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Claire Holley 
Singer/Songwriter Claire HolleyBackground information Born Mississippi Genres Folk, americana, traditional Occupations singer, songwriter Instruments Voice, guitar Website Official site Claire Chamblin Holley is an American folk singer-songwriter from Mississippi. She has released six albums, written for TV, Hollywood musicals and museums. Claire tours nationwide, is a wife and mom, and makes her home in Los Angeles, California.
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Life and Career
Claire grew up in Jackson, Mississippi where at an early age she learned to play the auto-harp, ukelele, piano, and guitar; though it was playing guitar that really peaked her interest. She has said "I was never that good at playing piano, and maybe that's because I didn't practice enough, but I found the guitar fun to play. It wasn't a chore to practice."[1] Her college days were spent in Chicago and, at the urging of a professor, she set to music a poem by William Blake. Soon thereafter came Claire's first independent release, Night Air. She moved to North Carolina where in 1999 she created a collection of traditional hymns and gospel songs which caught the attention of radio listeners and Yep Rock Records. She was signed and released her third album which was tilted simply, Claire Holley.[1]
Claire has written songs for the cystic fibrosis foundation and the Metropolitan Museum of Art has used two of her arrangements of seasonal songs for one of their music releases. She was commissioned to write original music for Arlene Hutton’s play "See Rock City" which premiered at The Crossley Theatre in Hollywood September 2006 and LA Weekly magazine nominated Claire for "Best Original Music" for the LA Weekly theatre awards for the "See Rock City" songs.[2][3] Acoustic Guitar Magazine wrote, "Claire Holley is an observer, a romantic reporter from the backyards and front porches of the heartland."[4]
Claire Holley has performed with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kate Campbell, and Caroline Herring, and has composed music for The Fence, an independent film which received the 2008 UCLA Directors Spotlight Award. [5]. Two of her songs have appeared in the ABC TV show Men In Trees[6][7] and she wrote the original music for the documentary Looking For Lurch in 2008.[8] Claire is also a member of the group Musette (formerly Song Sirens), a group of female singer-songwriters that perform every so often in Sierra Madre, a little town in the mountains just north of Los Angeles.[5]
Ms. Holley now lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband, Chad.[1]
Discography
- Night Air (1997)[2]
- Sanctuary (1999)[2]
- Claire Holley (2001)[2]
- Dandelion (2003)[2]
- Live at St.Andrew's (2005)[9]
- Hush (2008)[10]
Claire Holley has also scored the original music for Arlene Hutton's play See Rock City which premiered at Hollywood's The Crossley Theatre.
- See Rock City, Original Music (2008)[11]
References
- ^ a b c "Claire Holley Biography in Internet Archives". http://web.archive.org/web/20080706162753/http://claireholley.com/biography.shtml. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
- ^ a b c d e "Claire Holley Music in Internet Archives". http://web.archive.org/web/20080706160416/http://www.claireholley.com/music.shtml. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
- ^ Nienaber, Georgianne (2008), "Indie Music: A Soundtrack for Troubling Financial Times", Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/indie-music-a-soundtrack_b_135768.html, retrieved 2011-08-03
- ^ Berkowitz, Kenny (2003), "Claire Holley, 'Dandelion'", Acoustic Guitar September (129)
- ^ a b "Image Journal article". http://imagejournal.org/page/artist-of-the-month/claire-holley. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
- ^ "Men in Trees season 1 ep12". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0904991/soundtrack. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- ^ "Men in Trees season 2 ep15". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1015038/soundtrack. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- ^ "IMDb Looking For Lurch". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1192063/fullcredits#cast. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- ^ "St. Andrews at Amazon.com". http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004JKO7FQ. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
- ^ "Hush at Amazon.com". http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001AZFYS2. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
- ^ "See Rock City at Amazon.com". http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001HEZSD2. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
External links
Categories:- American female singers
- Songwriters from Mississippi
- American folk musicians
- American singer-songwriters
- Living people
- People from Los Angeles, California
- American musicians
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