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The home of music journalist Nicholas Jennings, author of Lightfoot, the definitive new Gordon Lightfoot biography from Penguin Random House.
Jolie Holland - The Living and the Dead
Holland has made some haunting solo albums, including 2004’s Escondida, which set her gothic teardrop songs to Appalachian blues and old-time jazz. Holland’s latest is no less spooky, employing a ghostly whistle on the traditional murder ballad “Love Henry” and a chilling animal tale on “Fox in Its Hole.” But she and former bandmate Samantha Parton of Be Good Tanyas giggle through the classic feel-good anthem “Enjoy Yourself” and Holland channels her inner rock chick on “Your Big Hands,” her rowdiest song to date.
Oct. 6
