Catalpa is Jolie Holland's debut album from 2003. The tracks were recorded in the living room of one of the band members with the intention of distributing the recordings among their friends. Inevitably, copies of the recordings were passed from person to person and demand increased for a commercial release of the album. Catalpa was initially released on the Anti Records label and distributed through CDbaby.com. In 2003, the San Francisco Chronicle chose Catalpa as one of the 10 best albums of that year.

Personnel

* Jolie Holland – vocals, guitar, drum

* David Mihaly – drum, bells

* Enzo Garcia – harmonica, muted banjo

* Chris Arnold – musical saw, percussion

* Samantha Parton – harmonies

* Brian Miller – electric guitar

Category:2003 albums

Category:Jolie Holland albums

Category:Debut albums

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Artist/Band Information

Jolie Holland (born September 11, 1975 in Houston, Texas) is an American singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional, country, jazz, and blues. She is one of the founding members of The Be Good Tanyas.

Career

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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 Holland's album Escondida was his most listened to album of 2005. Holland collaborated with Francis on two tracks on his album Human the Death Dance.

Discography

Studio albums

* Catalpa 2003

* Escondida 2004

* Springtime Can Kill You 2006

* The Living and the Dead 2008

Contributions

* Multiple collaborations with David Dondero who sang on Springtime Can Kill You's "You're Not Satisfied". Jolie also sang backup on the song "Analysis Of A 1970's Divorce" off Dondero's 2001 album Shooting at the Sun With a Water Gun.

* The Grey Funnel Line on Hal Willner's Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (2006, ANTI-)

* Providing background vocals for Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin's studio solo album Cold as the Clay.

* Providing violin for The Speakers' album, Yeats Is Greats

* Backing vocals on Chuck Ragan's album Feast or Famine

* Wrote words and performed Flood of Dreams in film King of California

* Provided background vocals for Steve Abel and the Chrysalids' album Flax Happyon. The tracks for which Holland provided background vocals are "Cinders of the Sun" and "Heart of Misery"

* Provided backing vocal on David Gray's "Kathleen"

* Contributed to two tracks on Sage Francis' Human the Death Dance

* Backing vocals on "Songs for Love Drunk Sinners" by Jan Bell and the Cheap Dates.

* Collaboration with Booker T. Jones on the "What A Wonderful World" album.

* Backing vocals on a song by Frally - "Old/New".

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