ear Bliss look-see this week along with the latest album from Americana country cat Brent Cobb. Keep âEm On They Toes is the name of Cobbâs latest. His first album since relocating back to his native Georgia after stints in Nashville and Los Angeles, it is a reflective affair about his thoughts and feelings about both his own life and what heâ