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	Joanna Newsom - Biography - AOL Music
		Newsom's family and hometown of Nevada City, CA, were both musically rich: her mother trained to be a concert pianist, her father is a guitarist, and her brother and sister play the drums and cello, respectively; meanwhile, the Newsoms also counted composer/pianist Terry Riley as a neighbor, along with Howard Hersh and W. Jay Sydeman.
		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.
		Newsom recorded some collections of songs that she gave to her friends, but eventually her music made its way to likeminded musicians like Will Oldham and Cat Power, both of whom invited her to play opening slots for their shows in 2002.
	music.aol.com /artist/joanna-newsom/559376/biography (459 words)

	Joanna Newsom
		One of the more peculiar solo performers to emerge from the independent music scene during the early 2000s, Joanna Newsom made her entrance into the world in the musically-heady atmosphere of Nevada City, California -- a town populated by reknown sonic explorers such as minimalist composer Terry Riley.
		Newsom's training initially took the common form of piano lessons, but at the age of seven she began a study of the Celtic harp; by her teens she had moved beyond classical harp technique into an exploration of styles from West Africa and Venezuela.
		After graduating from high school, Joanna Newsom relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and enrolled at Mills College; it was here that she was introduced to Noah Georgeson, a guitarist hailing from the same region of the Sierras and a former student of Terry Riley's.
	www.nndb.com /people/182/000081936 (433 words)

	Cokemachineglow.com : Concert Review: Joanna Newsom
		On Ys, she displays a range undreamt of upon the release of The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004): from moment to moment, Newsom is unpredictable, squawking an expected squawk before uttering silver-voiced phrases draped in silk.
		That he is in a relationship with Newsom is enigmatic; the only thing that’s clear is it seems to be a case of opposites attracting.
		There was at least one “Marry me, Joanna!” catcall, but for the most part the crowd (even the loudmouths at the bar) kept quiet, hanging intently on every word of her almost two-hour performance.
	www.cokemachineglow.com /concerts/joannanewsom.html (767 words)

	SFburning / Joanna Newsom
		Joanna Newsom will be performing in New York City for the first time in August 2003.
		Joanna: They actually like it which was very surprising to me. Especially with my mom, I thought that she would not like it because she has very classical sensibilities.
		Joanna: What is was written to was this idea of the feelings that I would have when I was very little and I was listening to these things.
	www.sfburning.com /jnewsom.html (2091 words)

	Joanna Newsom News - Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Joanna Newsom will be in Portland on Sun, Dec 3, supporting her great new record, Ys Now, this Pitchfork interview with Joanna came out a while ago, but I was out of the country and missed it.
		Joanna Newsom's The Milk-Eyed Mender was a revelation.
		Indie folk-rocker Joanna Newsom is backing up the release of her latest album, "Ys," with a late-year tour that includes a variety of unusual concert settings.
	www.topix.net /who/joanna-newsom/page2 (829 words)

	Joanna Newsom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joanna Newsom (born 1982) is a harpist, pianist, harpsichordist, singer and songwriter based in her hometown of Nevada City.
		Her brother Pete is also a musician, and she is a cousin of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.
		Newsom studied music and creative writing at Mills College.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joanna_Newsom (448 words)

	San Francisco Bay Guardian \| Arts and Entertainment
		Newsom has her head down, keeping up but teetering on the sod in her high-heeled fringe suede boots, floppy hat smashed on her head, honey-colored hair pouring down, Rapunzel-style.
		Newsom's music was the focus of a reclusive girlhood spent in an equally music-minded family.
		Georgeson and Newsom recorded the album in fall 2003 in their Castro home, taking care to mic the harp as if its octaves were various instruments and quintupling Newsom's voice on songs such as "Sprout and the Bean" for heightened effect.
	www.sfbg.com /39/20/art_music_joanna_newsom.html (1501 words)

