About
Brother Oliver is an award-winning band from Greenville, South Carolina. Known for their psychedelic / folk-rock stylings, they were one of the early pioneers of electrifying the mandolin through effects, and were on the leading edge of the brewery-boom music circuit.
Brother Oliver has shared the stage with iconic acts—The Steve Miller Band, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, SUSTO, of Montreal, and many more. The band has been critically acclaimed by major outlets such as HuffPost, American Songwriter, PopMatters—and their music has been featured in Film & TV soundtracks on HBO and PBS.
They were the winners of the inaugural ‘Artist of the Year’ award by the UMAs in 2019—which was the same year that August 30th was proclaimed as “Brother Oliver Day” by Mayor Knox in their home city of Greenville, South Carolina.
The brothers, Andrew P. Oliver and Stephen Oliver, star in the new movie How To Break A World Record—an action packed documentary about the band's attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the longest marathon playing mandolin—out now on Apple TV & Prime Video.
Press
American Songwriter
“Brother Oliver is marrying a modern rock exterior with a ‘60s-inspired, Neil Young-esque core.”
Huffington Post
“Brother Oliver delivers an explosive combination of grit and intellectualism.”
Popmatters
“Familial acts are certainly nothing new; that said, few modern ones impress as easily as South Carolina troupe Brother Oliver.”
Atwood magazine
“Brother Oliver inject a furious energy into their sound that balances with the meticulous beauty of their colorful, emotionally potent music.”
How to Break a World Record
apple tV & Prime Video
Film
Acting simultaneously as bandmates, record-breakers, entertainers, and filmmakers—the band and their crew spend a year preparing for and executing an attempt to bring down a record that had stood for 5 years prior.
Along the way, they discover it's far more challenging than they had ever imagined, and there's suddenly a lot riding on their ability to succeed in this one-of-a-kind documentary film.
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