In the course of her career, Jolie Holland has processed a century of American songwriting culture consisting of jazz, blues, soul and rock and roll into a stew that cannot be categorized.
Having all these songs from the last ten decades in her head and heart is her burden and her gift. She dives straight into the pathos of a song, following the example of singers like Mavis Staples, Al Green or Tom Waits. At first, the encounter with her songs seems challenging, perhaps unsettling at times, but as so many poets and rockers have shown us (from Dante Alighieri to William Blake to Sylvia Plath and Patti Smith), therein often lies the beauty.
As was clear from her first recordings, Holland is clearly unafraid of the truth, and there is no emotional core she cannot reach in her singing. In fact, she thrives at the glowing center of a musical composition, in all its strange and brutal detail.
Jolie Holland's latest album "Haunted Mountain" was created in close collaboration with friend and fellow musician Buck Meek and contains five songs co-produced by the two musicians, including the breathtaking title track.
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