Single “I Buried the Harp of Mourning” is taken from the album Desert Health Farm Sacred Songs – Trust Us! which is the husband-and-wife duo’s fourth collaboration mines a “Desert dulcimer circle healing center vibe” that is awash with darkness and light out 18^th September 2026 via Rock Svirke Records.

Upcoming dates below

„I Buried the Harp of Mourning“ is the first single from Mark Olson & Ingunn Ringvold from their upcoming album Desert Health Farm Sacred Songs – Trust Us! out 18^th September 2026 via Rock Svirke Records.

The recording sessions occurred during the heat of summer at Thermometer Shelter Studios, located in the Surprise Valley, CA.

Mark Olson on writing “I Buried the Harp of Mourning”: “Saturday night. You feel no pain when you are in the woods running to catch your new insect for the collection. Later when the mosquitos are out your leg skin swells up in a thousand starlike blisters. I would like to figure out the meaning of signed papers. It just doesn’t matter. When the turmoil becomes too great you run for your sister’s couch. Beresford, South Dakota is your safe place. Why does everyone seem so detached and menacing in the café just off the interstate there?”

Mark Olson was born and raised in Minnesota by a family of mostly farmers and schoolteachers. Predominately a self-taught musician, Olson is well known for his use of alternate tunings and two-part unison singing that then breaks into harmony. He founded the Jayhawks in 1985 in Minneapolis. Olson was a principal songwriter, singer and guitarist for the band’s self-titled debut album, as well as later releases Blue Earth, Hollywood Town Hall, Tomorrow the Green Grass, and Mockingbird Time. Upon leaving the Jayhawks, he formed the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers in 1997. That band, later called the Creekdippers, made seven albums.

Ingunn Ringvold comes from Larvik, Norway. Blessed with a naturally beautiful voice, she began singing in public at a very young age. Ringvold hears music in her heart and writes emotionally moving string arrangements. She has released four solo albums in addition to her collaborations with Olson.

Mark and Ingunn live in the Surprise Valley, CA. They record and work from home in the company of two Great Pyrenees Mountain dogs they bought from nuns in Tehachapi, CA.

“Desert Health Farm Sacred Songs – Trust Us!” track listing:

1. Walking with the Mountains
2. I Buried the Harp of Mourning
3. Why is Mary in Faribault
4. Sunshine Hillside
5. If I Gave the World to You
6. Missing Windows, Books and Games
7. June
8. Ask Me a Question
9. Tarantula Hawk
10. Topanga Park
11. Sour Apple Bob’s Yard Party

Single “I Buried the Harp of Mourning”: https://ffm.to/markolson-iburiedtheharpofmourning

Album “Desert Health Farm Sacred Songs – Trust Us!”: https://ffm.to/markolson-deserthealthfarmsacredsongstrustus

Tour Dates (2026):

25^th Oct – Sunflower, Belfast (NIR)

26^th Oct – Whelan’s, Dublin (IRL)

30^th Oct – The Lescar, Sheffield (UK)

4^th Nov – Barnoldswick Music and Arts Centre, Barnoldswick (UK)

5^th Nov – The Green Hotel, Kinross (SCO)

6^th Nov – Aces and Eights Bar & Pizza, London (UK)

8^th Nov – The Cluny 2, Newcastle (UK)

12^th Nov – The Chapel, Nottingham (UK)

13^th Nov – Zenit Books, Novi Sad (RS)

14^th Nov – Lisabon, Belgrade (RS)

More dates to be announced…