Biography
Hollie Smith is one of New Zealand’s most predominant & celebrated musicians. After working with numerous bands including Trinity Roots, Fat Freddy’s Drop and Detroit dance legend Recloose, she was approached by NZ songwriting royalty Don McGlashan to perform on a movie soundtrack single ‘Bathe in The River’ that topped the NZ charts & became one of the biggest & iconic singles in NZ history. This set the stage for her debut album ‘Long Player’ released in 2007 which went straight to number one on the NZ charts. This multi platinum selling album was followed with sold out national tours & saw her take away several NZ music awards which included ‘Best Producer’, ‘Best Female Solo Artist’ and ‘Breakthrough artist of the year’. In 2010 she released her critically acclaimed album “Humour and the Misfortune of Others” which reached gold status in NZ, and followed it up with the 2011 release of her 3rd album with collaborator Mara TK, “Band of Brothers Vol 1”. Then in 2013 she collaborated with fellow iconic NZ singers Anika Moa and Boh Runga to release the album “Anika Boh Hollie”, and then immediately followed it with a successful winery tour of NZ. This prolific hardworking songwriter, singer & performer has always maintained a highly respected reputation of creating music with the upmost integrity & passion, not to mention her incredible live performances and powerful vocals. With her eagerly awaited new solo album due for release in 2014, she continues to show that there is no such word as compromise in her vision as an artist & this is shown throughout her career.