Posts tagged with "JOANNA NEWSOM"
FOLK FORWARD
FOLK FORWARD
How a sound born of tradition is thriving in the modern day
By Peter Cooper
It’s the other “F” word. And like its more obscene counterpart, it means different things to different people in different contexts. In the 1950s, it was sweater-vested political subversives. Later, it was shape-shifting musical revolutionaries and introspective singer-songwriters. It has been used to describe troubadours who specialize in journalistic...
JOANNA NEWSOM + Have One on Me
JOANNA NEWSOM
Have One on Me
[Drag City]
Harpist, pianist and singer Joanna Newsom doesn’t seem to have been in any hurry to deliver her highly anticipated third album, her first in four years. Likewise, the tunes on the three-disc Have One on Me refuse to be rushed—melodies meander, introductions stretch languidly and defiantly, and more tracks than not extend past the six-minute mark. The expansiveness often suits Newsom’s unique sound, particularly...