Jillian Holt - Wishful Thinking (2018)

Heavily fortified with American steel and combustion that’ll knock you on your ass, this album pays homage to the pioneering women and musicians of color who birthed the sound of Detroit’s Motown and Memphis’ Stax records.

Influenced by such greats as Robert Plant, Joe Cocker, KoKo Taylor, and Janis Joplin, Jillian Holt has a deep love for flawed, yet utterly genuine vocals. And she, too, is all real, all the time.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in South Alabama, Jillian Holt has been singing since childhood. She honed her craft in the coastal city of Pensacola, Florida playing and singing nightly to overwhelming crowds at a renowned dueling piano house. Hired in her early twenties for her larger than life female persona and an even larger voice, Holt has a no frills approach to singing.

But don’t get your feelings hurt, she just means what she sings.