JOLIE HOLLAND with Willows

Thursday, March 13, 2025 / Doors: 7:30 PM / Show: 8:00 PM

All Ages

Seated

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With poetic storytelling awash in a dream-like sonic palette, Jolie Holland invites audiences on an alluring journey that leaves an indelible mark on the heart and opens the mind. 

It's no surprise that Tom Waits is Jolie Holland's biggest fan. Says Time Out London: "Jolie Holland sings spooky American fairy tales in a strange and beautiful way" 

"a captivating, bohemian blend of Appalachian folk and ghostly parlor music." - E! Online

Growing up in her birthplace of Houston, Texas, Jolie left in 1994, moving to Austin, New Orleans, and San Francisco before ending up in Vancouver, Canada, where she was one of the founding members of The Be Good Tanyas. Jolie left the band before the release of their debut album, Blue Horse, on which she appears prominently. She returned to San Francisco, where she recorded her first album, 2002's Catalpa. Originally self-released, the album was later picked up and re-released by ANTI-. In 2004 she released her first album for ANTI-, 2004's Escondida. ANTI- labelmates Tom Waits and Sage Francis are both outspoken fans of Holland's: Waits nominated her for the Shortlist music prize, while Francis has said that Escondida was his most listened to album of 2005.

As well as releasing another four solo albums for ANTI- and touring globally, Holland has performed a number of collaborations with other artists, including with fan Sage Francis (on his album Human the Death Dance) and Booker T. (with whom she recorded "What A Wonderful World" in 2007). In 2016, she reunited with Be Good Tanyas bandmate Samantha Parton and they began touring as a duo with a stop at The Cedar and releasing the jointly-credited album Wildflower Blues, on Cinquefoil Records, in 2017.

Her latest collection,Haunted Mountain; intricately connected with friend and collaborator Buck Meek’s album of the same name,Haunted Mountain. The album brims with poignant metaphors, alongside vivid, lyrical imagery meant to expand the collective imagination. Her words, delivered in her haunting, smokey lilt, stir the soul and shine a focused, unapologetic light on the tragedies of our time. She reckons with disaster capitalism, creeping fascism, colonialism, and patriarchal oppression. She confronts the very real terror that civilization is subjected to the whims of sociopathic men wielding unearned power who are capable of unfathomable destruction. She speaks to feelings of dispossession, alienation, and groundlessness, and the insidiousness of “othering.” She recognizes society’s dangerous tendency towards the avoidance of trauma, validates the helplessness we all feel in the wake of geopolitical upheaval, and elevates the sacred significance of humanity being in reciprocity with nature.

To learn more about JOLIE HOLLAND:

• Visit her website here

Willows is an eclectic folk-fusion ensemble that seamlessly blends psychedelic rock with soulful bossa nova grooves and orchestral elements. The band's core consists of guitarist and primary composer, Colin Peters and vocalist, Jada Brown, whose harmonious voices form the foundation of Willows' distinctive sound.

To learn more about Willows:

• Visit their website here

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, United States