Julie Jackson Lusby (Class of '68) and Fred Holland, Jr. (Class of '69) would like everyone to know that their daughter, Jolie Holland, has a successful music career. She's been compared to Billie Holiday and has been called the best whistler since Otis Redding.

"Springtime Can Kill You" is Holland's third official release and is a gorgeous collection of sleepy, downtrodden ballads that have a rather lonely, back bar on a dirt road in Texas feel to them. Holland's voice is the real draw; at times she hooks you in with a sultry, bluesy feel, at others it's whimsical and playful, despite echoing themes of melancholy throughout. "Springtime" could very well be the singer/songwriter album against which all others are measured this year.

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