Ollella
Seattle, Washington, United States
About
Ellie Barber a.k.a. Ollella’s career as a musician started early, when she sang before she could talk. Trained as a classical cellist since the age of nine, the Seattle indie-folk musician merges her technical background with authoritative vocals and live-looping. Described as “really outstanding” by NPR Music’s Bob Boilen and “so tastefully done” by Michelle Zauner (<a href="spotify:artist:7MoIc5s9KXolCBH1fy9kkw" data-name="Japanese Breakfast">Japanese Breakfast</a>), Ollella's sound is organic with a side of edge, pulling on influences such as <a href="spotify:artist:6CWTBjOJK75cTE8Xv8u1kj" data-name="Feist">Feist</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0fqE57gXXTTqxXlFYVNG2u" data-name="Jesca Hoop">Jesca Hoop</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:39vA9YljbnOApXKniLWBZv" data-name="Sylvan Esso">Sylvan Esso</a>. Ollella is a two-time finalist in the NPR Tiny Desk Contest (2022, 2024) who just released her sophomore album, Antifragile, on March 21st, 2025. Antifragile a maturation of her 2023 debut, deepening Barber's collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Cunningham, while introducing new talents such as Sean Lane on drums (<a href="spotify:artist:34jw2BbxjoYalTp8cJFCPv" data-name="Heart">Heart</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2ueoLVCXQ948OfhVvAy3Nn" data-name="Perfume Genius">Perfume Genius</a>) and horn arrangements from Willem de Koch (<a href="spotify:artist:4EVpmkEwrLYEg6jIsiPMIb" data-name="Fleet Foxes">Fleet Foxes</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7pQXfjCzKMCrcQnp9TAn3z" data-name="The Westerlies">The Westerlies</a>). Barber finds herself drawn to music because it unlocks a particular type of humanity – one that fits the type of world she believes in.
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