I first listened to Jolie Holland when I found myself at one of her concerts in Auckland, New Zealand, not knowing what to expect at all. A rather small audience in a plain room somewhere off K’Road and nothing but this sweet Texas wildflower with a guitar and the most sophisticated voice. A dark voice that would sing of the living and the dead in such an self-evident way, if you closed your eyes, the voice seemed to belong to someone else decades older than herself. I started painting to her music shortly afterwards and her voice is still a regular companion.
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The White Stripes.The Raconteurs. The Dead Weather. I have to admit, it seems like as long as there is Jack White in it, I apparently love it. I guess if I had to limit my music taste, I could actually survive on a Jack White Playlist on Spotify, assumed it also had Appleblossom in it.
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It is no secret hat i do love the beauty of volcanic isles, but I only recently discovered the beauty of music born on a volcanic island. The four-piece band KALEO was founded in a small icelandic town just outside of Reykjavik and on top the bandname means “the sound” in Hawaiian. Apart from really really great folk music, they actually shot the music video for Way down we go in the lava chamber of a still active volcano. The bands base since 2015 is Austin, Texas, a home just perfectly fitting for their sweet Folk/Blues/Country tunes.
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