Jolie Holland

Infobox musical artist

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Born = c. 1975
Texas, United States
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Genre = Folk, traditional country, jazz, blues
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Associated_acts = The Be Good Tanyas
URL = [http://www.jolieholland.com/ www.jolieholland.com]
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Jolie Holland is a Texas-born singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional country, jazz, and blues. She is one of the founding members of The Be Good Tanyas. Labelmates Tom Waits and Sage Francis are both outspoken fans of Holland's. Tom Waits nominated her for the Shortlist music prize. [ [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:z2ae4j675way allmusic ((( Jolie Holland > Overview ))) ] ] Sage Francis has said that Holland's album "Escondida" was his most listened to album of 2005. [ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0701190157jan19,1,3256114.story?coll=chi-ent_music-hed Topic Galleries - chicagotribune.com ] ] Holland also collaborated with him on two tracks on his album "Human the Death Dance".

Discography

tudio albums

* "The Living and The Dead" 2008
* "Springtime Can Kill You" 2006
* "Escondida" 2004
* "Catalpa" 2003

Contributions

* "The Grey Funnel Line" on Hal Willner's (2006, ANTI-)
* Providing background vocals for Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin's studio solo album "Cold as the Clay".
* Providing violin for The Speakers' album, "Yeats Is Greats"
* Backing vocals on Chuck Ragan's album "Feast or Famine"
* Wrote words and performed "Flood of Dreams" in film "King of California"
* Providing background vocals for Steve Abel and the Chrysalids' album Flax Happyon. The tracks for which Holland provided background vocals are "Cinders of the Sun" and "Heart of Misery" [ [http://www.redorbit.com/news/entertainment/1420548/stepping_out_of_daddys_dark_shadow/ Stepping Out of Daddy's Dark Shadow - Entertainment - redOrbit ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.jolieholland.com/ Jolie Holland Official Website]
* [http://beingtheremag.com/content/0411/holland.html Being There Interview - November 2004]
* [http://www.meshsf.com/blog3/2006/11/21/an-interview-with-jolie-holland/ Jolie Holland with Mesh Magazine]
* [http://puremusic.com/holland1.html Puremusic Interview]
* [http://woxy.lala.com/music/loungeacts/index.php?id=164 Jolie Holland live on WOXY.com, March 1, 2007]
* [https://venuszine.com/articles/music/features/4434/Jolie_Holland_channels_Daniel_Johnston_for_The_Living_and_the_Dead Venus Zine feature]