STOLEN OGRE MAKES SECOND APPEARANCE ON NATIONAL COMPILATION
Band reaching out to fans while working on sophomore effort

SEATTLE, WA June 6, 2006, As Stolen Ogre's follow-up to their debut record "Road to Jericho" continues to be crafted, the band is reaching out to new fans by appearing on a second Relix Magazine compilation. As a national Relix Jamoff winner Stolen Ogre made it's first appearance on a special Relix CD and in the January 2006 issue was touted as one of Relix's Hot New Bands among some of the best unsigned groups in the country. The song "Icing" was selected for the compilation. The June/July issue of Relix Magazine includes a new compilation which features "Jericho" the title track from "Road to Jericho". Also on the compilation are Les Claypool, Hot Tuna (w/ Bill Graham Intro), Sam Bush, New Riders of the Purple Sage among others.

In addition to Relix retail outlets and subscription base, the CD sampler issue will be distributed at major music festivals such as Tennessee's Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival, New York's Mountain Jam and California's High Sierra as well as other events throughout the country.

"It is an honor to be among such amazing world class artists and being distributed in such a world class magazine." remarks Michael McMorrow," Reaching new fans right in the heart of the music scene we were spawned from really is what it is all about."

It was on a H.O.R.D.E. festival tour that McMorrow met and jammed with Blues Traveler drummer Brendan Hill. Inspired from those jam sessions, Hill along with McMorrow became founding members of Stolen Ogre. Brendan also recorded on the band's debut release Road To Jericho.

Like H.O.R.D.E, Bonnaroo has become a pivotal force for the Jam scene. Rolling Stone magazine named this revolutionary entertainment experience one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll. Ironically, as H.O.R.D.E. festival founders Blues Traveler makes thier first appearance at Bonnaroo, Stolen Ogre will gain more exposure in the Bonnaroo Beacon, the daily program for the 4 day music fest, by being the band highlighted in daily Shadowhawk Records' ads.

Relix Magazine after almost 30 years and with over 300,000 readers and growing is still "a music magazine "deadicated" not only to entertaining its readership, but providing a true community for lovers of "music for the mind". Making its first fully dedicated reach outside the U.S., a Japanese version of Relix was recently launched in Japan.

Stolen Ogre is the studio working on its second Shadowhawk Records release and staying close to their home in Seattle, Washington "conserving fuel" quips McMorrow.

STOLEN OGRE BEGINS NEXT ALBUM
RELIX MAGAZINE ~ "Stolen Ogre - Hot New Band"
'LITTLE DRUMMER BOY' AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

SEATTLE, WA (Winter 2005/2006) The December/January issue of Relix Magazine;(The national flagship music magazine for the ever expanding underground Jamband music world) includes the 2005 Jamoff winners Stolen Ogre .
Touted as one of Relix's Hot New Bands among some of the best unsigned groups in the nation, Relix writes:

"Stolen Ogre remains honest, playing straightforward jam rock while keeping it's lyrics candid and meaningful."

The Relix 2005 Jamoff compilation which includes Stolen Ogre's "Icing" from "Road to Jericho", can initially be downloaded from emusic.com. The December/January Issue of Relix can be be found at all major bookstore outlets. ie Barnes and Noble etc...

Also new (12-05-05) is a great review of Stolen Ogre on www.kyndmusic.com "Micks Picks" Mick Skidmore, former feature writer for Relix Magizine remarks:

"Stolen Ogre is quite simply one of the best bands I have heard in a long time. Their debut album Road To Jericho (Shadowhawk Records) has been one of my favorites of the year." "...Stolen Ogre plays concise and polished music that fuses elements from various genres into finely honed songs."

Stolen Ogre has begun writing the follow-up to 2004's debut "Road to Jericho" While the group has not released any definite track listing, Michael McMorrow remarked that

"House of Candy" and "So We Danced" are "definite candidates". "We basically are in the writing and pre-production process. "Up From the Sky" (working title) will mark growth in the groups sound. "Think of dipping into "Road to Jericho" and running it through a sieve then melting down the remaining nuggets with a healthy dose of a more prominent Pamela and you jusy might get a glimpse of what's to come" says Michael.

Just in time for the holiday season, Stolen Ogre's version of the Holiday classic "Little Drummer Boy" can be downloaded from the bands website at www.stolenogre.com in various formats. This is the version that the band released nationally to radio winter 2004. MP3 and a flac file (lossless file) versions will be available through the end of the year.

