Jolie Holland

Holland's surprising talent is just one of the rewards of what is actually her first proper record. Escondida features her running through songs with the confidence of a veteran. Folk, vocal jazz, blues and the '90s lo-fi scene are all in the mix. Great songs and a vocal style that really grabs the listener.

Jolie Holland's debut disc, Catalpa, was a set of demos released last year to cheers from
fans such as Tom Waits. You can hear why on her second album, Escondida. Holland's
voice is as pure and direct as a hit of moonshine. The album's intoxicating, soft-shoed folk
blues swells with oddball images; on "Black Stars," she reveals that "The moon is
wizened/And it is old as a toad in a Chinese story." Holland's grandparents hailed... More >