Hollie Cook (born 1987, West London, England) is a British singer and keyboardist. She was part of the final line-up of all-female punk/reggae band

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. From 2010, Cook has also had a career as solo artist working with producer and songwriter

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. In 2011, she released her first and self-titled reggae album ''Hollie Cook''. She calls her own music "tropical pop", and has a passion for reggae and female rocksteady and reggae singers, such as Janet Kay and

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Biography

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drummer Paul Cook. Her mother Jeni was a backing singer for

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is her godfather. She is of paternal English and maternal West Indian descent. Hollie Cook joined the re-formed Slits and performed on the band's 2006 EP ''Revenge of the Killer Slits''.Aaron, David (2011)
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, and recorded her self-titled debut album in 2011 with Mike "Prince Fatty" Pelanconi, featuring George Dekker of the Pioneers and

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, reviewing the album, described it as "one of the most enjoyable reggae albums of 2011 so far." She went on to record a radio session for the BBC and appear on '' Later... with Jools Holland''. ''

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' reunion shows. A dub remix version of her debut album was released in May 2012.Young, Martyn (2012)
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. Retrieved 2 June 2012 She also featured on the 2012 ''Q'' covers album of Amy Winehouse's ''Back to Black'', ''Back to Back to Black'', covering "You Know I'm No Good". Her second album, ''Twice'' was funded via PledgeMusic and was released in May 2014. A third album, ''Vessel of Love'', was released in January 2018 and features

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, Martin "Youth" Glover, Gaudi and Jah Wobble. Cook describes her music as 'tropical pop'.O'Brien, Jon
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Discography

Albums

*''Hollie Cook'' (2011) *'' Twice'' (2014) *''

Vessel of Love ''Vessel of Love'' is a studio album by reggae musician Hollie Cook. It was released in 2018 via Merge Records. Critical reception ''Pitchfork'' wrote that Cook "always sounds strong and self-possessed, and that is what most makes ''Vessel of Lov ...

'' (2018) *''Happy Hour'' (2022)

Dub albums

*''Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook in Dub'' (2012), Mr. Bongo (dub-version of ''Hollie Cook'')

Singles

*"Body Beat" *"Walking in the Sand" *"That Very Night" *"For Me You Are" – Prince Fatty & Hollie Cook *"Tiger Balm" *"Survive" *" Sweet like Chocolate"

References

External links

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Exclusive video interview with Hollie Cook – Reggae.Today
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