This queen of blue-eyed rock n’ soul grew up loving equally the sweetness of a Memphis horn line and the raunch of an electric guitar riff, whether played by Muddy Waters, Keith Richards, or Pop Staples. Teased her blonde hair into a beehive in honor of Ronnie Spector and never looked back, picking up a guitar and forging a career as a songwriter in the process.  She’s the current, long-time vocalist with the Saturday Night Live Band, whose latest CD, 2010’s The Deep End, was honored on five national Top Ten lists and features special guests/duet partners Ian Hunter, Dion DiMucci, and Marshall Crenshaw, plus Levon Helm, GE Smith, Andy York, Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, Catherine Russell, Big Al Anderson and others. Ohlman’s legendary voice and presence were featured most recently at the 2102 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Concert in Cleveland (filmed by HBO) and the 2012 Carnegie Hall tribute to the Rolling Stones, as well as on SNL’s 25^th Anniversary telecast; Bob Dylan’s 30th Anniversary bash at The Garden (with George Harrison, Chrissie Hynde, and others); the Obama Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C.; The Lincoln Center “American Songbook” series with Sting, Lou Reed and Van Dyke Parks;  the 2011 WC Handy Festival (dueting with Bonnie Bramlett); and the Central Park Summerstage Tribute To Janis Joplin (where she fronted both Big Brother & The Holding Company and the Kozmic Blues Band).

She appears on Grammy nominees A Tribute To Howlin’ Wolf (with Taj Mahal and Lucinda Williams) and Charlie Musselwhite’s One Night In America (with Marty Stuart); sings the theme song for NBC’s 30 Rock; worked on a musical with the late Cy Coleman (who compared her sense of timing to Peggy Lee’s); duets live whenever possible with blues giant Hubert Sumlin (as she had with the late Eddie Kirkland) as well as with the aforementioned Miss Spector, Americana stalwart Paul Thorn and New Orleans legends The Subdudes (she joins The ‘Dudes, BB King, Irma Thomas, Richard Thompson and others on Get You A Healin’ to benefit the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic); guested during the 2010 Jazz & Heritage Fest’s “Down On The Bayou II” with Widespread Panic’s JoJo Hermann, again to benefit The Clinic, and headlined 2011’s “Down On The Bayou III” with Mac Rebennack, Irma Thomas and others); collaborated on critically-acclaimed tracks with Marshall Crenshaw (Labour Of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe), Big Al Anderson (Pawn Shop Guitars), and Ian Hunter (both Shrunken Heads and his upcoming 2012 release); edited legendary Rolling Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham’s autobiography 2Stoned and is a cover-story-writing contributor to Elmore Magazine; and worked with Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder & others on the Rhythm & Blues Foundation Awards–all the while continuing to torch clubs up and down the Eastern Seaboard in support of her recordings (Strip, The Hard Way, Radio Queen, Wicked Time, 2008 career retrospective Re-Hive,  2010’s aforementioned The Deep End,  and 2011 concert DVD Live Hive) with her band Rebel Montez (Michael Colbath-bass; Cliff Goodwin-guitar; Larry Donahue-drums). “I’ve come here tonight to set your souls on fire,” she’ll tell an audience. And she will.

Selected Review Quotes/ “The Deep End”

“There are so many ‘wow’ moments”- Dave Marsh, SIRIUS/XM Radio personality / Rolling Stone editor emeritus

“The Beehive Queen has never sounded better”- Andrew Loog Oldham, Producer, The Rolling Stones / SIRIUS/XM Radio personality

“Whatever she touches becomes soulful and passionate. Ohlman always sounds like her born-to-be-bad self, belting out songs like the spitfire she is. It’s that swagger combined with tenderness that makes her so compelling…the perfect balance of raw soul and gutsy rock.  Perhaps the most powerful and potent moment is the title track, a gospel-infused swamp ballad that seems autobiographical, especially when she sings that she’s ‘hard to handle, the excitable kind/take off runnin’ when I could’ve walked.’ Ohlman never flinches from the hard stuff and throughout The Deep End, she dives in like the classic soul kings and queens she idolizes.” – Hal Horowitz, The All Music Guide

