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Music: Folk/Country Jolie Holland w/ Herman Dune

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Jolie Holland's songs are at once old and new — too freaky for blues, too jazzy for folk, and too punky for country. The title track from the singer's last record, Springtime Can Kill You (on Tom Waits' Anti- label), begins as a loosey-goosey jazz waltz, but carefully lowers itself into an odd whistling-and-tuba refrain like an evil bath-time ritual. As captivating as the songs may be, their composer's voice is the real star (think Joanna Newsom with a little Billie Holiday in her throat). Her penchant for near-constant melisma can be hard to follow, but Holland's inscrutability is always soulfully matched by her delivery.

– Todd Goldstein

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