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Extended Analysis

Joanna Newsom: Ys and The Ys Street Band

Read "Joanna Newsom: Ys and The Ys Street Band" reviewed by Joshua Weiner


Joanna Newsom Ys/The Ys Street Band Drag City 2006/2007

Joanna Newsom is not a jazz singer, to be sure. But neither is she a pop singer, nor simply a folk singer, even one with the back-handedly complimentary “freak sobriquet inserted as a prefix. No, Joanna Newsom is a force of nature, the kind of conduit to ancient musical and lyrical verities that appears from time to time, to grace those who listen ...

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Album Review

Joanna Newsom: Ys

Read "Ys" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


I grandi occhi chiari e la voce anomala, a metà tra una bimba e la rugosità blues di una Karen Dalton. L'abbiamo conosciuta con The Milk-Eyed Mender, con l'inseparabile arpa e le melodie oblique, infantili e stranianti. Ci ha incuriosito, l'abbiamo amata, ma in questa onda folk che sembra più lunga del mare stesso avremmo rischiato di vederla galleggiare insieme a tante altre cose cui tenevamo. Tornata per smentirci, Joanna Newsom lo fa nel modo più intenso e alla fine ...


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