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Live at Paste: Jolie Holland
Click above to watch a live performance of "Mexico City" from Jolie Holland's album The Living and the Dead, out now on ANTI-. Related links: Review: Jolie Holland - The Living and the Dead Jolie Holland on Myspace... read more
Found in: Live at PasteAlbum Stream: Listen to the ANTI 2008-2009 Sampler
Click above to listen to the 2008-2009 artist sampler from ANTI. The album features songs from DeVotchKa, Man Man, Xavier Rudd, Nick Cave and many more. Related Links: ANTI Official Site... read more
Found in: Featured AudioCatching Up With... Jolie Holland
Jolie Holland has long existed in the shadows of other singer-songwriters. Maybe it all comes down to her voice: There’s a unique quality to it that can be initially off-putting to some, but once you’ve spent time with it... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesJolie Holland: The Living and the Dead
Holland enjoys herself on fourth albumJolie Holland writes songs packed like retablos with autobiographical details and Dia de los Muertos figures, but it’s her voice that animates them. She slurs her words and blurs her phrasing, chewing her consonants and creating a distinctively drunken drawl. Holland’s fourth—and perhaps best—album (featuring contributions from collaborator M. Ward and guitarist Marc Ribot) foregoes the smoky speakeasy atmosphere of 2006’s Springtime Can Kill You for a more contemporary roots sound, which provides a more evocative backdrop for her signature vocals. Despite singing such despairing lyrics, she sounds more commanding and confident than ever on... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsJolie Holland - Springtime Can Kill You
Retro-minded songwriter’s latest suffers from vague ideas, blurry edges read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsSigns of Life 2004
While it’s easy to imagine the sounds of Holland’s second album floating from your grandma’s old phonograph, there’s little nostalgia here... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesJolie Holland - Escondida
Jolie Holland’s voice is a gorgeous, ancient thing, round and dulcet as Satchmo’s muted trumpet, distinct and self-assured like an antique bell in a church window... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsJolie Holland
It isn’t much, this tiny cubbyhole in the back of a four-room San Francisco apartment. Crammed with countless collectibles, plus a vintage player piano and several toy accordions, it’s barely big enough to house necessities like a bed, stereo system and writing desk... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesJolie Holland - Catalpa
The sound conjures up images of dusty Delta roads and cotton fields, Alan Lomax out in front of a tarpaper shack with a field microphone and a primitive tape recorder capturing for posterity the songs of an obscure blues master... read more
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