Jolie Holland

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Jolie Holland
Background information
Born	September 11, 1975 (1975-09-11) (age 33) Houston, Texas, United States
Genre(s)	Folk, traditional country, jazz, blues
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. 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.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Studio albums 1.2 Contributions 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

• Catalpa 2003
• Escondida 2004
• Springtime Can Kill You 2006
• The Living and the Dead 2008

[edit] Contributions

• 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
• 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"^[4]

Provided backing vocal on David Gray's "Kathleen"

[edit] References

[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