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Sean Oliu
Bio
Sean Oliu:
Born: March 11, 2002 in Anaheim California.
Sean Oliu is a prolific young singer, songwriter and musician from Southern California. Sean has been intertwining country with the influences of Blues, and early Rock n’ Roll to form his own unique musical style.
Sean opened for Rachel Patten at the “VH1 Save The Music Holiday Concert” and was selected to record and perform the title tracks “Remember Me” and “Un Poco Loco” (from the movie “Coco”) with Anthony Gonzalez. He was thrilled to open for Leanne Rimes in her “You and Me Christmas Tour”.
Sean recently returned from Nashville where he had the honor to perform at the legendary Bluebird Café, the original Basement, and to record and write with some of country music’s leading artists. Sean’s talents have opened the door to collaborations with many talented musicians and to is currently partnering with Grammy winning producer and songwriter Darrell Brown.
Sean was most recently humbled to be awarded the 2020 OC Artist of the Year. A Highlight in the very challenging year of 2020 was being the first country music artist chosen to be part of the Music Centers 61st LA Holiday Celebration on PBS.
When he isn’t collaborating with other artists Sean enjoys playing all around the Southland with his three-piece country music band – Sean Oliu and The Coastline Cowboys. Helping to round out Sean’s deep and soulful classic country sound are good friends and telented musicans, Danny Hudson on bass guitarist and Ryan Brinkly on drums.
Performance Highlights Continued
Country Live! at The Merc
Sean Oliu & The Coastline Cowboys
Sean Oliu & The Coastline Cowboys
Sean Oliu and The Coastline Cowboys are Honored to Play Country Live! at the Merc, presented by Gwyn Sanborn, in Beautiful Old Town Temecula. Check out this great venuet
Sean Oliu & The Coastline Cowboys
Sean Oliu & The Coastline Cowboys
Sean Oliu & The Coastline Cowboys
Having Fun at Country Live! at The Merc, playing "Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy", Chris LeDoux Cover.
Performance at Marriott Main Stage
Performance at Marriott Main Stage
Performance at Marriott Main Stage
Sean Oliu & The Coastline Cowboys Playing NAMM
Performance at Marriott Main Stage
Performance at Marriott Main Stage
Performance at Marriott Main Stage
Sean Oliu & The Coastline Cowboys Play NAMM for a great night of music . Their playin, Cry Baby, a Stray Cats Cover.
Sean's been attending NAMM since he was 2015 his been attending as both a visitor and also a volunteer on the annual NAMM volunteer day, in local Anaheim schools.
Accolades Continued
Sean Oliu, OC Artist of the Year
OC Register Article
OC Register, Greg Mullen
Photo: Leonard Ortiz, OC Register
From rising Telemundo singer to president of his high school choral program, from Mouseketeer to country crooning opener for LeAnn Rimes, Sean Oliu’s singing career has been as varied as it has been successful.
Not bad for a kid just out of high school.
Oliu, a recent graduate of Servite High, writes that he grew up with his father blasting Bruce Springsteen on road trips and his mother humming Jackson Browne around the house. But it was his grandpa’s collection of Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Hank Williams music, which the two of them would listen to and sing while fixing old cars, that grabbed his heart.
“Growing up, I thought ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s country records were what every kid was listening to,” wrote the Anaheim native.
That immersion comes through in his vocal stylings, according to judges who praised his mature, rich and authentic sound.
It also helped Oliu earn recognition as the 2020 vocal music Artist of the Year.
Judge Patrick Goeser of the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music at Chapman University, summed up many judges’ reactions remarking on Oliu’s “sincere, easy, musically expressive delivery of the words” and “real honesty in (his) performance that is very moving and inspiring.”
Judge Vanessa Montgomery of Loara High added, “I am not a country music fan, but Sean’s voice is glorious.”
As a submission piece, Oliu used his rendition of the Vince Gill song “Go Rest High on the Mountain,” which he said , “combined elements of what I grew up with and what I’m pursuing today.”
He also liked its message of faith saying, “I grew up in church.”
Oliu’s career has been in an impressive upward arc ever since, as an 11-year-old, he emerged from 6,500 entrants to reach the finals of “La Voz Kids,” Telemundo’s Spanish-language version of “The Voice.” Oliu’s parents signed him up for mariachi as a way to get him to learn Spanish.
While tearing up the rockabilly circuit with the Colony Boys in 2017, Oliu earned a spot on “Club Mickey Mouse,” Disney’s reboot of the “Mickey Mouse Club” on Facebook TV.
Just like that, Oliu went from Colony Boy to “Mouseketeer Sean.”
And in 2018, Oliu got the chance to be Rimes’ opening act for her Christmas Tour stop at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. He is also wrapping up his first album of original music with Nashville writers and musicians.
When not singing, Oliu carved up the ice as captain of the Servite hockey team.I
Artist of the Year is generously sponsored by the Chapman University College of Performing Arts. Additional support is provided by the Laguna College of Art + Design and the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University.