Legendary East Coast Canadian songstress Holly Cole has released a stunning new music video for her rendition of the classic “Moon River.” The dreamlike visuals explore a lunar theme that is interwoven throughout the track and album. Dark Moon is available now via Rompus Room Records / Universal Music Canada on CD, 180-gram black vinyl, standard, Hi-Res digital + ATMOS.
Holly Cole started the year with a series of eight sold-out dates at the prestigious BluNote in Tokyo, Japan, and she has just announced new tour dates that will stretch across Canada throughout the rest of 2025. Below is a list of scheduled stops including the famed Montreal Jazz Festival in support of Dark Moon.
For her latest album Dark Moon, Holly uniquely reshapes traditional Jazz, Pop and Country standards including reimagined versions of “No Moon At All,” “Steppin’ Out with My Baby,” “Walk Away Renee,” and “Kiss Me Quick,” originally covered by Elvis Presley.
Holly Cole is a renowned Canadian / International jazz singer who began her career in 1989 with the release of her 4-song EP ‘Christmas Blues’ under indie label Alert Music, followed by her debut album ‘Girl Talk’ in 1990. In 1992, she signed with Blue Note and released ‘Blame It on My Youth’ which achieved Platinum + sales in Canada and a number 1 charted single and album in Japan.
The next album ‘Temptation’ which included her hit rendition of Johnny Nash’s, “I Can See Clearly Now” cemented her success. With 12 previous albums to her name, Cole has achieved multi-platinum sales and received numerous awards, including 2 Juno Awards (8 nominations) and 2 Gemini Awards. She has also won two Japanese Grand Prix Gold Disc Awards and the prestigious Ella Fitzgerald Award from the Montreal Jazz Festival, and in 2014, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University.
In 2019, Holly reunited the original Holly Cole Trio to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, and those special shows were recorded and became the 2021 album ‘Montreal’. In Christmas 2022, Cole released a remastered compilation combining her holiday releases, titled anew ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside and I Have the Christmas Blues.’
TOUR DATES:
• 7/2/2025 Montréal, QC Théâtre Jean Duceppe – Place des Arts
• 7/5/2025 Orillia, ON Tudhope Park *Mariposa Folk Festival
• 9/13/2025 Nanaimo, BC The Port Theatre
• 9/14/2025 Vancouver, BC Vogue Theatre
• 9/16/2025 Calgary, AB Bella Concert Hall
• 9/17/2025 Sherwood Park, AB Festival Place
• 9/20/2025 Winnipeg, MB Club Regent Event Centre