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Terry Holder Concert Video Montage
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CONCERT REVIEWS "Terry Holder walked into a room full of new patrons and actually knocked them down and out! I knew what she could do and I was not surprised, but for her to WOW even our most jaded music supporters was really a total surprise to me. She brings her audience along with her on her love odyssey." Dark Thirty Productions San Diego, CA
"I first heard Terry Holder at her CD release for "Ticket To The Moment" in 2009. When I decided to start a concert series in 2010, she was my choice to open our series. Her show was great and I knew that I wanted to have her back again. She has a terrific voice and her songs span a range of moods and styles from quiet love songs (Let's Go Away) to a rollicking and rocking road song (Turn The Car Back Around). Her husband, Jerry, backs her up with skilled guitar work and harmonies. I've also seen her play in other settings and she always gets a terrific response from the audience." Mark Kaufman Olympia, WA
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Terry Holder’s songs are getting her noticed and her engaging performances are opening hearts everywhere she goes. With a touching display of emotive vocals, she weaves her songs from the heart and soul. This is just a spectacular display of natural talent in the songwriting genre. She is gifted with a voice to break your heart. In her live shows, she has the undeniable ability to charm and connect with her audience and her soulful songs draw the listener right into the moment. Recognized for her talent as a songwriter, she was selected as a “Kerrville New Folk Finalist” in 2008, 2010, 2011 and again in 2013. Terry was also selected as 2011 and 2013 finalist for the “Wildflower” song writing competition.
She will soon be releasing her fourth CD “Flowers At Midnight” and continues to build a loyal following while touring as a duo or with her band in concert and at festivals around the country. “It's very humbling and gratifying when people like your music. If I can touch one person with a song, then I feel that I have accomplished something great in my life.”
Terry does not believe in placing limits on herself and until 1999 her full time job was "stay at home mom." Her life changed when the youngest of her three daughters moved away, a transition that coincided with the passing of her mother. Depression settled in. Seeking solace she reached for her guitar and began shifting her pain into writing music. The first song she penned became the title track for her 2001 debut CD "Am I Here Is This Me,” and was originally intended only as a keepsake for her daughters. The album of introspective songs started garnering sales and critical acclaim and was followed by her 2nd CD “Colored Rooms.” On her third studio CD “Ticket To The Moment,” she continued to explore her passions through her heartfelt and gutsy songs. The CD has received national and international radio airplay delivering her emotionally driven songs around lyrics that take you on a journey with flashes of love, abandon, heartbreak, and social self-awareness. On this CD Terry was joined in the studio by veteran musicians Freebo (Bonnie Raitt), Joel Tepp (Little Feat), Garey Shelton (Jesse Colin Young, Ben Smith (Heart), Jerry Holder, John Nyman, John Morton and Cynthia Morrow. |
CD - MUSIC REVIEWSMINOR 7th Review - April 2010"Ticket to the Moment," The lovely C# minor guitar arpeggio that opens "Cross Your Mind" makes a statement. Throughout, this record will have no fear of being pretty. In an album where most everyone is falling in or out of love, there's little new to say, but all the loveliness proves more than enough to keep this disk in the player. The highlight of the record is a revelatory cover of Phil Everly's "When Will I Be Loved." I always considered the versions we've heard before -- even the Brothers' -- a bit too jaunty. In this down-tempo take, just the knife on strings slide is enough to make you weep let alone Holder's sultry-sad vocals. "Satellite's" shimmering twelve-string Rickenbacker suggest that someone's a Byrds fan. This track should come with a warning label: when Ms. Holder coos, "Let's drink fine red wine in my living room," some listeners will find themselves combing their hair and donning their snazziest outfits. © David Kleiner
INDIE SHOWCASE Review - January 2010"It is a rare thing when an artist is this generous on one album. Ticket To The Moment is filled from cover to cover with songs you will feel connected to." This is one of "those" albums. You know the ones I mean. It will stand the test of time. It is one of the best albums I have heard this year. Do yourself a favor, grab it today. This is how I see it. Yours in the music, |
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CONCERT REVIEWS "The Northwest has many great songwriters and musicians. But once in awhile, an act stands apart and makes you wonder why they are not superstars. Terry and Jerry Holder are such an act. Terry's beautiful voice, Jerry's incredible musicianship and harmonies, and both of their well-crafted songs make them a joy to experience." Scott Docherty, Redhare Astoria, OR
