Jolie Holland: Haunting Songs From The Road : World Cafe Jolie Holland has been called one of America's finest musical poets. Her words find communion with her music, with roots in folk, traditional country, jazz and a hint of the blues. She performs sad, beautiful new songs in a session from WXPN.
Jolie Holland: Haunting Songs From The Road
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- "Palmyra"
- "Mexico City"
- "Old Fashioned Morphine"
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Jolie Holland has been called one of America's finest musical poets. Her words find communion with her music, with roots in folk, traditional country, jazz and a hint of the blues.
Holland's latest album, The Living and the Dead, is a study in life as a journey, inspired by her travels. Here, she performs hauntingly beautiful songs from the album — with nods to the writings of Jack Kerouac and Joan Vollmer — in a session with host David Dye.
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