Joanna Newsom
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Joanna Newsom
Joanna Newsom (born January 18, 1982) started taking piano lessons at a very early age and played for a couple of years, but switched to the harp at seven. Her approach to the harp, from the percussive aspects of her playing to her chord changes, was also influenced by West African and Venezuelan harp music, which she began studying at a folk music camp she attended in her early teens. At the same time, she also listened to more vocal-based folk, punk, and jazz like Karen Dalton, Texas Gladden, Patti Smith, and Billie Holiday. By the time she reached high-school age, Newsom decided she wanted to become a composer, and while that became the focus of her studies, in her free time she began writing and recording instrumental songs. Eventually, Newsom’s passion for songwriting won out, and she began studying creative writing to work with words in the same way she was accustomed to working with music.
Although Joanna Newsom’s Appalachian-meets-avant-garde take on folk music is her most celebrated work, her range is even more inclusive than her solo career suggests: the classically trained harpist adds a decidedly different, textural sound to Nervous Cop, the noise rock trio that also features Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier and Hella’s Zach Hill, and she also plays keyboards for The Pleased, another San Francisco-area band more akin to Blondie or Television than her other projects.
Uncut Magazine
April 2010
OMG 
I love women playing the harp 
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Loved Ys but have only heard Disc 1 of the new jambs. Wasn't particularly impressed, to be honest.
Loved Ys but have only heard Disc 1 of the new jambs. Wasn't particularly impressed, to be honest.
I can safely say that I like what I've heard of the new stuff so far (especially 'Good Intentions Paving Company'). Loved 'Milk Eyed Mender' though, and 'Ys' is one of my favourite albums of all time.
"The Sprout and the Bean" -
"Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie" (Live) -
Annabel Mehran
At Annabel Mehran's birthday party:
Rodarte FW18
Phil Fisk
Christopher Anderson
Re-up of Alexandra Kinga shoot.
