Holly Ramos

"Holly Ramos is the one who sat me down and played me James Brown records. In the 90s she fronted the NYC band FUR. She is the real thing,her songs have been a part of the soundtrack of my life over the last decade. Now she writes true grit New York City Soul. The street experience makes out with her radiant innocence; she is a descendent of Johnny Thunders and The Ramones, child-like and all knowing"

-Antony from Antony and the Johnsons

ANTIMUSIC REVIEW: "That's not unlike Dylan and Young, both loved for an unusual musical genius that somehow doesn't extend to what's considered ----traditionally or technically ----a solid singing voice. Yet the fact that Ramos is mentioned in the same paragraph as these two Greats should be reason enough to check her out.



Which leads us to the real noggin scratcher: Ramos's vocal skills are not exactly toe-curling, hair-raising or heart-tugging, nor the source of any other immediate positive bodily reactions. So what is it about Ramos that earns her a four out of five? As best as I can figure, this is it: You WANT to give her a good rating, if only to reassure her that not all of us music lovers have been brainwashed into acting and buying like Stepford Significant Others. You WANT her to believe that some of us actually PREFER music that hasn't been vanilla-ized (look it up—if it's not there, it should be. Start a petition, get involved already).



Ramos's voice, in all its glorious originality, cunningly textured lyrics, and irresistible magnetism is, (and if anyone out there is actually keeping track, I apologize for my by-now strangulation-worthy overuse of the following word) refreshing. It's so unlike anything else out there today, that you will be forgiven for initially considering switching the channel or flipping through your musical options for something familiar, safe and Ovaltine comfy cozy." http://www.antimusic.com/reviews/08/HollyRamos.shtml newest Holly Ramos interview link!!!! http://www.staticmultimedia.com/music/features/holly_ramos_t

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Racehorse is my first solo release (2007/FORD TO CITY: DRoP DEAD RECORDS www.myspace.com/fordtocitydropdeadrecords), produced by producer extraordinaire Jess Stroup (visit him now at http://www.myspace.com/reedrothchild). i used to have a punk band called FUR (you can hear us if you visit my friend Fur in my top friends). the song Art lover is a KINKS song written by Ray Davies!! sooo beautiful!!



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Holly Ramos at the Hotel Café

"When Holly Ramos was fronting the New York trio Fur in the 90's, she sang with a sweetly endearing voice over a buzzing beehive of punk tempos and power chords on souped-up Blondie-ish tunes like "Beautiful Wreck". She was at the center of the Manhattan underground-rock scene, backing the late Joey Ramone on guitar at one of his Christmas concerts and later working with Jesse Malin and Antony & the Johnsons. Now she’s performing solo and living in L.A., but yoy can still hear lipstick traces of the Lower East Side in her phrasing and imagery on her new solo CD, Racehorse (on the wonderfully named Ford to City: Drop Dead Records). “I’m wearing two-day-old eye shadow in the sun on my stoop and thinking about you.” She confides on the sentimental Johnny Thunders-style ballad “Thinking about You”. Most of the songs on Racehorse are about love or losing love, such as he slowly unwinding waltz “Kiss Like a Waterfall” (which was co-produced by celeb pals Ryan Adams and Malin), and she puts a delicately innocent Jonathan Richman twist to her version of Ray Davies’ “Art Lover.” Tonight (5/29) she celebrates her cd release with an early (6:45pm) set. (Falling James)



NEW!!! EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE INTERVIEWs HOLLY AT: www.exclusive.com

http://www.annecarlini.com/ex_interviews.php?id=757



The LA Weekly's Steven Leigh Morris commented on the riveting sensuality of her work; Varietys Julio Martinez called her work Outstanding; AP magazine called her a star already; and David Noh in Film Journal International compared her to Warhol superstars Andea Feldman and Patti D'Arbanville; and Entertainment Weekly listed her in "The 10 Best Bands You've Never Heard Of ".yet!

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