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Holly Figueroa
How It Is
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Intro
2. Hard
3. Hold On
4. How It Is
5. No One Can
6. Scary
7. Interlude
8. Red
9. White From Here
10. To The Ground
11. Running
12. You'll Always Have Me
13. Reprise
14. How It Is (radio edit)

CD Details

All Artists: Holly Figueroa
Title: How It Is
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Cake Records
Original Release Date: 11/12/2002
Release Date: 11/12/2002
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop
Styles: Americana, Classic Country, Traditional Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 783707613826

Synopsis

Album Description

Holly was able to fund the recording of her new record, "How It Is" solely through pre-orders from fans on her extensive mailing list. "How It Is" was produced and recorded by Evan Brubaker (Laura Love/Darryl Purpose/David LaMotte), and Troy Glessner (Joel RL Phelps/Sky Cries Mary) at Spectre Studios in Seattle, WA. The record is graced by Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel), Jerry Marotta (Indigo Girls), Danny Barnes, Dan Tyack, Sean Halley, and Skip Peri. "How It Is" is the follow up to last years "Dream in Red", which received great reviews from national, weekly and daily press all over the country. Sometimes sweet, sometimes scary, always lyrically deep and affecting, "How It Is" is a study on the levels of grief, and each song moves through the levels without reservation.

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CD Reviews

Smoky, Impassioned Voice

Blue Jean Online | Boston, Mass. | 03/03/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"from BlueJeanOnline.comby Mary Zachmeyer, Teen EditorIt took me three tries to get this singer and songwriter's name typed in correctly to track down her web site. But it was worth the frustration because from the first short track on Holly's CD, 'How it is', I was intrigued. The mystery grew when the second track hit, and I heard her voice. Figueroa sounds like a healthy mix of Alanis Morrisette and a touch of the Cranberries-she has the smoky, impassioned voice most singers can only dream of. Her song writing talents, too, are of a caliber that even popular songwriters have trouble achieving. Figueroa's lyrics are so simple, but when mixed with her powerful voice and the undercurrent of instruments ranging from an electric guitar to an acoustic or a banjo, it just overwhelms with the blues feeling that listeners can be sure to enjoy. Take, for example, the lyrics from the third track, "Hold On": "I promise I'll be worth it someday/If you can hold on/ We struggle with the lessons but/We are not holy we are human and fallible we are/ Small and petty/But lessons are lessons and we learn from them or repeat our mistakes." The sixth track on the CD, "Scary" is another amazing song: "I only give you a little bit in doses/But I haven't got the dosage right cause you keep spitting me out/Does it really scare you so much/I didn't do anything you didn't ask for/Did I take in the air with such force that you wished I would stop breathing?" Interestingly enough, this CD release was funded solely by pre-sales from Figueroa's fans and her grassroots organizations, and it's easy to hear and understand why. Copyright 2003 BlueJeanOnline.com"