Holly Golightly + Georgia Farm + Abandoned Church = Medicine County

If you picture a British, whiskey-soaked, bluesy jam session when you think of Holly Golightly, think again. There may still be whiskey and bluesy jam sessions, but Ms. Golightly has been spending her days in the southern US of A at her very own, very American Georgia farm, doing what farm folk do - raising horses and chickens.

Golightly and The Brokeoffs (a.k.a. one-man band and frequent Golightly collaborator Lawyer Dave) recorded the new record 'Medicine County' in an abandoned, recently foreclosed upon church near said farm. 'Medicine County' features twelve new recordings, including eight originals by Golightly and The Brokeoffs, alongside traditional numbers like "Blood on the Saddle" and "Jack O'Diamonds." While there's a spectral quality to those traditional songs and others on the album, Golightly offers some levity - and a sharp lyrical wit - on tunes like "Eyes in the Back of My Head" and the album's title track, a postcard from their new home ("100 miles from nowhere, everybody needs a drink"). It's a testament to the caliber of Golighty and The Brokeoffs' writing that the trad numbers consort seamlessly with their originals.



The Washington Post has noted that Holly Golightly "can make you believe in past lives" and she's lived a few of her own. While Amy Winehouse and Duffy were in grade school, Golightly was fronting girl-group revival harbingers Thee Headcoatees. More recently she has collaborated with groups like The White Stripes and Mudhoney, and in 2005, two of her recordings were featured prominently in the acclaimed Jim Jarmusch film 'Broken Flowers.' Since 2007, she has performed with The Brokeoffs, a partnership Pitchfork calls "heartily ramshackle," and American Songwriter magazine has hailed as "genuine, inspired and soulful."