Holly Major
Posted by Brody on May 21, 2009There is no place like home, and no place like a home away from home in a luxury hotel. Dubai holds the distinction of being one of the most fascinating cities for satisfying business, leisure, and global travel curiosities. There is a growing expat community here, because the place has so much to offer in terms of culture, nature, and style. It has always attracted artists and thinkers, and has seen a surge in recent years by members of the international community looking for an artistic center to call home, and from which to speak to the world at large.
Holly Major is one such expat. Originally from Queensland, on the east coat of Australia, she now makes her home in Dubai. She runs the open mic nights at Dubai Lime cafe shop, and works the crowds at many Dubai Lime events, at venues like Jumeriah Central Perk and Bert’s Café in the Greens – Al Barsha. She also keeps herself quite busy with her up and coming music career. A natural songwriter, she specializes in folk riffs and turns of phrase that make her soulful, melancholic, and often oddly uplifting, tunes extremely catchy and hard to forget.
She is now working on projects with another expat in Dubai, Cassiano Da Sa. The Brazillian guitarist is joined forces with Holly Major to make some incredible new sounds. They’ve already won an international songwriting competition in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and have played at such festivals as Adrenaline Sports Live Fest, Wonderland Festival, Slob Fest, and for MTV Brazil, MTV Arabia, and Souk Al Bastikya. Together, they make quite a team, and together, they list their influences as Pearl Jam, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, the Dixie Chicks, Jackson 5, Jewel, Sheryl Crow, Cat Stevens, and Brazil’s treasure, Tom Jobim. This interesting combination of influences is at work in their music, creating a sound that is wholly international, multi-cultural, and distinctly touched with Dubai charm.
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