“Ohlman and Rebel Montez concoct a Soul atmosphere as thick and palpable as a humid Southern night. Ohlman’s voice is a dusky, supple thing of dark Soul beauty, like a genre splice of Dusty Springfield and Delbert McClinton. She sells the album’s handful of covers with aching authenticity, from her duets with Marshall Crenshaw on the Marvin Gaye/Mary Wells classic “What’s the Matter with You Baby” and with the incomparable Dion on “Cry Baby Cry.” But the standouts on The Deep End are Ohlman’s stunning originals, which blister and soothe in equal measure.”- Brian Baker, Cincinnati CityBeat

“The Deep End insists on telling the truth until it alters perceptions of love and loss and how it all works, especially when it falls apart so tragically as that which produced this work of art. Here comes the sun, healing and transcendent.” –www.thebluegrassspecial.com

“The husky-voiced singer is a full-package talent, a dynamic rocker who draws on soul and blues in ways that give her music a classic feel even as it pulses with her own personality. Make no mistake: If Ian Hunter, Dion DiMucci, Marshall Crenshaw, Levon Helm, G.E. Smith, Big Al Anderson, and Eric Ambel draw you into The Deep End, it’s Ohlman who ends up making the biggest impression. As in: ‘Wow’.” – Nick Cristiano, Philadelphia Inquirer (syndicated/185 markets)

“She of the beehive hairdo and the Saturday Night Live Band brings the ringing endorsement of Charlie Musselwhile to her excitedly sung and enjoyable roots-rock songs”- Downbeat

“Ohlman turns out the best blue-eyed soul of her career…’The Gone of You’ fully exhibits how much grief a blues-drenched heart can bear. The whole history of soul music can be heard here, reflected in a passionate life–or two.”  – Dave Marsh, Rock & Rap Confidential

“As a singer, Ohlman makes each song sound like a prime cut on a jukebox in a Memphis barbecue joint. Hit(s) the sweet spot, straight and true.” –Vintage Guitar Magazine

“Expect this album to pepper a few best-of lists in December.” –Bill Holmes,  www.popmatters.com

“Christine Ohlman and her band Rebel Montez have just released their sixth studio album, The Deep End, to what will undoubtedly be rave critical acclaim. Let it begin here. It’s staggering!”  – Reb Landers, www.thealternateroot.com

“The record, like any good bit of love, has layers: not so much warning as honest admission – or perhaps understanding – of love’s varied means and ends.” –Kim Ruehl, NoDepression.com

“Christine Ohlman writes and sings about human interactions, from irresistible sex to true love and, ultimately, unbelievable loss.  There’s never a doubt that Ohlman is singing from an experienced heart.” – Kay Cordtz, Elmore Magazine

“Her sound combines the romanticism of Brill Building pop and horn-fed Stax muscle into a potent rock ‘n’ roll stew. Ohlman’s band is similarly road-tested (the bass of Michael Colbath is particularly notable).” -  www.hyperbolium.com

“If you give “The Deep End” a spin, you’ll be an Ohlman fan for life. (4 stars)” – The Daily News, McKeesport, PA (Pittsburgh Metro)

“Don’t let the beehive hair or glammed-up persona fool you. Christine Ohlman can deliver the goods. With a delivery that carries all the joy of early rock and roll, Ohlman owns the voice of choice for every style – Blues Revue -  June/July 2010

“A perfect concoction of musicianship and road weary soaked vocals….making the disc a solid listen is the wonderful group of musicians, Rebel Montez, who really add an exceptional backing groove to these 15 tracks and gives it an A-plus sheen. The Deep End is a diamond in the rough.” – Carl Cortez, iF Magazine

“Ohlman exudes rock and soul authenticity from her wailing vocals to her beehive hairdo..a confident, cool  and street-savy diva.”  – M Music and Musicians (successor to Performing Songwriter)

CHRISTINE OHLMAN PERFORMS THE TITLE TRACK to “The Deep End”

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