Claire Holley

Claire Holley grows a "Dandelion” (Sep 2003)

Claire Holley's new release for indie Yep Roc Records is titled "Dandelion." Much like that plant, which looks like a flower, but is really a weed, Holley makes music that is difficult to categorize in one particular genre. Even she finds placing her music in a genre to be a tasking undertaking. "I would probably just call myself a singer/songwriter," she says in a telephone interview from California where she was touring in support of the new album. "I know that includes somebody like Dave Matthews, and I'm not like him. I suppose more accurately it might be roots-based Americana - if those terms aren't the same thing."  ...