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Jolie Holland "The Living and the Dead" Review

Oct 23, 2008, 1:18pm Culture Bully
Two years after the fantastic Springtime Can Kill You , Jolie Holland is back with a new album, The Living and the Dead , released through Anti records. Where Springtime saw Holland giving her warbling Alto carte blanche to wander it's way through gorgeously crafted Blues and Dixieland Jazz, The Living finds her unique vocals a bit more restrained. Songs like "Mexico City" demonstrate a more rock-oriented approach, with more conventional drumbeats and a singing style that doesn't maximize her unusual style of pronunciation as much as say, Springtime's similarly titled "Mexican [...]
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