Singer/Songwriter
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Contact & Booking - info@terryholder.com
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."2008 Kerrville New Folk Festival Finalist"
Genre: Folk/Pop 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. "Anchorage Press"
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Singer/Songwriter Terry Holder does not believe in placing limits on herself. Up until 1999, her full time job was "stay at home mom." Her life changed when the youngest of her 3 daughters moved away, a transition that coincided with the passing of Holders own mother. Depression started to settle in. Reaching out for 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 debut CD "Am I Here Is This Me," which was originally intended for a keepsake for her daughters. This album of introspective pop/folk tunes started garnering sales and critical acclaim with 2 of the songs, "Twilight Love" and "Goodnight" becoming finalists in the Alaska song of the year contest.
Her 2nd CD "Colored Rooms" was more outgoing and mirrored her growing confidence as a performer and writer. Terry says, "sometimes I don't recognize my life anymore, none of this was ever planned but it feels like this is what I'm suppose to be doing." Even though her kids are no longer at home, she remains attentive to their needs. "Colored Rooms" has a hidden track called "Dressed in White," a song she wrote for the traditional father daughter dance at weddings.
Terry continues to explore her passions through her defining and distinctive voice with her “heartfelt and gutsy songs.” She writes about basic human emotion with layers of meaning behind them. In her live performances, she has the undeniable ability to captivate and connect with her listeners through her emotionally driven songs. Taking a short break from recording her new CD Terry performed in May 2008 at the Kerrville Folk Festival as a “New Folk Finalist” in the song writing competition.
Today she tours performing at House Concerts, festivals and other venues as a duo with her husband Jerry accompanying her on guitar and harmony vocals. "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've accomplished something great in my life."
Terry has completed her 3rd studio CD and it will soon be available.
She recorded with veteran musicians Garey Shelton, Joel Tepp,
Freebo, John Morton, Jerry Holder, Ben Smith,
John Nyman and Don Garberg.
The result is stunning.
Look for the release in Fall 2008 with a tour to follow.
MP3 samples of songs from the soon to be released CD
Colored Rooms - Produced by Terry Holder and Jerry Holder
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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.” It’s the best track on the disc aside from the mildly rocking opener, A Kiss Away.
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Alaska This Month “Stay at home mom now stays out nights, performing without limits.” 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.”
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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.
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Am I Here Is This Me - Produced by Terry Holder, Jerry Holder and Don Morrell
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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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