	SFist: Noise Pop: Joanna Newsom
		Joanna Newsom's harp, covered in canvas, loomed behind the sensitive boys singing solo through the first three sets as the room filled up and the drinks table ran out of hot chocolate.
		Newsom: the songs sound all gentle and naive and fairy-tale-ish, with Newsom's much-discussed pipy voice and crazy lyrics, and, as all harpists know, their instrument comes with a lot of mythological angels-and-fairies baggage too.
		Newsom seemed thrilled to finally be home with her family, after over a year of touring, and that fierce intensity of feeling really permeated the whole show.
	www.sfist.com /archives/2005/02/28/noise_pop_joanna_newsom.php (803 words)

	Joanna Newsom - Ys Review
		Where Newsom was previously notable for her musicianship and eccentricities, she has now graduated into a complete artist, one with an exceptional sense of theatrics and the ability to accompany each twist in the narrative with an attendant shift in tempo or tone.
		As before, Newsom’s playing is highly individualized, with songs speeding up and slowing down at unpredictable intervals and her voice bending and cracking to emphasize particularly dramatic turns in her narratives.
		To her great credit, Joanna Newsom has chosen to defy caricature not by toning down her peculiarities but by perfecting them to the point that mimicking them is all but impossible.
	www.avrev.com /music/revs/1206/joanna_newsom.shtml (994 words)

	Joanna Newsom News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The cover art for Joanna Newsom's sophomore album, Ys depicts the folk chanteuse as a Renaissance peasant with a sickle in one hand and a portrait of a butterfly in the other.
		T he cover of harpist Joanna Newsom's exhaustingly dense new album, Ys, is an exquisitely detailed allegorical painting in egg tempera that stylistically resembles Kit Williams' 1980 storybook-puzzle...
		Joanna Newsom ---child-voiced chanteuse/classically trained harpist/hyperliterate woodland nymph---took the stage at the Showbox last night looking just as we expected: with long, flowing hair and donning a red...
	www.topix.net /who/joanna-newsom (590 words)

	The Milk-Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom - Song Listings
		Classically trained harpist Joanna Newsom uses her appreciation of Appalachian folk and bluegrass for an oddly alluring set of indie rock melodies.
		Newsom's childlike voice brings an unstudied grace to an innocent setting of songs, and such quirkiness is hard to find among most guitar-driven indie acts.
		Newsom exists in several musical spheres, one being a member of the Pleased, while not forgetting how wonderful it is to live in a warm place that leaves you bright-eyed and hopeful for only what is good in life.
	www.mp3.com /albums/625083/summary.html (522 words)

	Joanna Newsom: Ys (2006): Reviews
		Unfortunately, the grand concept appears to have been a bit too ambitious for the 24-year-old Newsom and her associates to pull off, since what she plucks and sings in her little-girl-lost warble never seems entirely integrated with the hovering orchestral parts that sound like bleed-over from a symphony rehearsal in the room next door.
		Joanna Newsom is one of the most interesting artists around - there isn't many other harpist singer-songwriters out there.
		For critics who are bathing Joanna and any other psych folk artist who scraps together an hour long renaissance festival soundtrack, it's really not that hard to drone on about treehouses and forest animals with minimalist strings echoing in at random times.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/newsomjoanna/ys (1419 words)

	SPIN.com: Joanna Newsom Ys (Drag City)
		Joanna Newsom is the musical equivalent of a Disneyland employee or a server at a goofy theme restaurant.
		As anyone who has seen Devendra Banhart on an off night can tell you, this is the predicament of Newsom's so-called freak-folk cohort: When these oft-bearded weirdos don't connect, they can come across as smug and superior, precisely the earthly qualities that their neo-hippie psychedelia is intended to act as a salve for.
		Newsom's accomplishment on The Milk-Eyed Mender was demonstrating that the harp had a middle-ground vocabulary between whimsy and refinement.
	www.spinmagazine.com /reviews/2006/11/0612_joannanewsom (390 words)

