Jolie Holland

Jolie Holland is a Texas-born born singer and performer who is a founding member of The Be Good Tanyas. Her solo work navigates a new approach to rock that is built upon folk, blues, country and jazz traditions, and her uniquely timeless sound has continued to evolve on all four of her critically-acclaimed albums. 2003's "Catalp" was nominated for the prestigious Short List Music Prize by Tom Waits, and 2006's "Springtime Can Kill You" was, according to Rolling Stone, "better than a good cry." Her latest relase, "The Living and the Dead," is an emotionally complex work that straddles the diametric themes of missed chances and moving on, an exhilarating ride with a higher voltage than her previous work. For "The Living and The Dead" Holland worked with co-producer Shahzad Ismaily (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Two Foot Yard, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog) in sessions both in Brooklyn, New York and Portland, Oregon. With contributions from guitar maestros Marc Ribot (who played with Tom Waits and Elvis Costello) and M. Ward (who also produced one song and helped shape the sound of others) and drummer Rachel Blumberg (M. Ward, Bright Eyes, the Decemberists), Holland's voice remains the same beautiful instrument, which has never before sounded so confident, relaxed or emotive. "The Living and the Dead," for Holland, is more than just an album--it also serves as her defining career statement.