Jolie Holland
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| Jolie Holland | |
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 Jolie Holland at Housingworks NYC Photo: Dina Regine
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| Background information | |
| Born | September 11, 1975 Houston, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Folk, traditional, country, jazz, blues |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals |
| Labels | ANTI- |
| Associated acts | The Be Good Tanyas |
| Website | www.jolieholland.com |
Jolie Holland (born September 11, 1975 at Houston, Texas)[1] is an American 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.
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[edit] Career
ANTI- labelmates Tom Waits and Sage Francis are both outspoken fans of Holland's: Waits nominated her for the Shortlist music prize[2] while Francis has said that Holland's album Escondida was his most listened to album of 2005.[3] Holland collaborated with Francis on two tracks on his album Human the Death Dance.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
- Catalpa 2003
- Escondida 2004
- Springtime Can Kill You 2006
- The Living and the Dead 2008
[edit] Contributions
- Multiple collaborations with David Dondero who sang on Springtime Can Kill You's "You're Not Satisfied". Jolie also sang backup on the song "Analysis Of A 1970's Divorce" off Dondero's 2003 album Shooting at the Sun With a Water Gun.
- The Grey Funnel Line on Hal Willner's Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (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
- Provided 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"[4]
- Provided backing vocal on David Gray's "Kathleen"
- Contributed to two tracks on Sage Francis' Human the Death Dance
- Backing vocals on "Songs for Love Drunk Sinners",by Jan Bell and the Cheap Dates.
- Collaboration with Booker T. Jones on the "What A Wonderful World",album.
[edit] References
- ^ "Jolie Holland Interview". Quietcolor.com. http://quietcolor.com/qc/?p=1203. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ^ allmusic ((( Jolie Holland > Overview )))
- ^ Topic Galleries - chicagotribune.com
- ^ Stepping Out of Daddy's Dark Shadow - Entertainment - redOrbit
[edit] External links
- Jolie Holland Official Website
- Being There Interview - November 2004
- Puremusic Interview
- Jolie Holland live on WOXY.com, March 1, 2007
- Venus Zine feature
- Oct 2008 Interview with L.A. Record
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