	Joanna Newsom: 2005 Sasquatch! Music Festival
		To those of you who don’t already know her, that is — Joanna’s cassettes, CD-Rs and mp3s have been making the rounds among the sharp-eared discerning types out there for whom new music is a joy and a pleasure that can’t be denied.
		Soon Newsom was selling out small venues in the Bay Area (where she now lives), and receiving extremely positive local and national press.
		Joanna’s music has more of an affinity with the folk revival of the 60s, or the bluegrass movement at present, than with most contemporary “folk” (or “anti-folk”) scenes.
	www.hob.com /tickets/festivals/sasquatch/2005/artists/joannanewsom.asp (523 words)

	Joanna Newsom: Ys [2006] Shaking Through.net: Music: Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Any respectable hipster should realize that now is the time to unthinkingly jump on her bandwagon and trade their eye-teeth for concert tickets and the possibility of claiming that "they were there" for one of her shows.
		Mechanically, each track on the album consists of Newsom singing while playing her harp, with various instruments used as background and occasionally swooping in to take over the melody.
		The unifying force of the songs is Newsom's vocals; her voice has improved a bit -- credit to Albini's production -- and it's possible to hear traces of Bjork and Shara Worden buried within it.
	www.shakingthrough.net /music/reviews/2006/joanna_newsom_ys_2006.html (764 words)

	Amazon.com: Ys: Music: Joanna Newsom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Joanna Newsom's voice--a piercing flutter that's pitched somewhere between Björk and a hand brake--is an acquired taste.
		Newsom's astonishing harp dominates every track, supplemented magnificently with Parks's wonderful strings, but the oddest instruments can sometimes intrude, like the banjo that pops up in "Only Skin" or the Jew's harp in "Cosmia." Some listeners, especially indie rock fans, are going to have a problem with the overall sound.
		Newsom plays her harp on most of them, but makes forays into the piano on "Inflammatory Writ" and the harpsichord on "Peach Plum Pear." Accompaniment is minimal, which highlights not only her not-inconsiderable talent with the harp, but also her unconventional vocal style.
	www.amazon.com /Ys-Joanna-Newsom/dp/B000I2K9M4 (2462 words)

	Joanna Newsom: Ys: Pitchfork Record Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Newsom's copious, knotty verse is far removed from that of the old poet, but its effect on the crowd is similar: Yes, it's hard to follow without the lyric sheet, it takes a few passes to catch the nuances, and all that drama can seem like something of a history lesson.
		Newsom has said that all five of the songs on this 55-minute album tell true stories.
		But nobody's going to reject a record this bold just because Newsom uses the word "thee" on occasion, or because she appears in promotional photos wearing a wolf pelt ass-up on her head.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/39644/Joanna_Newsom_Ys (817 words)

	The Joanna Newsom experience - Knoxville520 Blogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Joanna Newsom is known for playing intricate harp parts and singing in a high-pitched, pixie-like voice over them.
		Maybe Joanna has been listening to a lot of Pink Floyd recently, as the layout of this album resembles golden-era Pink Floyd.
		Joanna was backed by a guitar, a banjo, a glockenspiel, a drum set (consisting of only a bass drum and two ride symbols), and an accordion.
	blogs.knoxville520.com /knx520/2006/11/joanna_newsom.html (974 words)

	Tower Records - The Milk-Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Joanna Newsom plays the harp, looks like an elf princess, and sings in a squeaky child-like voice, all of which contribute to her unique charm.
		Joanna Newsom's voice reminds me of an innocent child-girl who is forever in her own little fairytale world.
		Newsom's music, although mainly consisting of her unique voice and harp playing, with the occasional piano and guitar, never seems bare, but rather, allows us to fully appreciate the innocence and adventurous content of her lyrics.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=2973206 (547 words)

