American singer-songwriter noted for a voice that blends folk, country, blues and jazz. Debut album Catalpa was released in 2003 on Anti Records; subsequent albums include Escondida (2004) and Springtime Can Kill You (2006). Often described as intimate and timeless, she contributes vocals, guitar and piano and has credits as arranger and producer on later records.

Catalpa (2003) was released on Anti Records and received attention (review notes a Short List Music Prize nomination and that Tom Waits noticed the album). Reviews on DeBaser place subsequent albums Escondida (2004) and Springtime Can Kill You (2006); credits on Springtime Can Kill You list Jolie Holland as Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Arranger, Mixing, Art Direction, Whistle (Human), Producer.

DeBaser reviews celebrate Jolie Holland's intimate, timeless voice and her weaving of folk, country, blues and jazz. Her debut Catalpa (2003) is noted as a standout, followed by Escondida (2004) and Springtime Can Kill You (2006). Reviewers emphasize porch-like, melancholic imagery and a roots-oriented sound.

For:Listeners of Americana, folk, country blues, roots revival and intimate, melancholic vocal music.

 The river flows quietly, the girl is there watching the leaves gently floating downstream, they are yellow, green, or amber. The girl is wearing a long skirt. The edges of the skirt are now dirty. A gentle breeze caresses the few old elms left. The girl cannot smile, the smile has disappeared from her face. Only the sound of a sad guitar. Only that sound is her playmate. She thinks she wants to die. She doesn't know if this thought is true or a product of her naivety. She just thinks that what she wants is to die. Everything in her is blues. The good old blues played by those colorful ladies of two centuries ago. The blues that black nannies used to play and sing to those white children with rosy and healthy cheeks and clothes made of lace and frills. She has a photo in her hand. It's a picture of her beloved. He has gone far away, and it's uncertain if he will return to kiss those little pink lips or look into those eyes that turn gray at sunset. The girl has headphones on. Inside the headphones is sad music. The same sound of those sad guitars. The only playmate. At the edge of the river, a catalpa.

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 A voice like Lady Holiday who has eaten a fisherman and a somewhat brushed drum, a choked jazzy rhythm.

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 that delicate voice, streaked with a secret unease.

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