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Holly Brook - Like Blood Like Honey
ARTIST.....: Holly Brook
TITLE......: Like Blood Like Honey
LABEL......: Warner Brothers Records / Machine Shop Recordings
URL........: http://www.hollybrookmusic.com/
RIP DATE...: Apr-07-2006
STORE DATE.: 000-00-0000
GENRE......: Slow Rock
QUALITY....: VBR / 44,1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 14,6 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Like Blood Like Honey 03:41
02 - Curious 04:27
03 - All I Want 05:21
13:29 min
Release Notes:
Well this is the Advance DVD that was sent out in late 2005 to
promote Holly Brook's debut CD which was scheduled for release in
early 2006. The album still hasn't come out yet and will most
likely not come out till summer 2006. Either way this is a 2005
rip and Holly is amazing, so look for her CD (and possibly bonus
DVD) this summer and pick it up when it is out.
All of the songs on this DVD were filmed and recorded live May 24,
2005 at Track Record, Studio City. Did I mention this features the
song "All I Want" which is not on the CD or EP.
BIO:
At a time when most toddlers are speaking their first words, Holly
mother at the tender age of two. It was an auspicious beginning
for this affecting young singer, songwriter, and
multi-instrumentalist from Mazomanie, Wisconsin. But it was only
the beginning.
At age six, Holly began to perform professionally with her mother,
Candace. By 15, she had recorded three independent albums of folk
and family music with her mother under the name Generations. With
the money earned from gigging, she bought a rebuilt 1913 Baldwin
baby grand piano. By the time she reached high school, Holly was
sneaking into nightclubs and befriending jazz musicians. She says
"the musicianship was absolutely mind-blowing". With the help of a
friend, jazz bassist Jeff Eckels, Holly put together her first
band and they played their first show at the Concourse Hotel Bar
in Madison. Holly was 15.
A move to Los Angeles in 2003 yielded several music-making
partners, including Grammy Award-winning producer, Jon Ingoldsby,
who has worked with Madonna and Elton John. "Jon and I instantly
clicked, "Holly says. The two have become writing partners.
Holly is single-minded and steadfast when it comes to her music.
Think Fiona Apple if she underwent anger management, or an edgier,
darker Sarah MacLachlan. Both women are artists that Brook
admires, but her main influence is Joni Mitchell. "I love her
poetry and her chords, and her depth," she says. Indeed Holly's
own lyrics rely more on abstract images than literal
story-telling. Holly also adores Mitchell's willingness to explore
musical territory outside the accepted confines of pop music, a
trait that Holly shares. Who says a girl who can strum a
heartrending ballad on a lap dulcimer cant be a pop star?
In the song Curious "Holly plaintively sings, I'm so damn
curious to know / And there are too many unanswered questions /
that we hold onto to" over a stark piano and string arrangement.
The song signals Holly's relentless search for answers.
It's not a musical approach one might expect from the first
artists signed by hard rock kingpins Linkin Park. The bands
guitarist, Brad Delson, loved Hollys demo and offered her a deal
with the groups label Machine Shop Recordings, which will release
her album LIKE BLOOD LIKE HONEY in early 2006. Now Holly Brook is
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