Holly Henry

Holly Henry
Birth name Holly Mae Heinrich
Born (1994-03-31) March 31, 1994
Hennepin, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instruments Guitar, Ukulele, Banjo, Piano, Organ, Vocals
Years active 2011–present
Labels Garden Ghost Records
Website Official Website

Holly Mae Heinrich (born March 31, 1994), better known by her stage name Holly Henry, is an American singer/songwriter from Minnetonka, Minnesota. She took her stage name when competing in the fifth season of the United States version of reality singing competition The Voice.

Life and career

Henry is the daughter of Marc Heinrich, a musician and worship director and Becky Heinrich, an art teacher and graphic artist. She attended public schools in the Minneapolis area and graduated from Hopkins High School. While in high school, Henry sang in a sandwich shop gig and posted covers of songs on her YouTube channel. As of February 2016 her most popular video is an a cappella cover of Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)[1] with three-part vocal harmonies.

While taking a gap year before college, Henry's parents encouraged her to audition for The Voice at a Chicago, Illinois audition in January, 2013. Henry advanced through the open call and subsequent executive auditions and participated in The Voice boot camp during the summer of 2013. Her Blind Audition performance of The Scientist got all four chairs to turn and was (as of July 25, 2014) in the all-time Top 40 for views of The Voice Performances on YouTube.[2] In the Battle Rounds, she was pitted against Cilla Chan, singing Torn. Henry and Chan were montaged (their vocal performances were not shown in full) and Henry was chosen to move on. In the Knockout Round she went up against Nic Hawk, singing Creep by Radiohead. She was sent home, and NBC's The Voice (US) subsequently lost 15% (1.5 million) viewers after that episode.[3] Henry's continued popularity after her international exposure on The Voice is reflected by over 251,000 subscribers to her Hollymaezers YouTube Channel[4] and over 19,300 followers on SoundCloud[5] (as of January 24, 2016). She was voted #5 in the 2014 "Battle of the IDF It Girls, The Voice vs. American Idol" competition on Idolforums, which hosts discussion and fan threads for reality show contestants.[6]

Simultaneous with the finale for season 5 of The Voice, Henry released her first EP called The Immigrant.[7] The 5 track EP peaked on iTunes at #6 on both the US Pop and Rock Charts, the same position it attained in pre-release. On April 7, 2014, Henry won second place in the RyanSeacrest.com top cover competition for her rendition of the hit song Say Something.[8] Third place finisher Jamison Murphy later featured Henry on his single "Remember When." On May 6, 2014, the Grow Music Project released Session Diaries #4, a video on the Christopher Tyng led production of Henry Henry's single Hide and Seek, which was released simultaneously on iTunes. Hide and Seek is the soundtrack for the closing credits of the short film Escapement, written and produced by Erik A. Candiani.[9] Henry collaborated with Candiani on the KARE11 (Minneapolis TV station) promo for the Kocci Winter Olympics, which was subsequently nominated for two Upper Midwestern Emmy awards, with a win for best Musical Arrangement/Composition.[10][11]

Henry performed at the Winter's Over Music Festival on April 25, 2015. Her Indiegogo funded second EP, The Orchard, was released on August 21, 2015. Henry collaborated with Moonhead Industries to release a music video for "Better," a single from the EP. Production of a full length album began in March 2016 and will have a mid-2016 release.

FDRMX writer John Mychal Feraren reviewed Henry's single "Grow." He said that "the real standout in the song is the impeccable songwriting skills of Holly. She was able to establish such lyrical depth in 'Grow' that fully matches her naturally silky tone." Music Historian guest blogger Gary Reese reviewed The Orchard EP and said "the EP represents a sophisticated evolution of Holly’s musical talent, combined with a remarkable collaborative achievement by producer and backup instrumentalist Matt Patrick." [12]

Discography

Extended Plays

Title Details Tracklist
The Immigrant
  • Released: December 16, 2013
  • Label: Garden Ghost Records
  • 1. Paper Clips
  • 2. Sink
  • 3. The Immigrant
  • 4. The Ghost
  • 5 To Drift
The Orchard
  • Released: August 21, 2015
  • Label: Garden Ghost Records
  • 1. Arbor
  • 2. Hotel
  • 3. The Orchard
  • 4. Skin
  • 5. Foolish Heart
  • 6. Better

Singles

References

  1. ↑ Holly Henry (17 April 2015). Sweet Dreams-The Eurythmics-A Cappella Cover by Holly Henry. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsmrggvmzG0&list=UUpdK1NLHxEUGXc1gq2NxkTw
  3. ↑ "Holly Henry Fan Thread". Idolforums. Neurox Media. September 3, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  4. ↑ "hollymaezers". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  5. ↑ "hollyhenry". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  6. ↑ "Battle of the IDF IT Girls, The Voice vs. American Idol". Idoldorums. Neurox Media. 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  7. ↑ http://idolforums.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=706360&view=findpost&p=26061147
  8. ↑ "WINNER: Shawn Mendes Wins Best Cover of A Great Big World’s ‘Say Something’". RyanSeacrest.com. April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  9. ↑ http://vimeo.com/98597761
  10. ↑ "2014 Upper Midwest Emmy". midwestemmys.org. 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  11. ↑ "2014 Upper Midwest Emmy Recipients". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  12. ↑ "The Flip Sides of Holly Henry’s Music*". Hear, Let's Listen. Retrieved 2015-09-26.

External links

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