Jolie Holland in-studio, 10-9-08
Jolie Holland's music has always sounded like the place where past and present meet. Her vocals bring to mind the speakeasies and roadhouses of a bygone era and reviews are littered with references, accurate or not, to the likes of Billie Holliday and Patsy Cline. On her fourth and latest full-length, The Living & the Dead, she throws a bit of a wrench into the formula with a little help from M. Ward and guitarist Marc Ribot, among others, as well as the surprising influence of the music of Daniel Johnston. The result is an album of songs whose subjects often feel antique even while the music follows more typically pop structures than we've heard from Holland before (though neither is exclusively the case).
We talked to Holland about her crazy dreams (one involving William S. Burroughs inspired "Mexico City"), her famous fans (labelmates Tom Waits and Nick Cave are counted among them), and the presence of the Portland music scene in her music (aside from M. Ward' s help on the album, her road band features Portlanders Rachel Blumberg, Dave Depper, Sean Flinn, and Jason Leonard). Her song set includes two from the new album, an unreleased number, a starkly different take on an older song that finds her backing herself on a homemade violin, and a gorgeous version of a Jimmie Dale Gimore classic.
Recording engineer: Steven Kray
November 15, 2008 at 5:42pm by gunky
I liked the session. JH's voice is remarkable, and she seemed to have a good rapport with JP. But I have to stay I preferred her with the full Be Good Tanyas rather than solo.
November 25, 2008 at 4:23pm by bouba
Hello dear sir/lady
I come trought this mail for recording n your studio,and i will like to know the rental conditions.
I get you mail from internet.
I'm a manager of a band calling BLACK MBOLLO with TITI YORO is one of the famous band of RAP african R and B,we use to mixte with some African instrument like kora and ballafon.For our news album we need to record in a studio out of africa for 5 titlle and 1 videoclip.
So please give me an information about your studio and we need this record for a date more close possible, at the same time we'll need to make some performance in the concert hall of your city.
Best regards.
Bouba.
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