Jolie Holland - Escondida
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Track List: Escondida
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- SaschaDownload & Buy
- Black StarsDownload & Buy
- Old Fashion Morphine
- Amen
- Mad Tom Of Bedlam
- Poor Girl
- Goodbye California
- Do You?
- Darlin' UkeleleDownload & Buy
- Damn Shame
- Tiny IdyllDownload & Buy
- Faded Coat Of Blue
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Album Details: Escondida
- Release Date:
- 04/27/2004
- Label:
- Anti
- UPC:
- 045778669226
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Escondida
, April 6, 2004Reviewer: ebpebp2000 - See all ebpebp2000's reviews
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Pro Reviews: Escondida
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Escondida, is the actual studio debut by Texasborn singer and songwriter Jolie Holland. While critics and music fans alike lauded Catalpa as her"first" album,, it was never actually intended for release. Anti issued it after the volume of reviews was beginning to reach fever pitch and Hooland could no longer keep up with requests for it. As such, Escondida is a very different recording. Not as drenched Gothic southern images and architectures, Escondida offers an even more evocative portrait of Holland as an American traditionalist who uses history as the framework for her new direction; she is not an "Americana" songwriter. One need go no further than "Sascha," the opener for evidence. In beautiful early swing vernacular, complete with selfplayed Piedmont style guitaristry, Dave Mihaly's whispering snare brushes and Ara Anderson's trumpet loping languidly in the background Holland offers a love song as humid as a summer night full of stars and quiet front porches. It's startling because it is at once so classic and yet so wonderfully foreign, Her voice evoking Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith without imitating either, and her words coming from the heart of her own 21st century. Contrast this with "Black Stars," that follows it. Featuring only guitars and cymbals, it's closer in feel to the material on Catalpa yet Holland's voice comes from the land of the ghosts; where the spirits of jazz singers and blue singers jointly crooned in the streets of Old New Orleans. Likewise, Ma Rainey might have sung the blues line in Old Fashion Morphine," is she and Tampa Red had been accompanied by Sidney Bechet and Kid Ory in a late night swing session. Gospel, folk, hints of early country music, and swing lie down together and kiss, languidly caressing one another in this blend of organic, sultry, sexy American blues. With her eclectic bandthat includes banjo boss Enzo Garcia on musical sawlyrics that are both full of irony, pathos and sly humor, Holland offers listeners a loosely constructed yet deeply moving tour through her mystical and esthetic archetypesthe popping vocal and drum jive tune that is "Mad Tom of Bedlam"; the deep bottom land acoustic blues of "Poor Girl," that touches Blind Willie McTell, the Mississippi Shieks and Rosetta Tharpe; the Civil War melody that lies at the heart of "Faded Coat of Blue"and rewards them with a listening experience that is singular, startling and soulful. - Thom Jurek, All Music Guide |
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Jolie Holland Biography
Jolie Holland grew up in Texas, where from a young age she experimented with writing, playing, and singing music. By her teens she had learned piano, guitar, and fiddle, and was making music her education as a traveling musician. San Francisco was ho...Full Jolie Holland Biography
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Pros: music and voice
Cons: voice
Where is she from? She has the weirdest voice, like she is drunk, or over-emphasizing a southern accent, but this all somehow draws you right in to charmed. Its very cute. Just strange.