Ollella

Ollella’s career as a musician started early, when she sang before she could talk. She has since created a life as a multidisciplinary artist working as an indie-folk cellist, vocalist, songwriter, and graphic artist.

Trained as a classical cellist since the age of nine, the Seattle-based musician blends her technical background with authoritative vocals, live-looping, and improvisation. Pulling on inspirations like Florence + the Machine, Maggie Rogers, and Cat Power, she blends the acoustic with the contemporary, folk with pop, and tenacity with softness. Her playing has been featured in films screened at Film Festivals such as Sundance and Aspen Film Fest; on recordings with others, including Grammy-winning artist Peter Kater; and has shared stages with popular Americana acts such as the Shook Twins and Rising Appalachia.

Ollella finds herself drawn to music because it unlocks a particularly organic flavor of humanity – one that fits the type of world she believes in. Her work is ever-morphing, like herself.