Artist.......: Jolie Holland
Album........: Springtime Can Kill You
Label........: Anti
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: Anti 6788
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Mar-04-2006
str.date.....: May-00-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://jolieholland.com/
track title time
01. Crush In The Ghetto 03:01
02. Mehitibell's Blues 03:21
03. Springtime Can Kill You 02:48
04. Crazy Dreams 02:23
05. You're Not Satisfied 02:10
06. Stubborn Beast 04:06
07. Don't Tell 'Em 02:30
08. Moonshiner 03:33
09. Ghostly Girl 03:34
10. Nothing Left To Do But Dream 07:25
11. Adieu False Heart 02:36
12. Mexican Blue 06:28
Runtime 43:55 min
Size 53,3 MB
Release Notes:
Intimate and uplifting, Jolie HollandÆs debut
studio release, Escondida, is a breath of fresh air
for fans of great singer-songwriters. Combining
blues, folk, jazz and pop in totally inventive
ways, Escondida marks the emergence of a unique and
important new voice in the music scene.
The opening track "Sascha" is a perfect
distillation of her vision: piedmont blues guitar
(her own picking), mixed with brushed jazz drums
beneath elastic vocals that hint at classic singers
like Billie Holliday. Her tone is pure and sensual;
she then breaks into a wordless phrase that sounds
like a horn followed by a long, lyrical trumpet
solo. The overall sound is natural and timeless.
Each song thereafter is full of gems and surprises,
both musical and lyrical.
With Creole roots in New Orleans, Jolie was born
and raised in Texas. By the age of six she was
writing songs on the toy piano. From the beginning,
it seemed as if Jolie was eager to continue
something she had started in some other time and
place. In her early teenage years Jolie added
fiddle and guitar to her set of tools. It soon
became clear that the classroom was not the place
to grow as an artist. After leaving home, Jolie
fell into a set of artists that traveled like a
circus without a tent or a destination. They bummed
around between Austin and New Orleans, soaking up
the flavors of the South. Then, Jolie headed out
West and made her way up the coast to Vancouver.
She co-founded the folk outfit The Be Good Tanyas.
After contributing to the groupÆs first album, Blue
Horse, Jolie set off to lead her own project in San
Francisco.
Never intended for public ears, what was to become
her first album Catalpa was given to a few friends
and eventually sold at shows. Quickly taking on a
life of its own, this courageous little disc made
it around the world and back. When Catalpa was made
available for sale via JolieÆs website and
CDBaby.com, orders came in from almost every state
in the union, all over Canada, Europe and Japan.
Paste Magazine said this about Jolie and Catalpa,
"a songwriting talent of poetic grace. HollandÆs
voice is a remarkable supple instrument, and her
phrasing and the way she sidles up to notes is
nearly miraculous."
This rare combination of truly beautiful and unique
songs combined with such an out of this world
delivery makes for quite a striking first
impression indeed. But, on top of all that is a
magic coating, a glaze of mystery that seems to
keep people wondering, asking questions, such as,
where did this come from, and when did it get here?
The San Francisco Chronicle chose Catalpa as one of
the 10 Best Albums of 2003 and adding this about
Catalpa "...throughout this remarkable debut, there
is also an eerie, haunting feel, sounds from other
times and places unified by HollandÆs ageless
voice. She sounds like a little girl and then like
an old woman, sometimes both an once."