Keyword(s): Joanna Newsom
By DJ M on November 12th, 2006
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NEW YORK MAGAZINE How did you hook up with a living legend like Van Dyke Parks?
"I knew and loved Song Cycle, but I didn’t understand what a big deal it was to approach him to do this. He had the grace to not unburden me of that ignorance. When I me…
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By DJ M on November 5th, 2006
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VILLAGE VOICE "So here's the story behind the record: Somewhere around '04 Joanna broke up with her boyfriend of six years, a good man and talented producer named Noah G. who's currently working with Banhart and the rest of the freak squad. She'd lived…
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By DJ M on November 5th, 2006
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OBSERVER UK "The best records often arrive mystifying but complete, as though gestated under physical laws different from our own. Ys is one; initially alien-seeming, but the more ferociously excellent for it. Named for the mythical drowned city of the…
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By DJ M on November 4th, 2006
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PASTE MAGAZINE "These forms are closer to what I was exploring in school, back when I thought I was going to be, like, a ‘composer.' In those times, I certainly thought there were particular music-making conventions and parameters which differed betwee…
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By DJ M on October 31st, 2006
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Sibylle Baier COLOUR GREEN (Orange Twin Records)
Robbie Basho VENUS IN CANCER (Tompkins Square)
Sandy Bull STILL VALENTINE’S DAY 1969 (Water)
Vashti Bunyan LOOKAFTERING (DiCristina)
Karen Dalton IN MY OWN TIME (Light In The Attic)
Espers II (Drag Ci…
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By DJ M on October 15th, 2006
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OBSERVER UK "On the strength of her extraordinary new album, the mysteriously titled Ys (pronounced 'ees'), let's just say JOANNA NEWSOM is as out there as it gets at the moment. Imagine Emily Dickinson with a harp, and you're half way there. In contemp…
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By DJ M on October 5th, 2006
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CHROMEWAVES
EYE WEEKLY has an interview with Joanna Newsom.
BOSTONIST reviews her performance in, you guessed it, Boston.
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By DJ M on October 5th, 2006
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GLOBE AND MAIL "It bugs me to no end. I'm tired of feeling like I need to put extra energy into making statements outside of my songs. But it remains startling, deflating, and somewhat funny that people can ignore so much of what I've said and am sayin…
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By DJ M on September 29th, 2006
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Brian Wilson compatriot Van Dyke Parks makes a substantial contribution to Joanna Newsom's deliriously good album Ys. The album is produced by Newsom with VDP, orchestral arrangements are by VDP, the orchestra is conducted by VDP and, finally, VDP plays…
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By DJ M on September 10th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
GUARDIAN UK "Harpist Joanna Newsom's second album - pronounced 'Ees' - is extraordinary, an instant (pre)modern classic. Named after a mythical, flooded Breton city, it follows her cult hit, 2004's The Milk-Eyed Mender. A glance at the support personne…
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By DJ M on August 29th, 2006
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THE SPACELAB "Drag City has announced the details behind the upcoming Joanna Newsom release, titled Ys (pronounced ‘eees’). At just 5 songs, it will be a short release, but quality has been stressed by the announcement. Quality over quantity, perhaps? T…
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