2004 Debut Album
NY TIMES REVIEW
By Ben Ratliff
OLLABELLE -- Black Southern gospel, rural blues, Appalachian music, roots rock -- it's all one thing, if a smart modern musician wants it to be. The New York band Ollabelle has six of them, including the singers Amy Helm (Levon's daughter) and Fiona McBain, the keyboardist Glenn Patscha (who used to live in New Orleans, where he played in some good jazz and blues bands) and the guitarist Jimi Zhivago. Nearly all of them sing, and on ''Ollabelle'' (DMZ/Columbia) they blend church vocal arrangements with grooves measured out in slow, fat drips.