Joanna Newsom

[YaoPau]

I know others on the board like her. She's one of my new favs... Ys and her new EP have taken over my cd player for the past two months.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=032nP0N-QRE

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There's a thread for her somewhere in this section, if you go back a bit.

I can't get past the voice. Ever since my husband pointed out the similarity of it to 70s sock-puppet Lambchop, I just find myself giggling when I try to listen to her.

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=032nP0N-QRE

Some of the comments are really funny.

'Is she mentally retarded?'

'This isn't really singing more like psychopathic harp strumming and weird pronunciation of words. I have a friend who does this so much better.'

[wirbel]

I can't stomach too much of Joanna myself, but listening to a track like 'sprout and the bean' is quite nice every now and then

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That youtube clip is actually a quite astonishing performance, I can appreciate how amazing she is despite not warming to the voice. She's clearly extremely gifted.

[gerryuk]

I probably mentioned this on the other thread, but Joanna is a elfish genius, everything she touches turns to gold (musically speaking).

[aermancer]

I looooove Joanna!! All of her songs are brilliant.

I thought the Ys Street Band EP was lame though.