Undertheradar Presents: the Return of Jolie Holland
Mystery Girl, Undertheradar, 95Bfm and Groove Guide present the return of Jolie Holland and band to New Zealand in February 2009.
After her last sell out NZ tour in 2005, the Texas-bred singer-song writer is returning - with four piece band - fresh from releasing her new record "The Living and The Dead". This latest offering navigates a new rock approach that is built upon the folk, blues and jazz spectors that populated her three acclaimed previous albums.
Holland composed the songs for her new album during a writing retreat in New Zealand, on the road across North America and Europe and as well as in her old home town of San Francisco. Arising out of her life stories, and from the rich estuaries of the mysterious tales of other adventurers, her songs are grounded by true experience.
The Living and the Dead is an exhilarating ride with a higher voltage than the previous albums, music that had already left fans and critics at a loss to describe her singular vision as performer and writer. Holland worked with co-producer Shahzad Ismaily (Bonnie Prince Billy, Two Foot Yard, Marc Ribots Ceramic Dog), with contributions from guitar maestros Marc Ribot (who played with Tom Waits and Elvis Costello) and M. Ward (who also produced one song and helped shape the sound of others) and drummer Rachel Blumberg (M. Ward, Bright Eyes, the Decemberists), Holland has created an album that serves as a career statement.
Monday 23 February 2009 The San Francisco Bath House - Wellington
Tuesday 24th February 2009 Galatos - Auckland
Tickets $44.50 + BF: on sale from December 31st from undertheradar.co.nz ( http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ ), Real Groovy Records, Musiquarium, Fast & Loose & Rhythm Discs
Jolie Holland Website ( http://www.jolieholland.com/ )
Jolie Holland Myspace ( http://www.myspace.com/jolieholland )
A spooky yet beautiful offering by one of our best musical poets; a true outsider
trying to come in from the cold. - All Music Guide
The album is downright delightful. - Lost At sea
It's a shade more rock and roll, an ounce more blunt, a great deal of fun, and it documents an increasingly confident artist wielding prime, unpretentious material. - PopMatters
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