(UPDATE!) RELIX MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES STOLEN OGRE AS JAMOFF2005 WINNER

NEW YORK CITY, NY (July 2005)
2005 JamOff Winners Announced
Stolen Ogre is pleased to announce that Relix Magazine and Jambands.com have chosen Stolen Ogre as one of 13 winners in the Relix Magazine JamOff Competition . Our song "Icing" will be appearing on a compilation CD that will be distributed inside an upcoming issue of Relix Magazine and at music festivals all across the country. Also, by making the final 13, we are in the running to win a record deal with Hybrid Recordings. This year's winners were picked from a pool of over 300 unsigned artists by a panel of Relix Magazine and Jambands.com staff members and hail from all corners of the country.

Relix Magazine after almost 30 years and with over 380,000 readers and growing is still " a music magazine "deadicated" not only to entertaining its readership, but providing a true community for lovers of "music for the mind".

"It is an honor to be one of the Jamoff winners." remarked Michael McMorrow "With-in the growing community it is obvious the they have totally embraced the spirit and energy of this music and we are happy to be reaching them." "I am pleased they picked "Icing" as it not only really represents what this band is made of but it kicks major ass live."

2005 --- RELIX AND JAMBANDS.COM SELECT STOLEN OGRE AS ONE OF THE "JAMOFF13" WNNERS

NEW YORK CITY, NY (July 2005)
2005 JamOff Winners Announced
Thirteen winners have been chosen for the second annual JamOff competition. This year's winners were picked from a pool of over 300 unsigned artists by a panel of Relix Magazine and Jambands.com staff members and hail from all corners of the country. Each winner will be featured on a CD-compilation which will be included in an upcoming issue of Relix and will also be distributed at music events across the country. Several artists will also be featured in a New York City showcase this fall. The 2005 JamOff winners are Corinne West, Delta Nove, Free Peoples, Furley, Green Lemon, Jacob, Jazz Bastards, Plum Crazy, Scarecrow Collection, Stolen Ogre, Swamp Cabbage, The Blue Method and The Hot Buttered Rum String Band.

2005 --- STOLEN OGRE CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST OF 2004

Scranton/Wilkes Barre, PA Out of over 500 CD’s, WVIA selects ROAD TO JERICHO as one of its “Best of 2004” along with releases from artists such as Ben Harper, Gov’t. Mule and Elvis Costello among others.

2005 --- STOLEN OGRE JOIN WITH JOHN POPPER FOR SEATTLE TSUNAMI RELIEF CONCERT

SEATTLE, WA (January 20, 2005)- Stolen Ogre along with Blues Traveler vocalist/harpist John Popper have been added to the stellar line up of the Music Aid Northwest and KZOK 102.5 FM benefit, The Tsunami Relief Concert, 8 p.m. January 28th 2005 at The Premier Club.

Other performers include the debut of Alan White's "White" (featuring drummer Alan White of YES, John Lennon's "Imagine" LP, George Harrison's "All Things Must Past" LP), rock-fusion act The Geoffrey Castle Band (with special guest guitarist Roger Fisher and drummer Mike Derosier of Heart and Alias), and an all-star finale including special guest T.B.A. General admission tickets will be available through www.care.org/musicaid and at the door. The announcement and interview with Alan White about the concert on KZOK's The Bob River Show can be heard on Stolen Ogre's website at www.stolenogre.com.

Stolen Ogre's Michael McMorrow said, "I am honored to be part of the larger tsunami relief effort; to be part of the humanitarian side of the human race, a part of our true common cause to help each other as one human race, one world. We don't have much control over Mother Nature; but we do have control over how we treat each other, how we respect one another. It's all in how we respond, how we act as people. Unfortunately, it takes an event like this to wake us up to the fact we are all one family riding on the planet. Though in the big picture our time here is extremely brief, what we do now directly affects the 6 billion + people who will take our place here in a 100 years."

Stolen Ogre's performance with Popper marks an interesting full circle for the band. It was on a H.O.R.D.E. festival tour that McMorrow met and jammed with Blues Traveler drummer Brendan Hill. Inspired from those jam sessions, Hill along with McMorrow became founding members of Stolen Ogre which, in fact, was named after a good luck ogre doll that resided on Hill's drum kit during Blues Traveler's early years. Hill also recorded on the band's current release Road To Jericho of which Enigma magazine noted, "It is really hard trying to put these people in a specific genre because they take so much from so many different areas. Bottom line, its rock, folk, jam and pop all mixed together in one big happy concoction."

All concert proceeds from The Tsunami Relief Concert will benefit CARE's tsunami relief effort. Updates and information are available at http://www.musicaidnorthwest.com and www.care.org/musicaid.

January 28th, The Premier Club, 1700 1st Ave, South, Seattle. 8:00p.m. Doors open at 7:00p.m. General admission tickets: $25.00. 21 & older.