	Amazon.ca: Milk-Eyed Mender: Music: Joanna Newsom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Joanna's voice is not for everyone, but for those who do like it, it is an absolute wonder, her superliterate lyrics combine the ancient and postmodern, and her harp-playing is virtuosic and unique.
		Newsom's harp playing is beautiful and her lyrics enchanting, but neither of these qualities make up for her rattling vocals, which test my patience to the breaking point.
		I get the sense that Joanna hasn't really found her "voice" yet and is banking on this forced-out, contrived, folksy sound to set her apart in the scene.
	www.amazon.ca /Milk-Eyed-Mender-Joanna-Newsom/dp/B0001KL526 (737 words)

	The Muso » Curiouser and Curiouser - Joanna Newsom
		Not being very familiar with her previous releases, this was something of an exploration and, as it turns out, I should have packed a tent and sleeping bag.
		It is Newsom’s irreverent storytelling however that is most enchanting, leaving one feeling like a confused Alice, battling to tread water in a salty pool of her own tears.
		Joanna Newsom’s “Milk Eyed Mender” was my favourite album of 2004 and it made a much stronger impression than anything else I’d heard that year.
	www.themuso.co.za /?p=380 (844 words)

	* Dusted Features [ Harp's Delight - An interview with Joanna Newsom ] *
		While the novelty of being a harp-accompanied singer-songwriter alone might have been enough to garner her some notice, Newsom also happens to be a first-rate songwriter and an inspired lyricist: her music and words pour out in tandem like undifferentiated parts of a single stream, uncompromisingly personal, and wholly unique.
		She sings from a world that’s not quite childish, but not quite adult, filled with unicorns, whales, and seashells, in a voice that falls somewhere between a siren’s call and a banshee’s wail.
		Joanna Newsom: Well, part of it is that for me, “Sadie” is a central song to the album, so I was pretty sure I wanted to have some connection with that song in the title.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /features/243 (1591 words)

	Joanna Newsom
		Joanna Newsom spent a lot of time moving around — first touring much of the United States and then Europe, over and over and over.
		Joanna played a benefit concert with her hero Neil Young too.
		Joanna will tour America in October, November and December and consider what to do with the rest of the world afterwards.
	www.billions.com /artists/joannanew (787 words)

	stereogum: Everyone <3 Joanna Newsom
		joanna newsom has the most powerful combination of harp and voice, and i cannot wait to see her in the UK in the near future.
		Joanna Newsom is the find of the year for me. I can't stop listening to her album.
		joanna newsom is what music is supposed to be, not only does she write her own music unlike almost all the muscians you will hear on the radio but she is amazing at it.
	www.stereogum.com /archives/001046.html (11107 words)

	Amazon.com: The Milk-Eyed Mender: Music: Joanna Newsom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		There seems to be a high tide of young, female singer-songwriters rising everywhere, and Joanna Newsom is another wonderful example of it, a young woman making intelligent, daring and emotionally honest music -others I'm thinking of and recommend wholeheartedly are Laura Veirs, from Seattle, Jolie Holland, and UK's own Polly Paulusma.
		Newsom, in addition to her abilities as a composer, is an accomplished harpist, which she showcases very appropriately throughout this -her debut- album.
		Joanna Newsom is another singular new voice coming out of the same talented scene that has given us Devendra Banhart and the group Vetiver, fellow artists hailing from San Francisco and making music just as wonderfully theirs and impressively mature already, as "Milk-Eyed Mender."
	www.amazon.com /Milk-Eyed-Mender-Joanna-Newsom/dp/B0001KL526 (1196 words)

	gorilla vs. bear: Joanna Newsom: Live in Austin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Joanna Newsom's unforgettable show last night will not only contend for the best show I've seen this year, it was one of the most memorable performances I've ever seen.
		Newsom really is, and watching her tiny hands deftly maneuver around her harp is a sight to behold.
		It seems like it would be nearly impossible, physically, that on songs like the over 16-minute long "Only Skin" (which she introduced as "the long one"), she's able to possess such control over her instrument while recalling all of the lyrics.
	gorillavsbear.blogspot.com /2006/09/joanna-newsom-live-in-austin.html (847 words)

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