Holly Cole

About

The artist

Holly Cole is a Canadian jazz vocalist based between downtown Toronto and a coastal home in Nova Scotia. Born in Halifax, Cole moved to Toronto and developed her performing voice in the city's club scene. Her recording career began in 1989 with the Christmas Blues EP, followed by Girl Talk with pianist Aaron Davis and bassist David Piltch. Blame It on My Youth expanded the trio's audience in Canada and Japan, while Don't Smoke in Bed earned a Juno Award. Temptation approached the Tom Waits songbook as a unified interpretive project, and later releases including Dark Dear Heart, Romantically Helpless, Shade, Holly Cole, Night, and Holly continued to move between jazz, pop, country, and theatrical song. Cole reunited the original trio for performances recorded as Montreal in 2021. Dark Moon arrived through Rumpus Room Records and Universal Music Canada in January 2025, built with longtime collaborators Aaron Davis, George Koller, Davide Direnzo, and John Johnson, plus Kevin Breit, Howard Levy, and the Good Lovelies. An expanded edition followed in September 2025 with Comin' Home Baby. Current official activity includes a 2026 Toronto concert and Canadian festival dates. The exact Spotify identity contains 20 distinct primary album and single containers from 1990 through September 2025: 11 albums and nine provider-classified singles. This current platform view does not replace the broader 13-studio-album career count documented by Universal Music Canada. Apple Music corroborates the same artist identity, Halifax origin, jazz classification, catalog, and active release cycle. Cole has received two Juno Awards from eight nominations, two Gemini Awards, two Japanese Grand Prix Gold Disc Awards, the Montreal International Jazz Festival's Ella Fitzgerald Award, and an honorary doctorate from Queen's University. A direct 2025 interview documents her current homes in Toronto and Nova Scotia. Professional inquiries route through the official contact page, which lists management, publicity, and booking representatives. MusicList links to that page without republishing direct email addresses. Spotify media is displayed remotely with provider attribution.