WINTER 2004--- STOLEN OGRE BRINGS LITTLE DRUMMER BOY DEBUT TO RADIO - TOP 5 SHOWING FOR ACME UNDERGROUND RECORDING -

SEATTLE, WA, November 18, 2004 Stolen Ogre is bringing in the holidays in the fashion that they took on all of 2004 – setting firsts and taking the music to new territories. From the release of their first full length CD Road To Jericho to crossing the country for a string of successful Northeast dates including two shows in New York City, the band has spent the last year spreading their soul infused rock to legions of new fans.

Now Stolen Ogre has put its unique musical touch on the Christmas classic "Little Drummer Boy". The single has been released to Triple A public radio/NPR as well as to select commercial stations in the Northwest.

The band’s Michael McMorrow said of the single, "We always thought about doing a holiday song and Little Drummer Boy was a mutual favorite of all of us. For some reason all musicians seem to like Little Drummer Boy. We actually recorded it last year and this year just seemed to be the year to release it."

In other updates from the Northeast swing, WVIA FM's Homegrown Music segment recently aired a Stolen Ogre special and live performance which included a new song, "House of Candy".

And a live recording of Stolen Ogre’s New York City appearance at the Acme Underground on 8/31/04 found its way to www.archive.org , one of the internet’s largest portals for sanctioned live music recordings. Out of nearly 18 thousand live music recordings, Stolen Ogre has remained in the Top 5 downloaded shows since the recording first appeared on the archive over a month ago.

Currently, the band is in Seattle in writing sessions for the follow up to Road To Jericho and will start 2005 in Stolen Ogre fashion again by spreading the music with a spring tour of the South.

FALL 2004--- STOLEN OGRE TO PERFORM AT SEATTLE'S FABULOUS RAINBOW FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL RUN OF THE NORTHEAST

SEATTLE, WA, September. 15, 2004 –Stolen Ogre will perform at The Fabulous Rainbow on September 25th at 10 pm. The show will be the first Seattle performance since the band's return from a successful run of the Northeast.

The band, in support of its new release Road To Jericho, played New York area dates including thier NYC debut at the famed Lion's Den in the heart of the West Village with Hot Buttered Rum String Band. The Village Voice sited the show with a recommended listing. Relix Magazine saw Stolen Ogre's set and invited the band to play a private mid-day mini-concert at the Relix home offices in Manhattan. The band also played the legendary Asbury Park club The Saint and NYC's Acme Underground.

Following the Scranton, PA area show at The River Street Jazz Café, Stolen Ogre taped a live performance and interview at WVIA/FM studios. George Graham/Program Director congratulated the band on "a great honest record that a couple of generations of rock fans can relate to." The Stolen Ogre radio special will air late September in conjunction with national release of Road To Jericho to college radio this fall. The CD has already received early support and airplay from Boston's Suffolk University and the University of Minnesota where it is already getting air-play on KUMD's morning drive and mid-day eclectic shows.

SUMMER 2004--- STOLEN OGRE WILL PLAY THIER DEBUT NEW YORK CITY SHOW, AUGUST 25th, THE LIONS DEN, NORTHEAST DATES TO FOLLOW

SEATTLE, WA, July, 2004 – On the heels of thier first full length release "Road to Jericho", Stolen Ogre will debut in NYC at the Lions Den, 10pm in Lower Manhattan. Also on the bill will be Nothern California's "Hot Buttered Rum String Band" and Austin Texas based "Dexter Freebish". This is Stolen Ogre's first and long awaited visit to the Northeast.

While out in the Northeast, Stolen Ogre will be playing the following shows, August 25, 10 pm , The Lions Den, NYC,NY; August 26th, The River Street Jazz Cafe, Plains, PA ; August 27th, The Saint, Asbury Park, NJ and August 31, Acme Underground, NYC NY. Other dates are in the works.

SPRING 2004--- STOLEN OGRE'S ROAD TO JERICHO PUBLIC RADIO/NPR CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY ~ OGRE GOES TO COLLEGE

SEATTLE, WA, June, 2004 – Stolen Ogre's "Road to Jericho" has been being heard on many stations across the county as the public radio/NPR push is developing. Stations in Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, California, Massachusetts, and Colorado have been playing "Jericho" and "Love Me Alone". WVIA in Scranton PA has had Stolen Ogre on the charts for 8 weeks where the Album hit at #2 for 2 weeks on WVIA'S 40 top new releases and remains in the top ten.

While Ogre is gaining attention in the land of NPR, the Album will be be released nationally to College Radio.

The album is available for orde on-line at CDbaby.com and TowerRecords.com as well as stores in the Greater Seattle Area, including Tower Records, Cellophane Square, and Easy Street Records.