"Terry’s performance in our house concert series was pure delight! The very personal, introspective stories Terry delivered with her beautiful voice, the excellent guitar and vocal accompaniment by her husband Jerry, the background story Terry and Jerry wove between songs about their time together and her transition from stay-at-home Mom to singer songwriter, and the touches of comedic banter with the audience all had folks engaged on multiple levels and asking for more." Bill Lippe Concerts At Our House Seattle, WA |
VICTORY REVIEW - Acoustic Music Magazine - November 2009 "If you haven’t paid attention to the music of Terry Holder, slap yourself, hard." That’s pretty much how I felt when I first listened to her. I first came across her at Folk Alliance a couple of years ago. I didn't’t know who she was at the moment, but I knew something special was happening. "Ticket To The Moment" is Terry’s third album. Holder continues to explore her passions through her heartfelt and gutsy songs. The CD delivers her emotionally driven songs around lyrics that take you on a journey with flashes of abandon, heartbreak, love, social and self-awareness. What amazes me about Terry Holder is her ability to write songs that are so different in sound, but so true to talent. “Cross Your Mind” rocks out with a hint of sassiness that’s provocative. Your toes end up tapping to the strong back beat before you know it. “Cross Your Mind” rocks out with a hint of sassiness that’s provocative. Your toes end up tapping to the strong back beat before you know it. “In God’s Eyes” continues to show off Terry’s amazing ability to craft lyrics that evoke a response, whether positive or negative. “Wrecking Ball” is a classic country & western ballad (look out, Nashville). Great imagery! On the Ocean” shows a totally different style. You’ll love her wonderful cover of the Everly Brothers tune “When Will I be Loved?” Recorded in Seattle and Anchorage, she was joined in the studio by veteran musicians Freebo, Gary Shelton, Joel Tepp, Ben Smith, Jerry Holder, John Nyman, Cynthia Morrow and John Morton. Go to www.terryholder.com for concert information and CDs. Terry now resides in Olympia, Washington. I hope they realize what a treasure they have in their back yard! (Matthew Moeller) (read the review online) |
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Anchorage Press - CD Review - “Colored Rooms” Fans of her previous album, “Am I Here, Is This Me”, won’t be disappointed. Holder’s knack for songwriting and a distinctive voice still carry the record. The lyrics are sparse enough to let the listener relate but at the same time Terry sprinkles her songs with fifty-cent words and gets away with it, “Interrogated by your own Conscience”...”harboring heartache.” This is the stuff that ordinary people can barely say, let alone sing. The absolute bottom is “Broken No More” but when you get there the fall is cushioned by harmonies as soft as a flannel-lined quilt. Not a bad landing. . Anchorage Daily News - CD Review “Colored Rooms” The second CD from local chanteuse Terry Holder seems to have everything going for it: her adorable voice, a feather bed of acoustic guitars, decent songwriting and a warm intimate recording job by Toneworks studio of Anchorage. There are 14 pleasant tracks with the thrill moment when Holder and daughter, Erin harmonize nicely on “In Shadow.” |
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Alaska This Month “Stay at home mom now stays out nights, performing without limits.” It took a death and her kids leaving home to jostle Terry Holder’s latent talent with words. Empty nest syndrome set in, till one day Holder began writing her way out of depression. One line led to another and all of the sudden she had a hat full of songs and a fierce desire to record them for her kids. Couple of those works, “Twilight Love” and “Good Night”, recorded on her debut CD “Am I Here Is This Me” landed in the top 5 folk and pop categories in APRN’s 2001 Alaska Song of the Year Contest. “People my age tend to limit themselves,” she said. Now three years later Holder’s releasing her follow-up CD “Colored Rooms.” . Anchorage Daily News “Empty – Nest Blues Cured by Music.” Terry Holder doesn't’t recognize her life anymore. A growing album catalog. Release parties. Minor celebrity. Strangers confiding that they have connected with her music. Where did all this come from? The local singer/songwriter led a different life five years ago, when her full-time job was stay–at home mom. The position was downsized when the youngest of her three daughters moved away, a transition that coincided with the passing of Holder’s own mother. Holder’s home was empty, and her heart was broken. While Holder used her first record “Am I Here Is this Me” as therapy, “Colored Rooms” is an outgoing disc, mirroring her bubbling confidence as a performer and writer. It’s also a journal for the relationships in and around Holder’s life, a place of Lovers, family and friends. Anchorage Daily News - 2001 CD review - “Am I Here, Is This Me” Some words to describe the Anchorage singer and acoustic guitarists impressive debut CD: pretty, tender, breathy, sweet. Holder possesses a voice that sounds young and petite. If you go for sensitive female singers, a mellow version of Lisa Loeb, then check out this disc. The production is airy and tight and Holder shows nice songwriting skills, letting down an unwanted suitor in one tune with “cordially I’m saying goodnight.” Holder offers lots of gentle gems here. The opening track, “Twilight Love”, had me listening over and over. |
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