JOLIE HOLLAND The Living And The Dead (2008 UK 10-track vinyl LP - 'The Living And The Dead', is quite simply a breakthrough, the album Jolie's adoring fans have been waiting for. Jolie has experimented in the past with various settings for her unique, jazz-inflected voice; this time, collaborating with Marc Ribot [Tom Waits, Elvis Costello] and M Ward [She & Him, My Morning Jacket], Jolie has embraced both the rocking side of her roots heritage, and the compositional possibilities ofthe recording studio, multi-tracking her voice extensively for the first time. The results have intensified the evocative moodiness that has always existed in her music, but also brought out a rollicking looseness that serves her tales of love and loss perfectly. Includes the single 'Mexico City'.)