SPRING 2004--- STOLEN OGRE – ROAD TO JERICHO – DATES SET FOR RADIO AND RELEASE~ CD RELEASE PERFORMANCE DETAILS COMING SOON.

SEATTLE, WA, March 30, 2004 – Stolen Ogre is ready to conquer new territory with the upcoming May 3rd release of its first full length CD Road To Jericho. "Road to Jericho", will be released to radio April 13th.

Road to Jericho combines musically woven arrangements and soul-crafted lyrics with the freedom and attitude of a great jam session. Stolen Ogre is studio-seasoned, club-tested and road-ready to take their music to new heights.

The album is available for pre-order on April 13th thru CDbaby.com. Shadowhawk Records will hold a CD release party and performance. Details soon.

WINTER 2004--- HAPPY NEW YEAR! ~ STOLEN OGRE NAMES NEW DRUMMER, "ROAD TO JERICHO" CLOSER TO RELEASE, BRENDAN HILL PLAYS ENTIRE SET WITH THE OGRE, SEATTLE SHOW JANUARY 23

STOLEN OGRE IS PLEASED to announce after a few years of playing with a revolving cast of drummers we are naming Abraham Calleros, a founding member of the Latin superstar rock group "Mana", as a new Stolen Ogre member. Abraham brings a wealth of drumming experience to the band, latin influences and totally gets a groove on. Abraham has been working out with the band on a consistent basis and will be performing with the Ogre in Seattle on Friday January 23.

OGRE FOUNDING MEMBER BRENDAN HILL while on break from Blues Traveler, sat in an entire set with Stolen Ogre Friday December 12th at the Lakepointe in Kenmore, Washington. The set was dominated with nearly all original material save for the "Use Me" opener and included lots of material from the upcoming release "Road to Jericho".

STOLEN OGRE'S NEW RECORD "Road to Jericho" could be released by spring of 2004... The band is working on artwork and partnering with other musical business interests that will be in place before the actual release date is announced.

STOLEN OGRE WILL BE PERFORMING FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 at the "Suite G" in the Fremont District of Seattle Washington. For everyone who saw the band there last October knows this is an excellent place to see them play. Stolen Ogre will be going on at 9:30 pm so be sure to arrive a bit early to get a good spot.

Summer 2003--- STOLEN OGRE UNDER STARS IN SOUTHERN OREGON

Stolen Ogre played the 2nd annual Shinging Stars Festival. Michael remarked ""It was an absolute pleasure playing the Shining Stars Festival. Everything from the production, staff and festival goers made for a truly fantastic experience for Stolen Ogre. Our Super-Jam with Jupiter Hollow and Artis the Spoonman really set the night straight for us.! We look forward to playing for our brothers and sisters to the south again." For event and ticket information please visit the Shining Stars web-site at Shining Stars Festival This event is a benefit for children in the area.

Spring/Summer 2003--- NEW OGRE EARLY SUMMER DATES FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON, "JERICHO" SNEAK PREVIEW

A COUPLE of new early Ogre dates have surfaced the first being Saturday, June 7, Shining Stars Festival, Meadow Mountains, Cave Junction, Oregon. This is a two day festival in beautiful Southern Oregon. Camping is available on-site and highly recommended. Ogre will take the stage around 7pm. Over the two day event, there will be tons of music, food, and activities for kids. For event and ticket information please visit the Shining Stars web-site at Shining Stars Festival This event is a benefit for children in the area.

June 22, Seattle Washington, The Fremont Fair, Solstice Plaza Stage, 2 pm... The 32nd Annual Fremont Fair. For over 30 years, the Fremont Public Association has produced the Fremont Street Fair, bringing together people from all walks of life to celebrate the community they share. The Fremont Public Association is a human service agency that builds brighter futures for 25,000 families a year in King County through 30 programs that help people address the immediate crises of homelessness and poverty, while developing the skills and resources to build greater self-sufficiency. The fair is a major Seattle Area event. For more information please visit the Fremont Fair.

STOLEN OGRE's NEW RECORD "Road to Jericho" is well in production. Half of the record has now been mixed. You may check out a track from "Road to Jericho" by visiting the Stolen Ogre homepage Broadband is the choice for viewing but it should stream fairly well at 56k... We hope you all are as excited as we are for our new release...

Happy New Year! Stolen Ogre wishes everyone a happy and fulfilling New year..

*"In what was reportedly one of their high points as far as musical moments go, Blues Traveler brought the curtain down on 2002 with an end-of-tour show at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. The show featured a cavalcade of local friends, from former dreamspeak member Matt Zekala to current Stolen Ogre members Michael McMorrow and David Simpson to longtime friend and opening band lead singer Chris Stills." Michael and David sat in on a blistering set ending version of "Mountain Cry"