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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.
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.
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riotheother wrote:
i actually have recurring dreams about a live album from joanna, sometimes she gives it to me on the condition that i never share it sometimes it just comes out but yeah. i want a live album.
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SpiritOfYetaxa wrote:
I can never get past track 2 on Have One on Me. Either that or Only Skin is her masterpiece
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eletric_feel wrote:
So bucolic
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cjkisaragi wrote:
and the rest
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ankyvic wrote:
Ys is the only thing that matters
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Chadipoo wrote:
It was right on.
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MilkyMoon14 wrote:
I don't know if I should be missing her old voice or rejoicing in the new one. Walnut Whales is so... wild compared to Have One On Me.
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puismourir wrote:
I'd be interested in a live album. The live versions of older songs in the past couple of years or so have been so nice. Both the arrangements, and her voice. Such as 'Bridges and Balloons' on the ACL performance.
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Sentenzia22 wrote:
The Book of Right-On!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kuiper_______ wrote:
Just think...in two years we might have a new album. [3]
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BarneyJWY wrote:
Like I'm going to wait that patiently for a new Joanna album. But Joanna is a perfectionist, so she's got to take her time.
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mic180 wrote:
What's the status on the Good Intentions video? It's been forever
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bloodmaw wrote:
if it's not a triple album again, probably less
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philjams67 wrote:
Just think...in two years we might have a new album. [2]
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kangadoodoo wrote:
Just think...in two years we might have a new album.
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horoshiynemec wrote:
nobody brought me here
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fguiraldes wrote:
Sometimes I think her songs are too meaningful, I can't listen to her 24/7, it would break my heart or soul or something. [2]
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MilkyMoon14 wrote:
@Robo-Alaska Haha. Thanks, I guess... :D
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IlanDatabase wrote:
I hate myself for missing her show in israel.
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Ramannn wrote:
I bet the CGI of the Good Intentions Paving Company video will look outdated by the time they release the video
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