Joana Newsome
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This woman is just amazing....just this tiny gelfling of a girl and a HUGE harp...I heard the "Book of Right On" a while ago and it grew on me. It seemed to take root somewhere in the right brain, growing next to the Bjork and Fionna Apple songs that I can't live without. This song was strange and quirky, considering the source, and I took a keen liking to it.Then I checked out "Sprout and the Bean".Beautiful....Really these songs are great ...if you can get past her...well....her voice.She sounds like what Bjork would sound like if she lost a third of her range and gargled gasoline twice a day...But if you keep listening it grows on you. Because it is sooo unique.So when she came to town, my wife and I decided we would go and see her.She played her whole new album "Ys" front to back...with a band.She worked with Van Dyke Parks on this album...which is cool because I'm a big fan of Brian Wilson's "Smile" which he worked on.Steve Albini also tracked Joanna's harp on this album.Anyways...check it out yourself.One of the most amazing shows I have ever seen...I was entranced the whole time, and I had never heard this new album. There were only five songs ranging from, let's say, 10 to 15 minutes a piece, but they were wonderful! This is a concept album. A fairy tale if you will.




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