Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom (born January 18, 1982) started taking piano lessons at a very early age and played for a couple of years, but switched to the harp at seven. Her approach to the harp, from the percussive aspects of her playing to her chord changes, was also influenced by West African and Venezuelan harp music, which she began studying at a folk music camp she attended in her early teens. At the same time, she also listened to more vocal-based folk, punk, and jazz like Karen Dalton, Texas Gladden, Patti Smith, and Billie Holiday. By the time she reached high-school age, Newsom decided she wanted to become a composer, and while that became the focus of her studies, in her free time she began writing and recording instrumental songs. Eventually, Newsom’s passion for songwriting won out, and she began studying creative writing to work with words in the same way she was accustomed to working with music.

(read more at last.fm)

I realize I'm a little late with this one, but since Have One On Me is probably my favorite record of 2010 so far, I figured I'd share it here anways.

[ Drag City | 2010 | Indie Folk | VBR | 2:03:58 ]

Tracklist
Disc 1
1. Easy - 6:03
2. Have One On Me - 11:02
3. '81 - 3:51
4. Good Intentions Paving Company - 7:01
5. No Provenance - 6:25
6. Baby Birch - 9:30

Disc 2
1. On A Good Day - 1:48
2. You And Me, Bess - 7:12
3. In California - 8:41
4. Jackrabbits - 4:22
5. Go Long - 8:02
6. Occident - 5:31

Disc 3
1. Soft As Chalk - 6:29
2. Esme - 7:55
3. Autumn - 8:01
4. Ribbon Bows - 6:10
5. Kingfisher - 9:11
6. Does Not Suffice

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